Six news stories.
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• Should Carphone Warehouse be in the NFCW Expo? Is this your organisation? Find out how to get your NFCW Expo showcase.
The UK’s NatWest bank has launched a new service that will let consumers pay online merchants directly from their bank accounts, “saving merchants at least 25% of card processing costs”... More
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 NFC-enabled smartphones will start shipping “later this month”, Research in Motion has announced... More
Mobile Money Network, the joint venture established in November 2010 between Best Buy Europe, Monitise and Charles Dunstone, founder of Carphone Warehouse, has announced its mobile payments service is to be called Simply Tap... More
The Nexus S, the first Android phone to use the new Gingerbread version of the operating system and its built-in NFC functionality, will hit the shops in the US on 16 December and the UK on 20 December. For now, however, it looks as though the phones will only support tag reading applications — mobile payments capabilities will only be available later. More
US Bank has begun a field trial of microSD format NFC devices... More
NFC is likely to play a key role in the new venture as Monitise has already partnered with Visa and DeviceFidelity to integrate near field communication into its Mobile Money Manager platform. More