Digital security specialist Inside Secure has appointed Laurent Sanchez as vice president of applications and ecosystems... More
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Identive hires former TSM boss
NFC tag and services supplier Identive has hired Matthew Smith as vice president of product and technology management in the company’s Mobility & NFC Solutions group... More
UniCredit launches mobile contactless payments service in Slovakia
The Slovak bank is providing customers with MasterCard-branded contactless stickers that can be attached to the back of their mobile phones and used to make payments at more than 3,000 contactless card acceptance points currently in place in Slovakia. More
Orange launches commercial NFC payments service in Poland
“Several thousand” customers will be able to use their NFC phones to make payments at 35,000 contactless acceptance points across Poland. More
NFC news in brief • 6 June 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: M-Pesa revenues soar • Google Offers trial gets underway • Tyfone expands team • NXP’s partner programme • SVB picks EMV • British consumers ‘not comfortable’ with location-based services • SCM launches plug-in NFC reader • Elephant Talk to unveil NFC mobile wallet platform • and more… More
UK gets first commercial NFC service with Quick Tap from Orange and Barclaycard
Consumers can use the new service to make payments of up to £15 via a prepaid cash replacement application stored on their Quick Tap NFC phone. Tag read and write functions are also available and both loyalty and transport ticketing applications will be introduced later. More
Mifare4Mobile sets out future of Mifare on NFC devices
The Mifare4Mobile Industry Group has announced a new roadmap for Mifare4Mobile which sets out the way ahead for the deployment of Mifare-based transportation tickets on NFC devices... More
Turkcell launches commercial NFC payments with Yapi Kredi Bank
The Turkish mobile network operator’s new Cep-T Cüzdan mobile wallet service lets subscribers make payments with an NFC phone or using SIM+antenna add-ons that enable transactions to be made with existing mobile phones. More
Gemalto gets MasterCard approval for NFC mobile payment solution
The digital security giant has become the first company to receive certification from the payments network, paving the way for the commercial deployment of mobile payments based on MasterCard’s PayPass technology. More
Gemalto and ST sign NFC partnership deal
Gemalto and STMicroelectronics have formed a new partnership with the aim of offering NFC solutions that provide the highest possible levels of end-to-end security... More
Orange launches NFC payments trial in Poland
The mobile phone operator starts delivering on its promise to roll out NFC throughout Europe during 2011, saying opportunities are “virtually limitless”. More
Uncovered: The hidden NFC potential of the Google Nexus S and the Nokia C7
Mobile and NFC experts Dr Gerald Madlmayr and Christian Kantner have taken apart both a Nokia C7 and a Google Nexus S to find out what’s inside and what kind of services it will be possible to offer via the handsets in the future — and to build a Nexus S that can operate in full card emulation mode. Here Dr Madlmayr explains what he and Kantner discovered… More
NTT Docomo partners with Korea’s KT to switch to NFC at end of 2012
Mobile network operator NTT Docomo, the driving force behind Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has confirmed that it will make the move to NFC standard technology from “around the end of 2012”, in partnership with Korea’s KT. More
Yapi Kredi Bank and Turkcell to launch NFC payments service using Visa’s iPhone add-on
A survey conducted by Visa Europe in the UK, Italy, Poland and Turkey in advance of the launch has found that 87% of iPhone users would be willing to attach an add-on to their phone in order to make mobile payments. More
Orange and Barclaycard set date for UK’s first commercial NFC service
British consumers will be able to use NFC phones to make payments at stores across the country from the second quarter of this year, Barclaycard and Everything Everywhere have announced. More
Softbank to test NFC in Japan
Softbank Mobile has partnered with credit card issuers Credit Saison and Orient Corporation to test NFC on HTC Android smartphones equipped with a SIM+antenna solution and mobile wallet software. More
Avea and Garanti Bank launch commercial NFC service in Turkey
Turkish consumers can now buy an NFC add-on that comes with a built-in prepaid card account which they can use to make payments in stores and on public transport and to receive digital coupons. More
DBS, StarHub and EZ-Link to begin Singapore NFC pilot in December
The bank, mobile network operator and transport card issuer will be using Gemalto’s N-Flex NFC add-on and plan to launch commercial services towards the end of 2011. More
NXP and Gemalto sign Mifare NFC licensing deal
NXP Semiconductors and Gemalto have signed a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s Mifare technology which will enable Gemalto to integrate both Mifare DESFire and Mifare Plus into its SIM cards... More
NFC news in brief • 15 Nov 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Banks deploy OTP cards • Qantas expands next generation check-in • Visa and Gap tie coupons to purchasing • iPhone users max their cards • Subway picks Facecash • Nokia retrieves Symbian • Mobile coupons gain ground • Barclays reports contactless stats • and more… More