NXP Semiconductors has reported a slowdown in revenue growth for its NFC business in 2013 but says it is optimistic that business will pick up again during the second half of this year... More
NXP reports slowdown in NFC revenue growth
Mobile wallet
Hungarian mobile wallets get NFC event ticketing
The NFC mobile wallet being tested by Hungarian carriers Magyar Telekom, Vodafone and Telenor with MasterCard, OTP Bank and loyalty scheme operator SuperShop is expanding its range of services to include ticketing for live events and access to sports facilities... More
Rabobank sets NFC mobile wallet launch date
The NFC payments pilot in the Dutch city of Leiden has proved successful in terms of both consumer and merchant uptake, partners Rabobank, ING and ABN Amro report — and Rabobank is now set to commercially launch an NFC mobile wallet during the second quarter of 2014... More
Wirecard NFC wallet gets BLE
German payments technology provider Wirecard has added support for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to its mobile wallet platform... 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
NFC app wins €10,000
An app that allows NFC wallet users to share information on the purchases they make as well as recommend promotions and businesses to other users has won the €10,000 (US$13,588) first prize in a hackathon organized by Spain’s CaixaBank... More
TOT to launch NFC payments in Thailand
Thai state-owned telecommunications provider TOT is to launch an NFC mobile payments service in Thailand next year... More
Applebee’s to put 100,000 NFC tablets on dining tables
NFC is to be included in 100,000 tabletop tablets that are to be installed in US casual dining restaurant chain Applebee’s 1,800 locations... More
Chinese banks sign up for China Telecom NFC wallet launch
Mobile network operator China Telecom is to launch an NFC mobile wallet in China later this year, in cooperation with more than a dozen financial institutions... More
Positive reaction sees Hungarian mobile wallet ready for market
Eight out of ten testers of the Hungarian mobile wallet pilot project have found the service “very useful” prompting the Hungarian Mobile Wallet Association — an alliance between mobile network operators Magyar Telekom, Vodafone and Telenor with MasterCard, OTP Bank and SuperShop — to declare the MobilTarca wallet ready for market... More
Hong Kong banks agree NFC payment standards
The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) has issued Best Practice for NFC Mobile Payment in Hong Kong, a set of common standards and best practices that aims to help establish an interoperable, as well as safe and effective, NFC mobile payment infrastructure... More
Vodafone to launch NFC mobile wallet across Europe
Mobile network operator Vodafone‘s NFC mobile wallet is going live today in Spain, will be available in Germany in mid-December and expand to the Netherlands, UK and Italy in spring 2014... More
Telenor picks G&D and Gemalto
Norwegian carrier Telenor is to use Giesecke & Devrient’s SmartTrust NFC Enabler and Gemalto’s Allynis TSM solution for the commercial launch of its NFC mobile wallet, to be introduced in partnership with DNB bank... More
ABnote picks OTI’s Wave
ABnote is to offer On Track Innovations’ Wave NFC add-on device as an option with its NFC mobile wallet offering... More
i-Free expands mobile wallet to 11 Russian cities
Mobile technology developer i-Free is expanding its NFC mobile wallet service to enable users to store transportation cards for 11 Russian cities as well as a variety of prepaid deals and coupons... More
Telecom Italia and Visa Europe to roll out NFC payments in Italy
Italian carrier Telecom Italia and Visa Europe have signed a strategic agreement which will see NFC payments rolled out across Italy to more than 31 million customers of the TIM mobile network from 2014... More
Rogers to offer Suretap open mobile wallet in Canada
Canadian carrier Rogers is to make an open NFC mobile wallet available to its customers “in the coming weeks.” The new Suretap Wallet, which is separate from the Suretap payments service launched last November in partnership with CIBC, will allow Rogers to work “cooperatively with all banks to ensure numerous cards from many different banks are available in the Suretap Wallet.”... More
Tappr gets $2m for NFC payments
Australian startup Tappr has raised A$2m in seed funding for an NFC payments service that is due to launch in early 2014... More
Canadian banks to launch NFC mobile wallet
Canadian banks President’s Choice Financial and TD Bank Group are to launch Ugo, an open NFC mobile wallet, in 2014... More