NFC World » European Payments Council 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 EPC updates payments paper http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/07/313002/epc-updates-payments-paper/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/07/313002/epc-updates-payments-paper/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:13:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13002 The European Payments Council has published an updated edition of its mobile payments white paper and made it available for public consultation. "To ensure that the EPC's work in the area of m-payments best meets industry...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/07/313002/epc-updates-payments-paper/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 European Payments Council launches public consultation on mobile contactless payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/05/37224/european-payments-council-launches-public-consultation-on-mobile-contactless-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/05/37224/european-payments-council-launches-public-consultation-on-mobile-contactless-payments/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 10:55:35 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7224 The payments organisation is calling on the industry to provide feedback on its suggested NFC interoperability guidelines by 17 June.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/05/37224/european-payments-council-launches-public-consultation-on-mobile-contactless-payments/feed/ 0 European Payments Council and GSMA publish specifications for Trusted Service Managers http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/21/34752/european-payments-council-and-gsma-publish-specifications-for-trusted-service-managers/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/21/34752/european-payments-council-and-gsma-publish-specifications-for-trusted-service-managers/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:56:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4752 The European Payments Council (EPC) and the GSMA have published a joint paper that defines a minimum set of requirements for a Trusted Service Manger (TSM) acting as the interface between a bank and a...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/21/34752/european-payments-council-and-gsma-publish-specifications-for-trusted-service-managers/feed/ 0 European Payments Council publishes NFC white paper http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/15/34150/european-payments-council-publishes-nfc-white-paper/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/15/34150/european-payments-council-publishes-nfc-white-paper/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:39:50 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4150 The European Payments Council (EPC) has published a white paper which examines the ways in which NFC technology could be used to deliver compatible mobile phone-based payments services across the 32 countries of the Single...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/15/34150/european-payments-council-publishes-nfc-white-paper/feed/ 0 GSMA, EMVCo and GlobalPlatform to develop cross-industry NFC certification process http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/16/32483/gsma-emvco-and-globalplatform-to-develop-cross-industry-nfc-certification-process/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/16/32483/gsma-emvco-and-globalplatform-to-develop-cross-industry-nfc-certification-process/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:14:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2483 The three associations will design a model which will allow certification processes to be put in place to ensure that any NFC payments application will work on any platform.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/16/32483/gsma-emvco-and-globalplatform-to-develop-cross-industry-nfc-certification-process/feed/ 0 GlobalPlatform launches transportation task force http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/05/31870/globalplatform-launches-transportation-task-force/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/05/31870/globalplatform-launches-transportation-task-force/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:44:15 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1870 GlobalPlatform has set up a Transportation Task Force with the aim of actively contributing to the evolution of smart ticketing solutions. Ultimately, the goal is to develop a standard travel media that will offer multi...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/05/31870/globalplatform-launches-transportation-task-force/feed/ 0 European banks to work with GlobalPlatform on NFC standards http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/06/01/31219/european-banks-to-work-with-globalplatform-on-nfc-standards/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/06/01/31219/european-banks-to-work-with-globalplatform-on-nfc-standards/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:24:13 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1219 The European Payments Council and the smart card infrastructure specifications body have signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate their NFC development work.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/06/01/31219/european-banks-to-work-with-globalplatform-on-nfc-standards/feed/ 0 EMVCo takes first step towards NFC payments standards http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/05/11/31133/emvco-takes-first-step-towards-nfc-payments-standards/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/05/11/31133/emvco-takes-first-step-towards-nfc-payments-standards/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 14:44:36 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1133 The EMV payment standards body owned by Visa, MasterCard, American Express and JCB is inviting mobile operators, chip and handset manufacturers and application providers to a two day meeting designed to help shape EMVCo's NFC standards strategy.

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