NFC World » First Data 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 Vivotech completes new funding round http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:33:05 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14804 Vivotech has completed a Series D funding round, bringing the total the NFC and contactless specialist has raised to date to US$96m. New sales figures for the company's POS terminal business have also been released....

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/feed/ 0 Google Wallet boss: No more prepaid cards until we’ve dealt with hack http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/11/313150/google-wallet-boss-no-more-prepaid-cards-until-weve-dealt-with-hack/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/11/313150/google-wallet-boss-no-more-prepaid-cards-until-weve-dealt-with-hack/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:09:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13150 "To address an issue that could have allowed unauthorized use of an existing prepaid card balance if someone recovered a lost phone without a screen lock, tonight we temporarily disabled provisioning of prepaid cards," says Google Wallet VP Osama Bedier.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/11/313150/google-wallet-boss-no-more-prepaid-cards-until-weve-dealt-with-hack/feed/ 0 Inside works with CorFire http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/02/311684/inside-works-with-corfire/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/02/311684/inside-works-with-corfire/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:19:44 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11684 Inside Secure and CorFire, the US arm of Korean NFC specialist SK C&C, are working together to make sure that the French chip maker's NFC controllers, secure elements and Open NFC protocol stack are fully...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/02/311684/inside-works-with-corfire/feed/ 0 Survey: 40% of merchants need to be equipped for contactless payments to take off http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/01/311010/survey-40-of-merchants-need-to-be-equipped-for-contactless-payments-to-take-off/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/01/311010/survey-40-of-merchants-need-to-be-equipped-for-contactless-payments-to-take-off/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:44:01 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11010 The tipping point for consumers to begin using contactless payments technologies will be when at least 40% of merchants are equipped with compatible POS terminals, according to a survey by First Data which also found that banks are the trusted and preferred provider for mobile wallet solutions.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/01/311010/survey-40-of-merchants-need-to-be-equipped-for-contactless-payments-to-take-off/feed/ 0 Vivotech raises $24m in funding http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/27/38323/vivotech-raises-24m-in-funding/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/27/38323/vivotech-raises-24m-in-funding/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:12 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8323 NFC specialist Vivotech has closed a US$24 million Series C round of funding. New investors in the company include Singapore's EDBI, SingTel Innov8 and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. Existing investors Alloy Ventures, Citi Ventures, Draper...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/27/38323/vivotech-raises-24m-in-funding/feed/ 0 Google Wallet: Day one for NFC? http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/26/37720/google-wallet-day-one-for-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/26/37720/google-wallet-day-one-for-nfc/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 18:54:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7720 Google has announced Google Wallet, Google Offers and a Google Prepaid Card, in partnership with MasterCard, Citi, First Data and Sprint.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/26/37720/google-wallet-day-one-for-nfc/feed/ 3 First Data launches NFC TSM http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/07/36917/first-data-launches-nfc-tsm/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/07/36917/first-data-launches-nfc-tsm/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:11:29 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6917 The payments processing giant and NFC TSM specialist SK C&C say their service has been released in time to coincide with a 'tipping point' for NFC.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/29/36688/vivotech-plans-2012-stock-market-launch/feed/ 0 First Data launches mobile marketing service for merchants http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/22/36582/first-data-launches-mobile-marketing-service-for-merchants/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/22/36582/first-data-launches-mobile-marketing-service-for-merchants/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:35:23 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6582 Payments processing giant First Data has launched mVoucher, a mobile marketing service for merchants that builds on existing gift card systems and provides the potential for a full service NFC wallet to be offered in the...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/22/36582/first-data-launches-mobile-marketing-service-for-merchants/feed/ 0 Bank of America adds BlackBerry phones to NFC trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/26/36172/boa-blackberry-nfc-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/26/36172/boa-blackberry-nfc-trial/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:43:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6172 BoyGeniusReport has revealed details of a new invitation-only NFC payments trial to be conducted by Bank of America. Select customers who take part in the trial will use BlackBerry mobile phones equipped with a microSD NFC device...

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