Sequent Software has gained Visa approval for its digital issuance platform, a service provider TSM (SP-TSM) solution that enables card issuers to manage and distribute payment credentials to consumers’ NFC phones... More
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Westpac to launch embedded NFC payments on Samsung devices
Australia’s Westpac bank is to launch its NFC mobile payments service on Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5 devices “over the next few weeks” with the functionality being “rolled out progressively” from this month. By 2015, the bank predicts, three million Australians will be using NFC to make payments. More
Cuscal tests HCE in Australia
An NFC payments service using host card emulation (HCE) is being tested in-house by Australian transactional banking services provider Cuscal... More
NBS adds HCE to Xpressi TSM
NBS Technologies has added support for host card emulation (HCE) to its Xpressi Trusted Service Manager (TSM) platform, enabling customers to deploy both Visa PayWave and MasterCard PayPass NFC services in the cloud... More
Bradesco and Claro to launch NFC payments in Brazil
Mobile network operator Claro and one of Brazil’s largest banks, Bradesco, are to commercially launch an NFC mobile payments service in the state of São Paulo during the first half of this year, ahead of a national rollout that will reach a combined customer base of 85 million consumers... More
Agos Ducato pilots microSD NFC
Italian financial services provider Agos Ducato is piloting microSD-based NFC payments in partnership with Visa Europe... More
EMVCo publishes tokenization framework specification
The first version of the EMV Payment Tokenization Specification has now been published and is available to download... More
MeaWallet to launch mobile payments platform that supports NFC, BLE and QR
MeaWallet, a white label solution that supports mobile payments via NFC, Bluetooth LE, host card emulation (HCE), QR and more, is to be launched in May this year, enabling retailers, banks, MNOs and service providers to support a wide range of options for making mobile purchases in stores ... More
Video shows Bankinter’s HCE payments service in action
The HCE-based NFC payments solution to be deployed by Spain’s Bankinter this year has been demonstrated by the bank’s Alberto Perez Lafuente and technology provider Seglan’s Imanol Garcia in a video interview filmed by Visa Europe at MWC 2014... More
PrivatBank to offer NFC payments via HCE
Ukraine’s PrivatBank is to launch a cloud-based NFC payments service using host card emulation (HCE)... More
Alpha Bank pilots NFC in Greece
Alpha Bank and Vodafone have partnered with Visa and First Data to conduct the first NFC payments pilot in Greece... More
Visa: HCE will drive innovation in payments
“We’ve seen this as a vehicle for innovation for financial institutions, for merchants, for others who want to enable payment using the mobile device,” Visa‘s Sam Shrauger has explained at MWC 2014, just a few days after the payment network announced its adoption of host card emulation (HCE) for NFC and QR payments... More
Visa unveils host card emulation specification for NFC payments
Visa has introduced a new standard that uses host card emulation (HCE) to enable financial institutions to securely host Visa accounts in the cloud... More
Jetco picks Gemalto for NFC payments
Hong Kong’s Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited — Jetco — is to use Gemalto’s LinqUs trusted service management platform for the NFC payments service it is to offer consumers via its 30 member banks... More
Orange Cash goes live in France
Orange Cash, the prepaid NFC payments service announced by Orange and Visa in November 2013, is now live in the French cities of Strasbourg and Caen... More
Visa certifies OTI NFC add-on
OTI has received Visa certification for its Wave NFC add-on, a device that plugs into the audio jack of a smartphone, tablet or PC to enable NFC payments... More
Royal Bank of Canada launches NFC payments in the cloud
Royal Bank of Canada has introduced an NFC mobile payments service that stores customers’ card details in the cloud... More
O2 UK to shut down mobile wallet service
Mobile network operator O2 is to cease operating its O2 Wallet service in the UK on 31 March... More
Russian supermarket tests NFC for personalised shopping and loyalty
Russian premium supermarket chain Land is piloting personalised NFC shopping using technology developed by Synqera, which combines ‘Loyalty Generator’ coupon dispensers at the front of the store and NFC-enabled Simplate payment devices at the checkout. More
La Caixa partners with Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange and Visa for Europe’s largest NFC payments service
Spain’s La Caixa bank is to introduce a commercial NFC mobile payment service in partnership with Visa Europe and the country’s three leading mobile network operators — Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange... More