NFC World » MasterCard 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 MTS launches commercial NFC payments service in Russia http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/23/315880/mts-launches-commercial-nfc-payments-service-russia/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/23/315880/mts-launches-commercial-nfc-payments-service-russia/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:18:15 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15880 Mobile network operator MTS and MTS Bank, both owned by Russia's Sistema group, have launched an NFC payments service in conjunction with MasterCard. The service is available to customers in Moscow today and will be expanded to other major Russian cities in the near future.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/23/315880/mts-launches-commercial-nfc-payments-service-russia/feed/ 0 MasterCard floats forum for US move to EMV http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/22/315858/mastercard-floats-forum-us-move-emv/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/22/315858/mastercard-floats-forum-us-move-emv/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:16:26 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15858 MasterCard has proposed the formation of a cross-industry group designed to foster collaboration and alignment between all stakeholders in the coming move to EMV "chip and pin" technology in the United States. "We recognize that...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/22/315833/identive-adds-nfc-payment-sticker/feed/ 0 CIBC and Rogers to bring NFC payments to Canada http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315718/cibc-and-rogers-to-bring-nfc-payments-to-canada/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315718/cibc-and-rogers-to-bring-nfc-payments-to-canada/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:44 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15718 The bank and telecoms operator are to introduce a joint NFC service that will let CIBC credit cardholders make mobile payments with a Rogers NFC phone from "later this year".

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/16/315718/cibc-and-rogers-to-bring-nfc-payments-to-canada/feed/ 0 MasterCard enters the mobile wallet market http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315600/mastercard-enters-the-mobile-wallet-market/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315600/mastercard-enters-the-mobile-wallet-market/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:32:16 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15600 The payments network has announced PayPass Wallet Services, a digital wallet platform that will support NFC. Eighteen financial institutions, American Airlines and bookseller Barnes & Noble are among those who have signed up for the service.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315600/mastercard-enters-the-mobile-wallet-market/feed/ 0 MasterCard certifies more NFC phones, introduces a new logo http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315520/mastercard-certifies-more-nfc-phones-introduces-a-new-logo/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315520/mastercard-certifies-more-nfc-phones-introduces-a-new-logo/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:51:43 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15520 NFC phones developed by HTC, Intel, LG Electronics, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony have all now been certified for contactless payments — and have the right to carry a new 'MasterCard PayPass Ready' logo.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315520/mastercard-certifies-more-nfc-phones-introduces-a-new-logo/feed/ 2 MasterCard: Contactless cards can deliver 30% spending lift http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315479/mastercard-contactless-cards-can-deliver-30-percent-spending-lift/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315479/mastercard-contactless-cards-can-deliver-30-percent-spending-lift/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 11:16:43 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15479 New research conducted by MasterCard has found that US consumers that make use of a contactless card increased their spending on that card by nearly a third.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315479/mastercard-contactless-cards-can-deliver-30-percent-spending-lift/feed/ 0 McDonald’s to test cloud-based NFC payments in Austria http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/24/315260/mcdonalds-to-test-cloud-based-nfc-payments-in-austria/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/24/315260/mcdonalds-to-test-cloud-based-nfc-payments-in-austria/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:21:07 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15260 The fast food giant has signed up to pilot test a new cloud-based NFC payments service developed by Austrian mobile network operator A1 and Paybox Bank. Supermarket chain Merkur will also participate in the trial.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/24/315260/mcdonalds-to-test-cloud-based-nfc-payments-in-austria/feed/ 3 Azeris fancy paying by mobile http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/23/315211/azeris-fancy-paying-by-mobile/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/23/315211/azeris-fancy-paying-by-mobile/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:25:41 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15211 As Azerbaijan moves towards non-cash payment from its current predominantly cash-based economy, some 86% of residents of capital city Baku say they would like to carry out contactless payments with their phones. Abc.az reports that research conducted...

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