Market forecaster In-Stat predicts that the value of proximity mobile payment transactions will approach US$9.9 billion in 2016, up from $1.1 billion in 2012... More
Archive for March 2012
Alix: US consumers want banks to provide digital wallets
74% of US consumers interested in having a digital wallet would choose their primary bank as their preferred provider, an AlixPartners survey has found, compared with 23% who say they would pick PayPal and 15% who chose Google as their preferred provider... More
Juniper: NFC to reach US$74bn
Juniper Research forecasts that NFC will facilitate transactions valued at US$74bn by 2015, as the technology is increasingly used for the payment of goods instore and for transport tickets... More
Nokia Money to close down
Nokia is to close down its Nokia Money service, which was launched in India in late 2011 and was expected to expand internationally... More
Orange hits 500k NFC phones
500,000 Orange customers in France and the UK are now equipped with NFC phones, the mobile network operator has told NFC World... More
Isis unveils merchant logo
A new video released by US NFC venture Isis provides the first look at the logo the company plans to use to indicate to consumers that a merchant is ‘Isis ready’ — meaning that it can process Isis offers and loyalty points as well as contactless payments via cards and NFC phones... More
PayPal to demo digital wallet
PayPal is to demonstrate a new digital wallet solution at the SXSW event in Austin, Texas this week... More
Samsung Wallet on the way?
Phone maker Samsung has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for “Samsung Wallet”, a word mark relating to “computer software for mobile phones, smart phones and tablet PCs,” PocketNow reports... More
Identive and WPG to share x-rays via NFC
The two firms are to provide doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals with a way to easily transfer digital medical images to the relevant exam room. More
M-Tel to test NFC in Bulgaria
Bulgarian mobile network operator M-Tel is to begin a six month NFC payments pilot in May 2012, in conjunction with First Investment Bank, and hopes to begin commercial services this year... More
UK NFC JV files with Brussels
The NFC joint venture between three UK mobile network operators has now filed for approval with the EU to go ahead with the scheme, code named ‘Project Oscar’, the Guardian reports, despite on-going objections from excluded carrier Three... More
Google warns on rooted phones
Some Google Wallet users running the app on rooted NFC phones are now seeing a message pointing out that their phone is an unsuppported device... More
Apple starts beaming with WiFi
Apple’s iPhoto for iOS application, announced this week at the iPad launch, includes a feature to ‘beam’ photos to other iOS devices... More
Turkcell signs up 50k wallet users
Turkcell now has 50,000 active users of its Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet service, the Turkish carrier’s Ergi Şener has told NFC World, and plans to expand the service to include mobile coupon and loyalty services in the near future... More
Top POS makers add support for Isis coupons and offers
VeriFone, Ingenico, Vivotech and Equinox are all adding support for the US NFC venture’s SmartTap service, enabling merchants to both accept payments and process coupons and offers via Isis mobile phones. More
NFC testing specialists Soliatis and Raisonance merge
Testing and certification specialists Raisonance and Soliatis have merged to form a new company called Keolabs that will offer end-to-end testing and certification solutions for smart cards and secure components on a global basis... More
QNB and Qtel to launch NFC services in Qatar
The bank and mobile network operator have partnered for the launch of the country’s first NFC payments service, using BlackBerry NFC phones as well as NFC stickers. More
Apple awarded payments tracking patent
Apple has been granted US patent number 8,127,962 for ‘Parental Controls’, a wide ranging system for tying together multiple subsidiary accounts within a mobile wallet application... More
GlobalPlatform to put consumers in control of NFC mobile wallets
The secure chip standards body is working on a new approach to the management of NFC secure elements that would allow consumers to pick their own ‘trusted token’ and appoint their own secure service provider. More
Delhi Metro tests NFC
Indian mass transportation operator Delhi Metro Railway Corporation has “started experimenting with NFC-enabled cell phones” for ticketing, reports The Times of India... More