S’oul Kafé in the French town of Pau has introduced a service provided by local tag store NFC-Smartags to allow customers with an NFC phone to connect to its WiFi network and access its online menu... 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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Luxury watches get NFC authentication
Swiss luxury watchmaker HYT Watches has adopted security specialist WiseKey’s NFC brand protection solution WiseAuthentic. More
Google and Equity Bank launch NFC payments in Kenya
The BebaPay service is now live on buses in Nairobi and a free app enables any Android NFC phone to be used as a card reader. Shops, traders and small businesses will be able to use Google’s BebaPay in the future “to accept payments from customers, without needing expensive tills and cash registers.” More
NFC app records voices
NFC-Shop.net has launched Tapogram, an Android app that allows user to record messages up to 10 seconds long and associate them with an NFC tag... More
Samsung to issue new TecTiles that meet NFC Forum standards
Samsung is to introduce a new range of NFC tags because its existing TecTiles tags don’t meet NFC Forum standards and won’t work with the new Galaxy S4 smartphone. More
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MasterCard blames carriers for NFC payments delays
“The telcos keep on doing the same thing, they get arrogant and then they get disintermediated,” MasterCard’s Jorn Lambert has told The Australian Financial Review. More
Madhya Pradesh to offer NFC info
Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation is to use NFC and QR codes to provide tourists with information at heritage centres, The Times of India reports... More
Lumix G6 camera gets NFC
Panasonic has announced a new mid-range 16 megapixel camera with NFC and Wi-Fi functionality... More
Inside Secure NFC chip sales fall
Inside Secure has reported a fall in revenues of 68% year-on-year for its Mobile NFC division. Revenues were just US$4.5m in the first quarter of 2013, down 61% on the fourth quarter of 2012. More
Sony to add NFC soundbars
Sony is set to launch a new range of soundbars complete with NFC for easy pairing, reports Pocket-Lint... More
Usat and Isis launch loyalty program for NFC vending machines
USA Technologies (USAT) has teamed up with NFC platform provider Isis to offer a mobile loyalty program. Customers who use an Isis NFC phone to make payments at vending machines will get their fifth purchase free. More
Eurosmart ups NFC SE forecast
250m NFC secure elements will be shipped in 2013, Eurosmart forecasts, up some 67% from the 150m units shipped in 2012 and an increase on the smart card trade body’s last estimation in November 2012... More
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Pulse expands NFC antenna product range
Electronic components supplier Pulse Electronics has announced a new catalog selection of NFC antennas aimed at a range of devices, including point-of-sale terminals, in-vehicle payment terminals, security control and access panels and printers. The company also makes stamp and ferrite sheet antennas aimed at mobile phones. More
Clear Channel promotes NFC with prizes
Outdoor advertising company Clear Channel has launched ‘Human vs Machine’, a quiz game designed to begin getting consumers used to the idea of interacting with its new network of 10,000 advertising panels equipped with NFC tags. More
Eye picks Zappit for NFC advertising in US malls
Mall media operator Eye has announced a partnership with NFC specialist Zappit to power the next generation of its Amplify mobile advertising platform. The Amplify solution will be deployed across the company’s network of 3,100 digital advertising displays, located in 250 upmarket US shopping malls. More
Tesco: NFC payments are too complex and offer too few benefits
“NFC was revolutionary 10 years ago but I think it just might have passed its sell-by date”, the retail giant’s Lyndon Lee told attendees at a mobile payments conference in London this week. “We are developing a digital wallet, focusing on marketing and loyalty aspects, but payment may not enter the wallet.” More
Codemasters Japan to promote video game via NFC
“We are bringing the traditional, static in-store experience to life with Codemasters,” tag platform provider Tapit’s Niklas Bakos has told NFC World. “We are creating a digital experience to allow customers to interact with the product on a different level.” More
Creative Proximity connects NFC toys to mobile devices
Creative Proximity, a US startup working on tools to connect physical toys with virtual worlds, has shown off a new device that can be used to connect NFC toys and mobile games. More
Identive ships 1m stickers to Africa
One million NFC TOM (Tag on Metal) phone stickers have been ordered from Identive for “a banking and payment program in Africa”, the company has announced... More
Ingenico launches mobile POS terminal with NFC and fingerprint security
Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico has introduced a range of mobile payments terminals that include NFC and biometric verification. More