NFC World » Wincor Nixdorf 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 French consumers prefer fingerprints to NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/01/312892/french-consumers-prefer-fingerprints-to-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/01/312892/french-consumers-prefer-fingerprints-to-nfc/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:39:17 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12892 A survey has found that French consumers are more interested in the idea of using their fingerprint to identify themselves when making a payment than in using a mobile phone for the purpose. 69% of...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/01/312892/french-consumers-prefer-fingerprints-to-nfc/feed/ 1 Majority of Britons ‘uncomfortable’ with mobile device payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/18/36061/majority-of-britons-uncomfortable-with-mobile-device-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/18/36061/majority-of-britons-uncomfortable-with-mobile-device-payments/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:45:02 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6061 More than half of UK consumers are distinctly uncomfortable with the idea of contactless payments made through their mobile device, according to new research. A survey by Vision Critical found that 51% report being fairly...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/02/18/36061/majority-of-britons-uncomfortable-with-mobile-device-payments/feed/ 0 Most French consumers not in favour of mobile payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/20/35692/most-french-consumers-not-in-favour-of-mobile-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/20/35692/most-french-consumers-not-in-favour-of-mobile-payments/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:30:18 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5692 Despite plans for a major expansion of the high profile pre-commercial NFC trial in Nice and Orange's ambitions to sell 500,000 NFC phones this year, a survey of French consumer attitudes has found that the majority are not in favour of using a phone to make payments.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/20/35692/most-french-consumers-not-in-favour-of-mobile-payments/feed/ 1 NFC news in brief • 10 Jan 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/10/35603/nfc-news-in-brief-10-jan-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/10/35603/nfc-news-in-brief-10-jan-2011/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:10:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5603 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: ATM top-ups for travel cards • Visa adds mobile app • New boss for Mobey Forum • Washington Metro to go contactless • Square worth $200M? • Madrid picks Mifare Desfire EV1 • Think&Go NFC gets funding • Enstream adds Western Union to Zoompass • All Google staff to get NFC phones?

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/10/35603/nfc-news-in-brief-10-jan-2011/feed/ 0 Carrefour announces major move toward contactless — and NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/27/3637/carrefour-announces-major-move-toward-contactless-%e2%80%94-and-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/01/27/3637/carrefour-announces-major-move-toward-contactless-%e2%80%94-and-nfc/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:29:01 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=637 The world's second largest retailer, part of the French Ergosum consortium aiming to launch a large scale NFC project by the end of this year, will begin converting its own brand credit/loyalty cards to contactless next month...

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