NFC World » Ebay 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 Gartner: Mobile payments growth is slower than expected http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/25/38805/gartner-mobile-payments-growth-is-slower-than-expected/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/25/38805/gartner-mobile-payments-growth-is-slower-than-expected/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:29:16 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8805 More than 140 million people will use mobile payments services of one type or another this year, but Gartner believes mass market adoption of NFC payments is still at least four years away.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/25/38805/gartner-mobile-payments-growth-is-slower-than-expected/feed/ 1 NFC news in brief • 30 May 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/30/37763/nfc-news-in-brief-30-may-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/30/37763/nfc-news-in-brief-30-may-2011/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 23:11:34 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7763 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Identive, NXP sign VAR deal • Huawei planning NFC phones? • Vodacom looks to NFC • NFC domain names on Ebay • US banks debut P2P payments • Samsung smashes Galaxy sales record • US theme park to offer next-gen shopping experience • Rhodes framework adds NFC support • and more...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/30/37763/nfc-news-in-brief-30-may-2011/feed/ 0 Paypal sues Google, Bedier and Tilenius over NFC wallet plans http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/27/37727/paypal-sues-google-bedier-and-tilenius-over-nfc-wallet-plans/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/27/37727/paypal-sues-google-bedier-and-tilenius-over-nfc-wallet-plans/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 09:32:56 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7727 Paypal has filed suit against Google, two top Google Wallet executives and 50 others for breach of confidence and misappropriating trade secrets.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/27/37727/paypal-sues-google-bedier-and-tilenius-over-nfc-wallet-plans/feed/ 0 Ebay and PayPal acquisitions point way ahead for mobile payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/17/37380/ebay-and-paypal-acquisitions-point-way-ahead-for-mobile-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/17/37380/ebay-and-paypal-acquisitions-point-way-ahead-for-mobile-payments/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 08:50:30 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7380 Recent acquisitions by eBay and its PayPal subsidiary are beginning to draw a picture of how the company plans to move from the online world to providing a full mobile shopping service including merchant payments and marketing...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/17/37380/ebay-and-paypal-acquisitions-point-way-ahead-for-mobile-payments/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 3 May 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/03/37202/nfc-news-in-brief-3-may-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/03/37202/nfc-news-in-brief-3-may-2011/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 22:55:57 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7202 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: New online NFC store • eBay buys hyperlocal ads firm • Connecthings launches reader/writer app • Google's Groupon rival hits Portland • Chase offers chip and pin in US • Visa and Gap working on real-time mobile discounts • Nokia to transfer Symbian jobs • and a brace of research reports...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/03/37202/nfc-news-in-brief-3-may-2011/feed/ 0 ShopSavvy hires PayPal Mobile product lead for move into NFC payments and promotions http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/14/36439/shopsavvy-hires-paypal-mobile-product-lead-for-move-into-nfc-payments-and-promotions/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/14/36439/shopsavvy-hires-paypal-mobile-product-lead-for-move-into-nfc-payments-and-promotions/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:24:39 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6439 The mobile barcode-based shopping service has hired PayPal Mobile's former product lead to spearhead the introduction of an NFC-enabled mobile wallet that will let users store bank and credit cards as well as coupons, gift cards, instant rebates, loyalty cards and cash-back rewards on their mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/24/35716/nfc-news-in-brief-24-jan-2011/feed/ 0 Brigham Young University to test new NFC microSD solution http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/29/31467/brigham-young-university-to-test-new-nfc-microsd-solution/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/29/31467/brigham-young-university-to-test-new-nfc-microsd-solution/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:49:39 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1467 Students at BYU-Idaho will begin testing an NFC microSD solution from Rfinity in September.

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