The value of payments made via mobile phones worldwide will reach US$670bn by 2015, up from $240bn this year, according to a new forecast by Juniper Research... More
Archive for July 2011
Google+ includes support for NFC tag reading
The search giant’s new social networking project includes built-in support for tag reading, letting users with NFC phones simply read a tag to post information stored in it to their Google+ account. More
BlackBerry Bold 9900 NFC phone to ship on September 15?
Amazon UK has added the BlackBerry Bold 9900 NFC smartphone to its website... More
Telenor and DnB Nor begin NFC trial in Oslo
The Norwegian bank and mobile network operator have contracted Giesecke & Devrient to provide them with a turnkey NFC solution for a mobile payments trial that will involve a dozen merchant locations in Oslo. More
Yankee Group: Global mobile transactions to exceed US$1 trillion by 2015
The value of global mobile transactions will grow from US$241 billion in 2011 to more than $1 trillion by 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 56%, according to Yankee Group‘s latest Mobile Money Forecast, part of a new Mobile Money Strategies research service... More
Barclaycard promotes NFC payments with spoof history of money video
Barclaycard has produced a ‘mockumentary’ on the history of money, to promote the NFC-based Quick Tap service it launched with Orange in May... More