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C-Sam speeds NFC development with applets and testing services
May 17th, 2013
NFC technology provider C-Sam has announced a suite of NFC applets and test automation tools aimed at reducing the time needed for companies to develop, test and launch NFC products and services. C-Sam's NFC applets... More

Blue Bite puts NFC ads into 5,000 US taxis
May 16th, 2013
Taxi ad network Creative Mobile Technologies has agreed a deal with NFC marketing specialist Blue Bite to use its mTag platform for advertising in 5,000 US cabs. Passengers see video or static messages on CMT's... More

GSMA calls for feedback on NFC loyalty and coupon proposals
May 10th, 2013
The GSMA has published a proposed technical specification for a common standard for managing loyalty cards, coupons and vouchers in a mobile wallet — and is asking for feedback on its proposals from retailers, loyalty... More

Chunghwa Telecom to test NFC and QR combo payments platform
May 8th, 2013
"It is an all-in-one digital wallet that lets customers choose which way they want to pay," the Taiwanese carrier's Joseph Kuo has told NFC World. "The wallet supports multiple credit and bank cards, loyalty cards, coupons etc, and I think Chunghwa Telecom would like to see a big development in both technologies." More

JAL adds carriers and coupons to NFC boarding pass service
May 7th, 2013
Japan Airlines (JAL) has added coupons and special offers to its NFC-enabled boarding pass service and announced plans to extend operations to include customers of all three of Japan's mobile network operators. KDDI customers have... More

Eye picks Zappit for NFC advertising in US malls
April 25th, 2013
Mall media operator Eye has announced a partnership with NFC specialist Zappit to power the next generation of its Amplify mobile advertising platform. The Amplify solution will be deployed across the company's network of 3,100... More

Eagle Eye gets US and European EMV coupon patents
April 16th, 2013
Loyalty and payments specialist Eagle Eye Solutions has been granted US and European patents for an EMV-based digital coupon and gift voucher solution that allows point-of-sale terminals to be used to both process card payments... More
JusTap adds NFC coupons
April 16th, 2013
Mumbai-based JusTap! has announced JusPocket, an NFC couponing platform that allows brands to run multiple coupon and deal campaigns in real time. JusPocket can be integrated into POS systems or accessed from a web browser,... More

NFC tags beat QR codes in Dutch retail pilot
April 10th, 2013
"We have found that the NFC tags are more popular than the QR codes because they are very simple to use," upmarket fashion retailer Vic has told NFC World. "It is definitely something we hope to keep in our store going forward into the future; it is our way of connecting our online and offline worlds." More

Starhub launches NFC movie tickets in Singapore
April 9th, 2013
"The mobile ticketing innovation is the world's first NFC mobile wallet with P2P redemption of movie tickets," says technology provider C-SAM. "This new capability reduces the time customers spend purchasing and redeeming tickets, creating a compelling and seamless customer experience for movie ticketing." More

Korean banks launch NFC payments service
March 20th, 2013
Sixteen Korean banks have introduced BankWallet, a prepaid NFC payments service that uses a platform developed by interbank clearing house KFTC. SK Telecom subscribers with an NFC phone will be the first to be able to use the new service and KT customers will be added soon. More

Samsung Galaxy S4 launches with support for NFC and 1D barcodes
March 15th, 2013
The smartphone maker's new flagship device is the first to use Mobeam technology, allowing coupons, loyalty cards, gift cards, event tickets and more to be transmitted from the device to any of the 165m laser scanners installed in retail stores today. More

Weve picks Logic Group for coupon and loyalty pilot
March 13th, 2013
Weve, the joint venture between the three major mobile network operators that is working to bring mobile payments services to market in the UK, has chosen customer interaction specialist The Logic Group as one of... More

Logic Group to offer NFC in-store marketing platform to retailers
March 13th, 2013
Retail technology specialist The Logic Group has partnered with NFC provider Proxama to create an in-store NFC marketing platform for retailers. The platform will enable retailers to distribute vouchers and coupons to shoppers via NFC-enabled... More

Adspace to roll out NFC advertising in 140 US shopping malls
March 11th, 2013
The video advertising display owner will be using NFC specialist Blue Bite's mTag platform to offer advertisers the ability to provide shoppers with access to content downloads, web-based games, promotions and more via NFC and QR codes. More

Telus mobile payments coming “very soon”
March 7th, 2013
Future Telus smartphones will use Gemalto's UpTeq NFC SIM cards to securely store customer credentials, it was announced today. "Gemalto's UpTeq NFC SIM technologies comply with the most stringent global security requirements and they have... More

GSMA reports on NFC Experience at MWC
March 6th, 2013
More than 10,000 Mobile World Congress 2013 attendees tried out the NFC Experience at this year's event. "We can probably improve a few things regarding the ergonomics," the GSMA's head of NFC has told NFC World, "but overall it went smoothly." More
Think&Go wins NFC Challenge
February 28th, 2013
Think&Go NFC has picked up first prize in the GSMA's NFC Challenge at Mobile World Congress 2013 for its Dynamic NFC-Screen, a display technology that enables NFC phone users to interact with video promotions, collect... More

VeriFone and SK C&C team up for NFC wallets
February 27th, 2013
POS maker VeriFone and Korea-based IT company SK C&C have announced they are working together to deploy mobile wallet solutions for "several large mobile network operators". "Our partnership with VeriFone will enable MNOs to rapidly... More

Samsung enters the mobile wallet market
February 27th, 2013
Samsung has unveiled its own mobile wallet app at Mobile World Congress 2013. Samsung Wallet "is a convenient mobile app which allows users to store and manage event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards and coupons... More
