NFC World » China UnionPay 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 Fly and Tianyu pick MStar chip for new NFC phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/31/312868/fly-and-tianyu-pick-mstar-chip-for-new-nfc-phones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/31/312868/fly-and-tianyu-pick-mstar-chip-for-new-nfc-phones/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:05 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12868 The Taiwanese semiconductor supplier's NFC controller chip is to be used in an Android handset made by Tianyu for the Chinese market and a feature phone designed for B2B applications which is being introduced next month by a UK customer of handset maker Fly.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/31/312868/fly-and-tianyu-pick-mstar-chip-for-new-nfc-phones/feed/ 0 Eight NFC products reach finals of Sesames awards http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/03/310418/eight-nfc-products-reach-finals-of-sesames-awards/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/03/310418/eight-nfc-products-reach-finals-of-sesames-awards/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:40:06 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10418 Finalists for the annual Cartes trade show awards include Taiwan-based Go-Trust, developer of a single wire protocol compliant NFC microSD card.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/03/310418/eight-nfc-products-reach-finals-of-sesames-awards/feed/ 0 Chongqing gets NFC wallet http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/03/310405/chongqing-gets-nfc-wallet/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/03/310405/chongqing-gets-nfc-wallet/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:22:07 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10405 CRC Bank has launched China UnionPay's NFC-based mobile payments system in Chongqing, south west China. The 'JiangYu' system uses handsets from HTC fitted with NFC-equipped microSD cards, and can also be used to pay bus,...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/03/310405/chongqing-gets-nfc-wallet/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 23 August 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/23/39271/nfc-news-in-brief-23-august-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/23/39271/nfc-news-in-brief-23-august-2011/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:02:48 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=9271 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: First Android 4 phone could come in October • Rogers planning NFC launch? • Tags stores take off • Jiepang eyes mobile commerce • Tagstar shields tags • BlackBerry NFC delay • Turkcell tests tickets • Vivotech adds NFC POS terminal • and more...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/23/39271/nfc-news-in-brief-23-august-2011/feed/ 0 HTC calls on Taiwan to build national mobile payments platform http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/11/39017/htc-calls-on-taiwan-to-build-national-mobile-payments-platform/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/11/39017/htc-calls-on-taiwan-to-build-national-mobile-payments-platform/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:52:35 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=9017 Taiwanese financial institutions should jointly develop a unified NFC-based mobile payment platform says the Taiwan-based handset maker, following the announcement of its first NFC phone and a deal with China's CUP payments network.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/11/39017/htc-calls-on-taiwan-to-build-national-mobile-payments-platform/feed/ 0 HTC NFC phone to go on sale in China http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/10/39001/htc-nfc-phone-to-go-on-sale-in-china/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/10/39001/htc-nfc-phone-to-go-on-sale-in-china/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:28:30 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=9001 The HTC Stunning, the company's first NFC phone, will be launched in China in September via a deal with payments network China UnionPay.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/10/39001/htc-nfc-phone-to-go-on-sale-in-china/feed/ 1 ABI: Chinese NFC payments could top $8bn by 2014 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/08/38954/abi-chinese-nfc-payments-could-top-8bn-by-2014/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/08/38954/abi-chinese-nfc-payments-could-top-8bn-by-2014/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:54:34 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8954 More than US$8bn in transactions could be conducted in China using NFC phones by 2014, according to Mobile Payments in China, a new report by ABI Research. In 2010, 45,000 NFC handsets were shipped in China,...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/08/08/38954/abi-chinese-nfc-payments-could-top-8bn-by-2014/feed/ 0 Watchdata produces two millionth NFC add-on http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/17/35515/watchdata-produces-two-millionth-nfc-add-on/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/17/35515/watchdata-produces-two-millionth-nfc-add-on/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:13:33 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5515 Smart card and data security specialist Watchdata has produced its two millionth Simpass SIM+antenna NFC device, the company has announced. "This marks an exciting and a very fruitful beginning for Watchdata as we continue to...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/17/35515/watchdata-produces-two-millionth-nfc-add-on/feed/ 0 China Unicom to launch commercial NFC services in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing in November http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/22/34761/china-unicom-to-launch-commercial-nfc-services-in-beijing-shanghai-guangzhou-and-chongqing-in-november/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/22/34761/china-unicom-to-launch-commercial-nfc-services-in-beijing-shanghai-guangzhou-and-chongqing-in-november/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:53:47 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4761 China's second largest mobile network operator is preparing to launch commercial NFC services in four cities from next month, according to reports in the Chinese media. Commuters in Beijing will be able to make payments using either an NFC phone or an add-on to their existing phone.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/22/34761/china-unicom-to-launch-commercial-nfc-services-in-beijing-shanghai-guangzhou-and-chongqing-in-november/feed/ 0 China Unicom signs up second banking partner http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/08/24/34360/china-unicom-signs-up-second-banking-partner/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/08/24/34360/china-unicom-signs-up-second-banking-partner/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:01:04 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4360 China Unicom has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Agricultural Bank of China (ABC). The deal is expected to see the bank and the mobile operator working together to introduce a wide range of new...

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