The Royal Bank of Canada has expanded the functionality and availability of its cloud-based RBC Wallet... More
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Samsung adds Galaxy K Zoom with NFC
Samsung has expanded its NFC phone range with the addition of the Galaxy K Zoom... More
Ticketmaster to offer NFC tickets
Ticketmaster Spain has teamed up with Samsung to offer NFC tickets to an upcoming Dum Dum Girls concert in Madrid... More
Midrange Samsung gets NFC
Samsung’s Galaxy Ace Style mid-range smartphone, announced this week, is to come with NFC... More
Westpac to launch embedded NFC payments on Samsung devices
Australia’s Westpac bank is to launch its NFC mobile payments service on Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5 devices “over the next few weeks” with the functionality being “rolled out progressively” from this month. By 2015, the bank predicts, three million Australians will be using NFC to make payments. More
Verizon outs Samsung’s Ativ SE
US network Verizon has revealed details of Samsung’s latest Windows Phone handset, pre-empting the manufacturer’s own announcement of the device... More
Samsung adds NX Mini with NFC
Samsung has expanded its NFC-enabled camera range with the addition of the Smart Camera NX Mini... More
Google Wallet ends support for physical secure elements
From 14 April 2014 it will only be possible to use Google Wallet to make an NFC payment using a device that supports host card emulation (HCE)... More
Samsung unveils NFC voice label for visually impaired smartphone users
Samsung has introduced a range of accessories for its Galaxy Core Advance NFC smartphone aimed at users “that require special assistance”... More
Samsung grows NFC print range
Samsung has expanded its NFC printer range with two new lines aimed at the SMB market... More
Vodafone rolls out NFC mobile wallet across Germany
Mobile network operator Vodafone’s NFC-based mobile wallet and prepaid SmartPass account is now available throughout Germany, following a trial in the city of Dusseldorf... More
Reader offer: Save 15% on tickets to the NFCP Global Summit 2014
The NFCP Global Summit is returning to London in June with a show-stopping line up of speakers — and NFC World readers can save 15% on the usual ticket price... More
Iberia to offer NFC boarding cards
Spanish airline Iberia has partnered with Samsung to enable travellers to store their boarding passes on their NFC phones... More
Samsung updates NFC controller
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a third generation of its NFC controller offering at Mobile World Congress... More
Carta adds HCE to mobile payments platform
Transaction technology provider Carta Worldwide has added support for host card emulation (HCE) to its mobile payments platform — and is currently “supporting market trials in Europe and North America” that are expected to lead to large scale HCE deployments in late 2014... More
Samsung unveils Galaxy S5 with NFC, fingerprint verification and PayPal payments
The Galaxy S5, Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, includes biometric security as well as NFC — and can be used to make payments at any merchant that accepts PayPal online or in store... More
NXP reports slowdown in NFC revenue growth
NXP Semiconductors has reported a slowdown in revenue growth for its NFC business in 2013 but says it is optimistic that business will pick up again during the second half of this year... More
Hungarian mobile wallets get NFC event ticketing
The NFC mobile wallet being tested by Hungarian carriers Magyar Telekom, Vodafone and Telenor with MasterCard, OTP Bank and loyalty scheme operator SuperShop is expanding its range of services to include ticketing for live events and access to sports facilities... More
CIBC expands NFC phone options
Canada’s CIBC bank has expanded availability of its CIBC Mobile Payment app to include owners of Samsung Galaxy S III, S4, Note II and HTC One Android NFC phones, enabling a wider range of customers to make NFC payments... More
Samsung unveils NFC cameras
Samsung has announced two NFC-enabled cameras at CES 2014... More