NFC World » La Caixa http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 07:43:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Spanish banks prepare Barcelona and Madrid for mobile payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/12/312406/spanish-banks-prepare-barcelona-and-madrid-for-mobile-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/12/312406/spanish-banks-prepare-barcelona-and-madrid-for-mobile-payments/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:38 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12406 La Caixa is to equip all its 17,000 retail points-of-sale in Barcelona with contactless POS terminals while BBVA and Bankia are converting 7,000 points-of-sale in central Madrid, with the aim of paving the way for NFC mobile payments.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/12/312406/spanish-banks-prepare-barcelona-and-madrid-for-mobile-payments/feed/ 0 EU invests €3.41m in project to make self-service terminals more accessible http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/09/39774/eu-invests-3m-euros-in-project-to-make-self-service-terminals-more-accessible/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/09/39774/eu-invests-3m-euros-in-project-to-make-self-service-terminals-more-accessible/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:28:43 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=9774 The APSIS4All project plans to use cutting edge technologies including NFC to make it easier for the elderly and the disabled to make use of ticket vending machines, public information kiosks, cash dispensers and other self-service terminals.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/09/39774/eu-invests-3m-euros-in-project-to-make-self-service-terminals-more-accessible/feed/ 0 Telefonica staff to test NFC payments and access control http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/01/36825/telefonica-staff-to-test-nfc-payments-and-access-control/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/01/36825/telefonica-staff-to-test-nfc-payments-and-access-control/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:13:26 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6825 Up to 12,500 staff at Telefónica España will be given the chance to make mobile payments in shops and use NFC to access buildings and parking, the mobile network operator has announced. In the first...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/01/36825/telefonica-staff-to-test-nfc-payments-and-access-control/feed/ 0 Sitges trial results: Consumers pay more often and spend more with NFC phones than with cards http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/07/35576/sitges-trial-results-consumers-pay-more-often-and-spend-more-with-nfc-phones-than-with-cards/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/07/35576/sitges-trial-results-consumers-pay-more-often-and-spend-more-with-nfc-phones-than-with-cards/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:00:14 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5576 Telefónica, la Caixa and Visa's NFC payments trial in the Spanish resort of Sitges has seen significant increases in both transaction frequencies and purchase values but, the partners say, a mass deployment of NFC services is still three to five years away.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/07/35576/sitges-trial-results-consumers-pay-more-often-and-spend-more-with-nfc-phones-than-with-cards/feed/ 1 La Caixa reports first results from Sitges NFC trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34109/la-caixa-reports-first-results-from-sitges-nfc-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34109/la-caixa-reports-first-results-from-sitges-nfc-trial/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:32:57 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4109 The first results of the NFC payments trial taking place in Sitges, Spain show that 60% of the participants have so far used their phone to make a payment, Benjamí Puigdevall, CEO of e-La Caixa,...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/07/14/34109/la-caixa-reports-first-results-from-sitges-nfc-trial/feed/ 0 Telefónica Movistar, La Caixa and Visa begin pre-commercial NFC pilot in Spanish resort of Sitges http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/28/33776/telefonica-movistar-la-caixa-and-visa-begin-pre-commercial-nfc-pilot-in-spanish-resort-of-sitges/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/05/28/33776/telefonica-movistar-la-caixa-and-visa-begin-pre-commercial-nfc-pilot-in-spanish-resort-of-sitges/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 12:50:31 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3776 1,500 customers of Telefónica and La Caixa have been issued with Samsung S5230 NFC phones which they can use to make debit and credit card payments in taxis, sports centres, at market stalls and in retail stores.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/12/32732/nfc-bus-ticketing-trial-to-take-place-in-madrid/feed/ 0 Telefonica announces NFC trial in Sitges, Spain http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32661/telefonica-announces-nfc-trial-in-sitges-spain/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/11/32661/telefonica-announces-nfc-trial-in-sitges-spain/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:01:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2661 Telefonica has announced this morning that it is to run an NFC trial in the Spanish resort of Sitges, in conjunction with Visa and La Caixa bank (see a photo from the press conference here)....

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