NFC World » Visa Europe http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Visa and Samsung reveal Olympics NFC payments plans http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315594/visa-and-samsung-reveal-olympics-nfc-payments-plans/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315594/visa-and-samsung-reveal-olympics-nfc-payments-plans/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 11:51:39 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15594 The payments network and the phone maker will be issuing limited edition Samsung Galaxy S III handsets loaded with a Visa NFC payments app to athletes and other VIPs during the London 2012 Games.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/09/315594/visa-and-samsung-reveal-olympics-nfc-payments-plans/feed/ 0 Visa to launch V.me digital wallet in UK, France and Spain http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/30/315393/visa-to-launch-v-me-digital-wallet-in-uk-france-and-spain/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/30/315393/visa-to-launch-v-me-digital-wallet-in-uk-france-and-spain/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:15:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15393 "Our intention is that V.me will ultimately be able to incorporate any or all of our new payment technologies, allowing our members to deliver the best possible payments experience whether face-to-face, online or in a mobile environment," says Visa Europe's Mariano Dima.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/30/315393/visa-to-launch-v-me-digital-wallet-in-uk-france-and-spain/feed/ 0 O2 Wallet launches in the UK: NFC to be added “in time” http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:13:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15328 Amid on-going delays for the UK mobile network operators' Project Oscar NFC joint venture, O2 has moved ahead with the launch of a mobile wallet that offers a suite of payments and marketing services to any mobile phone user, regardless of the carrier they get their mobile service from — with NFC to arrive later.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/26/315328/o2-wallet-launches-in-the-uk-nfc-to-be-added-in-time/feed/ 0 Vodafone to roll out mobile payments with Visa http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313899/vodafone-to-roll-out-mobile-payments-with-visa/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313899/vodafone-to-roll-out-mobile-payments-with-visa/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:14:29 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13899 The telecoms giant, which has 400m customers in more than thirty countries, is working with Visa to introduce a global Vodafone Mobile Wallet. Subscribers in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and the UK will be the first to get the new service, beginning this financial year.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313899/vodafone-to-roll-out-mobile-payments-with-visa/feed/ 0 Komerční Banka to launch NFC payments in Czech Republic http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/22/313631/komercni-banka-to-launch-nfc-payments-in-czech-republic/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/22/313631/komercni-banka-to-launch-nfc-payments-in-czech-republic/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:18 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13631 The bank has partnered with Visa Europe for a limited commercial NFC payments rollout, using iPhone 4 and 4S handsets equipped with Wireless Dynamics' iCarte accessory.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/22/313631/komercni-banka-to-launch-nfc-payments-in-czech-republic/feed/ 0 Romanian banks look to NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/01/312888/romanian-banks-look-to-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/01/312888/romanian-banks-look-to-nfc/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:12:59 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12888 Visa Europe is in discussion with banks in Romania with a view to introducing NFC payments, possibly as soon as this year, Catalin Cretu, the payments network's country manager for Romania, has told local business...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/01/312888/romanian-banks-look-to-nfc/feed/ 0 Visa mobile spend heads for 50% http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312700/visa-mobile-spend-heads-for-50-percent/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312700/visa-mobile-spend-heads-for-50-percent/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:07:16 +0000 Joe Davies http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12700 Over half the spending put through Visa in Europe in 2020 will be via a mobile device, predicts the payments company. The forecast is based on new figures which show spend on Visa cards in...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312700/visa-mobile-spend-heads-for-50-percent/feed/ 1 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 Visa certifies Samsung, LG and BlackBerry NFC phones for mobile payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/10/312319/visa-certifies-samsung-lg-and-blackberry-nfc-phones-for-mobile-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/10/312319/visa-certifies-samsung-lg-and-blackberry-nfc-phones-for-mobile-payments/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:09:05 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12319 The Samsung Galaxy S II, LG Optimus Net NFC, BlackBerry Bold 9900/9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9360/9380 have now been added to the list of approved Visa payments products, enabling financial institutions to use them in commercial NFC deployments for the first time.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/10/312319/visa-certifies-samsung-lg-and-blackberry-nfc-phones-for-mobile-payments/feed/ 0 Visa Europe: 2012 to be contactless tipping point http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/03/312192/visa-europe-2012-to-be-contactless-tipping-point/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/03/312192/visa-europe-2012-to-be-contactless-tipping-point/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:24:14 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12192 87% of contactless cardholders in the UK, Poland and Turkey believe contactless cards will be "instrumental in bringing mobile contactless payments to market in the near future," according to Visa Europe's latest Contactless Barometer survey....

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