This year’s World Expo in Yeosu, Korea is to include NFC-based payments, food ordering, entrance tickets and parking as well as an NFC shopping wall and access to multilingual information on exhibits and transportation. More
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MasterCard delivers popcorn to movie-goers with NFC
Two movie theatres in Sydney, Australia are pilot testing QkR, a mobile app that lets customers place orders on their smartphone via NFC or QR codes and then have their order delivered to their seat. More
Swedish retailer launches NFC loyalty programme
Leading Swedish retail chain ICA says it picked NFC for the rewards programme at its ICA To Go food store in Stockholm because it will appeal to the tech savvy, health-conscious city dwellers it wants to attract. More
NFC Brand Table lets food court customers order from their seats
“I set out to seek a method of portraying NFC in a fun, childish manner so it would be easily understood by everyone,” developer Stephen Davis has told NFC World. More
Contactless convenience begins to win over UK consumers
A survey of British consumers’ attitudes to contactless payment has found that 90% of users say it makes life simpler and 85% would recommend the technology to friends and family. More
UniCredit launches mobile contactless payments service in Slovakia
The Slovak bank is providing customers with MasterCard-branded contactless stickers that can be attached to the back of their mobile phones and used to make payments at more than 3,000 contactless card acceptance points currently in place in Slovakia. More
ANZ Bank: We like NFC, but not via microSD
“At this stage, we will not be progressing with microSD as a contactless payment technology platform,” says the Australian banking giant. More
Orange launches commercial NFC payments service in Poland
“Several thousand” customers will be able to use their NFC phones to make payments at 35,000 contactless acceptance points across Poland. More
Korea drives ahead with plans for NFC leadership
Up to 300,000 NFC-enabled points of sale are set to be installed in South Korea and all smartphones must include NFC capabilities by the end of 2011, Reuters has reported... More
Google VP confirms NFC mobile commerce launch tomorrow
“We’re making a big bet on it as a company,” says Stephanie Tilenius, Google’s VP of commerce and payments. “There is a lot of potential there.” More
Starbucks UK set to accept NFC payments
Starbucks has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, to bring contactless and NFC mobile payments to its UK coffee shops... More
McDonald’s UK goes contactless, considers NFC loyalty programmes
McDonald’s will have installed contactless point-of-sale terminals in all its restaurants in the UK by the end of this month, Mark Fabes, the fast food giant’s UK IT director, has revealed... More
McDonalds, Arby’s, Qdoba, Dairy Queen and Dunkin’ Donuts testing Tetherball’s mobile loyalty system
“The results we’ve seen since launching our mobile rewards program in early July are greater than even our most optimistic projections,” says Brent Higgins of Aztec Partners, one of Qdoba Mexican Grill’s largest franchisees. More
French fast food chain picks Airtag for contactless and NFC loyalty programme
La Croissanterie, a 180-strong chain of fast food outlets, has adopted Airtag‘s Airfid system for its new loyalty programme... More
Dairy Queen tests stickers for targeted mobile coupon campaigns
“Tetherball’s sticker-based mobile marketing service lets us provide great offers to our customers in a fun and easy way,” says the desserts and fast food restaurant chain. More