NFC World » Lightspeed Venture Partners 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 NFC pioneer Bling Nation suspends mobile payments service http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/13/37973/nfc-pioneer-bling-nation-suspends-mobile-payments-service/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/13/37973/nfc-pioneer-bling-nation-suspends-mobile-payments-service/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:00:40 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7973 Bling Nation, the company behind the first commercial NFC payments system in the US, has suspended service while it seeks to revamp its business model, American Banker reports. Bling Nation's technology was specifically designed to reduce...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/13/37973/nfc-pioneer-bling-nation-suspends-mobile-payments-service/feed/ 0 Bling Nation signs up second Colorado bank, secures $20m funding http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/02/32147/bling-nation-signs-up-second-colorado-bank-secures-20m-funding/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/02/32147/bling-nation-signs-up-second-colorado-bank-secures-20m-funding/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:21:10 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2147 Park State Bank & Trust, based in Woodland Park, Colorado, has become the second bank to sign up for Bling Nation's mobile contactless-sticker based payments system. The bank began offering the service to its customers...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/02/32147/bling-nation-signs-up-second-colorado-bank-secures-20m-funding/feed/ 1 Bling Nation goes live in Colorado http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/07/31365/bling-nation-goes-live-in-colorado/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/07/31365/bling-nation-goes-live-in-colorado/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:33:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1365 The State Bank in Colorado has become the first bank to sign up for Bling Nation's mobile contactless sticker-based local payments system.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/07/07/31365/bling-nation-goes-live-in-colorado/feed/ 0 Smart stickers power new community payments system http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/11/27/3319/smart-stickers-power-new-community-payments-system/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2008/11/27/3319/smart-stickers-power-new-community-payments-system/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:10:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=319 A new payments service from Bling Nation offers local banks the chance to provide a low-cost closed-loop payments system within their local community. Smart stickers attached to customers' mobile phones and low-cost 'BlingTag' readers are at the heart of the system and NFC-based services will be added once handsets become widely available.

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