Hong Kong’s Octopus stored value cards will be available on NFC phones by the end of 2013, chief executive Sunny Cheung Yiu-tong has told the South China Morning Post... More
- Bank of China lets taxi drivers accept central bank digital currency payments on NFC mobile phones
- Juniper forecasts 25% increase in POS terminal transaction values by 2028
- STMicroelectronics launches NFC tag chip with elliptic curve cryptography
- NFC Forum survey finds majority of consumers now prefer making payments with their mobile phone
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Lenovo puts NFC in Yoga
The latest version of Lenovo’s flexible ThinkPad Yoga Windows 8 ultrabook will include NFC... More
Leica introduces compact camera with NFC
Camera maker Leica has unveiled the Leica C, a compact camera capable of shooting full HD video, and the company’s first that includes NFC and WiFi for easy sharing. More
Sumitomo Mitsui to launch NFC payments in Japan
Banking group Sumitomo Mitsui is to introduce an NFC payments service this month that will be available through all three Japanese mobile network operators — NTT Docomo, Softbank and KDDI — and will work with a total of 31 NFC phones available from the three carriers. More
Envy Recline all-in-one gets NFC
The larger 27-inch screen model of HP’s Envy Recline all-in-one PC includes NFC connectivity as well as a design that allows the touchscreen to be lowered to a typing position... More
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Sony adds NFC to latest Walkman
Sony has included NFC pairing in its latest Walkman, the NWZ-F886... More
Apple patent reignites iPhone NFC hopes
A newly published patent application shows that Apple has been working on ways to combine the fingerprint verification technology it acquired in July 2012 with NFC — and may also be eyeing a variation of NFC that uses “body coupled communications”. More
LG NFC phone could be Nexus 5
An LG smartphone which commentators suspect could be the next Google Nexus handset has been spotted passing through FCC approval, reports Engadget... More
Xiaomi unveils Mi3 smartphone with NFC
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has announced the Mi3, a 5-inch NFC smartphone that is the first to use Nvidia’s 1.8GHz Tegra 4 quad core processor. More
Vodafone, BNZ and Visa to trial NFC payments in New Zealand
Mobile network operator Vodafone is launching a pre-commercial prepaid payments trial in New Zealand, in partnership with Visa and Bank of New Zealand (BNZ). The trial will make use of Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One smartphones equipped with the Vodafone SmartPass app. More
Meizu announces MX3 smartphone with NFC
Chinese phone maker Meizu has announced its first smartphone with NFC. The Meizu MX3 has a 5.1-inch 1800 by 1080 display and runs Flyme 3.0, the phone maker’s customised version of Android 4.2. More
Five more POS providers to integrate Isis SmartTap
Five more payment terminal manufacturers and software providers have agreed to integrate Isis SmartTap NFC functionality into their range of point of sale systems. More
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Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 3 with NFC
Samsung has unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphone, the Note 3, an NFC-enabled handset with a 5.7-inch full HD Amoled display and 13 megapixel camera which can capture 1080p video at 60 frames per second. More
Sony announces Xperia Z1 smartphone
Sony has unveiled the Xperia Z1, a 4G LTE handset that features NFC, a 2.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 20.7 megapixel camera and a 5-inch full HD Triluminous display. More
Sony launches NFC lens-style cameras for smartphones
Sony has unveiled a family of photographic zoom lenses with integrated image sensors that can be connected to Android or iOS smartphones, via NFC and WiFi, to provide a high quality, DSLR-like camera experience. More
Metro delivers news to bus stops with NFC
For the next three months out-of-home media owner Clear Channel is to make content from free daily newspaper Metro available via NFC at its 10,000 touchpoint ad panels around the UK. More
Vodafone and Orange to launch NFC payments in Spain
Both Vodafone and Orange are to launch NFC payments services using prepaid cash accounts in Spain this year. More
BBM for Android to support NFC
The Android version of BlackBerry’s popular chat service BlackBerry Messenger is now in beta testing, reports BlackBerryOS.com... More
HTC unveils Mini+ companion handset
Phone maker HTC has unveiled the Mini+, a tiny lightweight companion handset that allows calls to be made using a smartphone’s connection once paired through NFC or Bluetooth. More
Acer unveils Liquid S2 NFC smartphone with 4K video
Acer has announced the Liquid S2, an Android smartphone with a 6-inch full HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz processor and a 13 megapixel camera able to record 4K Ultra HD video. More