NFC World » BNP Paribas http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Inside Secure completes IPO http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313500/inside-secure-completes-ipo/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313500/inside-secure-completes-ipo/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:35:32 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13500 Shares in the first NFC specialist to go public were oversubscribed by five times and the offer price was set at the high end of the range at €8.30 per share, netting the firm €69m and giving it a market capitalisation of €261m.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/20/313500/inside-secure-completes-ipo/feed/ 0 Inside Secure ships 17.4m NFC chips, mostly to RIM http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:27 +0000 Sarah Clark The prospectus for Inside Secure's IPO this month shows that the company made US$47m from the sale of NFC chips in 2011, that these were mainly delivered to RIM for use in BlackBerry NFC smartphones and that Inside believes it now has a share of close to 50% of the overall market for NFC chips for mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/feed/ 0 BNP rolls out NFC in Strasbourg http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/23/312582/bnp-rolls-out-nfc-in-strasbourg/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/23/312582/bnp-rolls-out-nfc-in-strasbourg/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:44:07 +0000 Joe Davies http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12582 French banking group BNP Paribas is expanding availability of its Kix NFC mobile payment application to Strasbourg. The bank, which worked with Orange on the Cityzi NFC trial in Nice, introduced the Android app in...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/23/312582/bnp-rolls-out-nfc-in-strasbourg/feed/ 0 French bank and carrier team up to bring mobile payments to market http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/28/311592/french-bank-and-carrier-team-up-to-bring-mobile-payments-to-market/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/28/311592/french-bank-and-carrier-team-up-to-bring-mobile-payments-to-market/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:15:59 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11592 The new BNP Paribas Mobile service combines a mobile network subscription, a range of innovative mobile banking products plus a choice of phones — including three with NFC — and is being promoted to customers via the bank's network of branches across France.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/28/311592/french-bank-and-carrier-team-up-to-bring-mobile-payments-to-market/feed/ 0 BNP Paribas and Orange to launch next-generation mobile bank http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/01/38866/bnp-paribas-and-orange-to-launch-next-generation-mobile-bank/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/01/38866/bnp-paribas-and-orange-to-launch-next-generation-mobile-bank/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:48:12 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8866 "Customers will be able to access the most innovative m-banking and m-payment services to manage their accounts and make payments using their mobile phones," say the French banking group and mobile network operator.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/01/38866/bnp-paribas-and-orange-to-launch-next-generation-mobile-bank/feed/ 0 France set for commercial NFC services to begin in spring 2012 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/06/37832/france-set-for-commercial-nfc-services-to-begin-in-spring-2012/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/06/37832/france-set-for-commercial-nfc-services-to-begin-in-spring-2012/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:32:11 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7832 Technical specifications have been finalised, the French government is providing €20m to promote the adoption of NFC services and four mobile network operators and four banks have announced they will deploy NFC services nationally in the spring of 2012.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/06/37832/france-set-for-commercial-nfc-services-to-begin-in-spring-2012/feed/ 0 Inside Secure heading for stock market flotation? http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/09/37307/inside-secure-ipo-stock-market-float/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/09/37307/inside-secure-ipo-stock-market-float/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 10:58:01 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7307 NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure has hired two banks in preparation for an initial public offering on the Paris stock market, according to a Reuters report based on information received from "people familiar with the...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/09/37307/inside-secure-ipo-stock-market-float/feed/ 0 French operators commit to deploying 1m NFC phones in 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35862/french-operators-commit-to-deploying-1m-nfc-phones-in-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35862/french-operators-commit-to-deploying-1m-nfc-phones-in-2011/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:30:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5862 France's mobile network operators have formally committed to deploying one million NFC phones in 2011, under the Cityzi brand name. In an official statement published by the AFSCM (Association Française pour le Sans Contact Mobile),...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/09/35862/french-operators-commit-to-deploying-1m-nfc-phones-in-2011/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 31 Jan 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/31/35825/nfc-news-in-brief-31-jan-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/31/35825/nfc-news-in-brief-31-jan-2011/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:50:19 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5825 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Getyoo pings Belgacom • Mobey Forum expands • Clear2Pay goes to South Africa • Facebook takes the credit • Vancouver to go contactless • ...and Philadelphia to follow • Airtel Money launch • CreditCall's EMV ticketing kernel.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/31/35825/nfc-news-in-brief-31-jan-2011/feed/ 0 NFC city pilot to go live in Nice on 21 May under ‘Cityzi’ banner http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/14/33638/nfc-city-pilot-to-go-live-in-nice-on-21-may-under-cityzi-banner/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/14/33638/nfc-city-pilot-to-go-live-in-nice-on-21-may-under-cityzi-banner/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 08:38:16 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3638 France's mobile network operators and banks, along with Visa and MasterCard, the local transport operator, the city council and others will take part in Europe's first pre-commercial NFC pilot — which will be identified by the new Cityzi brand.

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