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Android Pay to launch in Australia, adds in-app payments in US

By Rian Boden • 16 December 2015 • Updated 26 December 2023

Google will launch its Android Pay mobile payment service across Australia in the first half of 2016 with support from several of the country’s major financial institutions, including ANZ, Westpac, Bank of Melbourne, Bank of South Australia, Bendigo Bank, Cuscal, ING Direct, Macquarie Bank and St George. The mobile payment service has also enabled in-app payments in the US. More

One in four US consumers would share DNA with their bank

By Rian Boden • 22 June 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

One in four US consumers would consider sharing their DNA with their financial institution if it meant it would make authentication easier and their personal information more secure, research from Telstra reveals... More

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Telstra uses NFC to cut costs and improve customer service for broadband users

By Rian Boden • 22 May 2014

Australian telecommunications provider Telstra is now applying NFC tags to all its broadband modems, enabling customers to access personalised help, information and support recommendations by tapping the tag with their NFC phone... More

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GSMA upgrades NFC Badge validation for MWC 2014

By Sarah Clark • 19 February 2014

The GSMA has partnered with nine carriers to add extra functionality to its NFC Badge service at Mobile World Congress 2014, eliminating the need for visitors to present photo ID onsite... More

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New Year app gets NFC push

By Karl Dyer • 3 December 2013 • Updated 5 February 2019

Australian telco Telstra has teamed up with Tapit to enable revellers to download a New Year’s Eve app by tapping NFC tags located at 1,100 Telstra phone boxes and on lanyards worn by 1,300 retail staff... More

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Tapit raises US$2.4m Series A to grow NFC platform

By Sarah Clark • 7 January 2013 • Updated 7 January 2013

Tapit co-founders Jamie Conyngham and Andrew Davis

The Sydney-based NFC specialist is to use the funds to expand internationally, adding a local presence in South Africa, Israel, India, Mexico, the US, UK, Sweden, Japan, Vietnam, UAE, Singapore and, potentially, China. More

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Telstra promotes NFC in Sydney and Melbourne

By Sarah Clark • 3 October 2012

Telstra's NFC phone booth ad campaign in action

The Australian mobile network operator has equipped sales staff in flagship stores with NFC lanyards, helping them to show customers what NFC can do, as well as adding NFC tags to advertising posters and to promotional materials available in shopping mall food courts. More

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NFC specialist Tapit to raise US$8m for international expansion

By Sarah Clark • 26 July 2012 • Updated 24 July 2023

The fast growing Sydney-based start-up already counts Coca Cola, RIM, Johnson & Johnson and Unilever amongst its clients and has just implemented a major new project for Australian carrier Telstra. More

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Westpac to run internal NFC trial

By Christopher Brown • 18 May 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019

Westpac has become the latest of Australia’s big four banks to trial contactless mobile phone payment technology... More

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Australia’s first NFC trial hailed a success

By Sarah Clark • 24 February 2009 • Updated 4 February 2019

Telstra, National Australia Bank and Visa say participants in a three month trial in Melbourne have given the thumbs up to the technology and the companies will now continue to work towards a commercial NFC launch. More

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GSMA calls for mass market NFC handsets by mid-2009

By Sarah Clark • 19 November 2008 • Updated 30 September 2022

The mobile industry association has finalised its device requirements for NFC handsets and called on manufacturers to put phones incorporating the Single Wire Protocol interface into consumers’ hands by the middle of next year. More

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Android Pay to launch in Australia, adds in-app payments in US

One in four US consumers would share DNA with their bank

Telstra uses NFC to cut costs and improve customer service for broadband users

GSMA upgrades NFC Badge validation for MWC 2014

New Year app gets NFC push

Tapit raises US$2.4m Series A to grow NFC platform

Telstra promotes NFC in Sydney and Melbourne

NFC specialist Tapit to raise US$8m for international expansion

Westpac to run internal NFC trial

Australia’s first NFC trial hailed a success

GSMA calls for mass market NFC handsets by mid-2009