NFC payments could arrive in Australia as soon as the new year... More
Archive for October 2011
Updated: XDA devs add Google Wallet to original Nexus S?
Developers say they have come up with a way to add Google Wallet functionality, including a Google Prepaid Card carrying a free US$10 credit, to the original Nexus S NFC phone. More
SleepTrak NFC sleep monitoring service goes live
The innovative sleep disorder monitoring service is now available to T-Mobile USA subscribers equipped with a Nokia Astound NFC phone. More
OfficeMax goes live with Google Wallet
Customers can now use their NFC mobile phones to make payments, redeem coupons and receive rewards via Google SingleTap terminals installed at more than one hundred of the office supplies chain’s stores in five US regions. More
Eight NFC products reach finals of Sesames awards
Finalists for the annual Cartes trade show awards include Taiwan-based Go-Trust, developer of a single wire protocol compliant NFC microSD card. More
EMVCo reports on NFC
Payments industry technical standards body EMVCo has published a 47-page white paper setting out its view of the contactless mobile payment (CMP) landscape, detailing the principles that guide the body’s efforts, and summarising the work it has carried out to date... More
Hypercom US changes name
The US business of point-of-sale terminal manufacturer Hypercom has changed its name to Equinox Payments... More
Chongqing gets NFC wallet
CRC Bank has launched China UnionPay’s NFC-based mobile payments system in Chongqing, south west China... More
Conti shows NFC car keys
Auto components manufacturer Continental demonstrated its NFC car key concept at last month’s IAA Motor Show in Frankfurt... More
Germans not ready for m-payments
Just one in four Germans wants to pay for goods with their mobile phone and 54% don’t want to use any form of mobile payment, according to a survey conducted by management consultancy Putz & Partner... More
ABI forecasts NFC spend
More than US$100bn will be spent worldwide using NFC in 2016 according to NFC Mobile Payments, a new report from ABI Research... More