An additional Nokia NFC phone may be about to launch, according to images obtained by Symbian Tweet... More
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Toulouse tests NFC car tech
Regional government workers in France are taking part in a pilot test of NFC car key technology... More
Signbox lights up NFC posters
Signbox has officially launched its Enlighten smart poster range at the Saatchi Gallery in London... More
Galaxy Nexus unveiling delayed
The launch of the next Google NFC phone, expected to be called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, has been postponed, This Is My Next reports... More
Subway USA goes contactless
Seven thousand Subway restaurants in the US are to be equipped to accept payments via contactless cards and NFC phones by the end of the first quarter of 2012, MasterCard has announced... More
Hungarian MNOs promote NFC
Hungary’s three mobile network operators — Magyar Telekom, Telenor Magyarország and Vodafone Magyarország — have held a press event to jointly promote the benefits of NFC payments, reports the Budapest Business Journal... More
Amex serves up mobile wallet API
American Express is to make an API available for its Serve digital wallet platform, Harshul Sanghi, the new VP of the company’s enterprise growth group has told Techcrunch... More
NFC gets Iran demo
Watchdata has demonstrated its NFC products and services at the Fifth Islamic Banking Exhibition in Tehran, in conjunction with local firm Padisar Informatics... More
Next Google phone revealed?
The next Google phone, expected to be unveiled on 11 October, will be called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, BGR reports... More
Patco tests open loop transit card
A 12 month pilot of the first open loop payment card to be issued by a transportation operator is now underway in the Philadelphia/New Jersey region of the USA... More
Visa hires GSMA director
Gavin Krugel has become the latest GSM Association staff member to join Visa... More
Olympics NFC phone to go global
The Olympics-branded NFC phone announced by Visa and Samsung in March is to be available worldwide, Pocket-Lint reports... More
Almex offers NFC ticketing
Hoeft & Wessel’s Almex e-ticketing system now allows fares to be dynamically calculated and charged after passengers wave their contactless EMV credit card as they board and again as they leave public transport... More
TI NFC tech heads to POS
Chinese POS specialist ViewAt has produced a reference design for a modular point of sale system that incorporates PCI security and NFC capabilities... More
Paypal pops up payments store
Paypal is to open a demonstration space in the heart of New York to show off its new retail payment technologies... More
Key delivers ads at POS
POS terminal maker Key Innovations has unveiled an unattended payment terminal that uses animated menus to help customers navigate the payment process... More
No NFC for iPhone 4S
If there’s NFC inside the new iPhone announced today, Apple isn’t shouting about it... More
NFC hails Taiwan taxis
Taiwan Mobile is placing smart posters in its Myfone stores that let customers call a Taiwan Taxi Corp cab using a Nokia NFC phone... More
Oz to get NFC ‘within months’
NFC payments could arrive in Australia as soon as the new year... 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