NFC services will begin in Germany and Poland in 2011 and in the US, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic in 2012. In Germany, the operator looks set to offer its own payments service but in other countries it will partner with other operators or with banks, depending on market conditions. More
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Isis appoints head of marketing
Isis has appointed Ryan Hughes as its chief marketing officer, responsible for marketing the NFC mobile payments joint venture to merchants, advertisers and other businesses across the US, All Things Digital reports... More
Discover begins national roll out of contactless stickers
Discover Financial Services has begun issuing Discover Zip contactless credit cards and stickers to select cardholders... More
Visa responds to launch of Isis
“I remain highly confident in Visa’s long-term growth and innovation strategy, including our plans to continue work with our partners to accelerate the adoption and usage of mobile payments,” writes Bill Gajda, the company’s head of global mobile product, in a post on the official Visa blog. More
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile confirm Isis mobile payments joint venture
The new service is to be called Isis, will be introduced in key geographic markets “during the next eighteen months” and aims to ultimately eliminate “the need for consumers to carry cash, credit and debit cards, reward cards, coupons, tickets and transit passes.” More
US telcos hire GE Capital CMO to head mobile payments joint venture
AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA have hired Michael Abbott, the chief marketing officer for General Electrics’ GE Capital card business, as the chief executive of their NFC-based US mobile payments venture, according to the Wall Street Journal... More
Could Apple’s iTunes announcement include NFC?
OPINION: The last 48 hours have seen a rush of announcements showing that near field communication is moving rapidly to widespread adoption:... More
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Discover and Barclays to officially announce mobile payment joint venture plans
Confirmation that AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA have formed a joint venture to introduce NFC-based mobile payments services in the US could come as early as tomorrow, according to a Reuters report... More
Verizon invests in mobile loyalty and coupons specialist CardStar
Verizon Ventures has invested US$400,000 in mobile loyalty card and promotions start-up CardStar, The Wall Street Journal reports:... More
US NFC payments market heats up — but advertising revenues will be the way to make it pay
OPINION: Almost from nowhere, interest in near field communication technology has exploded in the US over the last few weeks as key potential market players have begun to reveal their hands. More
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to test NFC payments in the US
US mobile network operators AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are planning to run NFC payments trials in Atlanta and three other US cities, according to Bloomberg... More
Former Hewlett Packard chief technologist joins NFC solutions provider
David Croslin, a former chief technologist at Hewlett Packard and chief product architect for Verizon Business has joined NFC solutions provider SecureNFC as chairman of the board... More