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OTI wins US NFC order

Karl Dyer — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:12:36 +0000

Contactless specialist On Track Innovations has received an order for 30,000 NFC and contactless payment readers from a US-based supplier of technology solutions to the retail petroleum industry. The readers include support for Isis's SmartTap...

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Usat and Isis launch loyalty program for NFC vending machines

Joe Davies — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:37:29 +0000

USA Technologies (USAT) has teamed up with NFC platform provider Isis to offer a mobile loyalty program. Customers who use an Isis NFC phone to make payments at vending machines will get their fifth purchase...

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Toshiba GCS adds Isis SmartTap support to POS system

Karl Dyer — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:48:57 +0000

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has added support for Isis SmartTap payments to its Ace POS platform. The integration of Isis SmartTap will allow merchants to improve their customer experience by extending offers and loyalty programs...

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Isis releases Utah mobile payments usage stats

Sarah Clark — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:16:31 +0000

Active users are now paying with Isis five or more times a week, says Jim Stapleton, the NFC payments platform's chief sales officer. "Consumers actually only need to know about the passcode, and you kind of have a mental 'Oh!' right there as they realize their leather wallet does not have a passcode," he explained.

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AT&T adds Pantech Discover 4G NFC smartphone

Mike Clark — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:56:35 +0000

AT&T has announced that a new NFC smartphone, the Pantech Discover, will be available from 11 January. The 4G device is pitched as a "feature-packed smartphone in an affordable package" and will be available for...

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Incipio debuts iPhone NFC case for Isis payments

Mike Clark — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:00:16 +0000

Mobile device accessories maker Incipio has unveiled Cashwrap, an NFC case that can be used to add Isis mobile payments and offers capabilities to the iPhone 4 and 4S. "Incipio's stylish, protective, portable case offering...

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MasterCard buys into NFC wallet provider C-Sam

Mike Clark — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:04:37 +0000

MasterCard has signed a strategic partnership agreement with C-Sam and also acquired a minority shareholding in the NFC mobile wallet and transaction platform provider. The move follows a deal the two companies signed in May...

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Salt Lake Tribune reports on Isis pilot

Mike Clark — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:07:14 +0000

Salt Lake Tribune reporter Vince Horiuchi has been out and about in the city testing Isis, following the October 2012 launch of the NFC mobile payments venture's pilots in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas....

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Juniper scales back NFC forecast

Mike Clark — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:45:26 +0000

Global NFC retail transaction values will now reach US$110bn in 2017, significantly below the $180bn previously forecast, the analysts say, due to the lack of NFC in the iPhone 5, lower than expected adoption of Google Wallet and the delay in the launch of Isis.

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GigaOm: Isis awareness low

Mike Clark — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:58:11 +0000

The Isis pilot launch has been "softer than a goose down pillow", says GigaOm's Stacey Higginbotham, who has been checking out the service in Austin, Texas and found that merchant awareness of the NFC payments...

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