German carrier E-Plus is to launch a mobile wallet in Spring 2014, enabling customers to make payments with an NFC phone as well as collect and redeem loyalty points and discount vouchers using QR codes... More
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EMT and Estonian banks launch NFC payments pilot
Mobile network operator EMT has begun pilot testing an NFC mobile wallet in Estonia, in partnership with Danske Bank, Nordea Pank, SEB Pank and Swedbank as well as retail group Tallinna Kaubamaja... More
Citibank and 3 launch NFC mobile wallet in Hong Kong
Mobile network operator 3 Hong Kong and Citibank Hong Kong have launched the 3 Citi Wallet, an NFC mobile wallet solution for customers of the carrier who also have a Citibank Visa credit card... More
Strategy Analytics lowers NFC payments forecast
Strategy Analytics has “marginally lowered” its outlook for NFC mobile payments “to reflect the slow pace at which operators are pushing NFC payments service, limited NFC payment deployments by OEMs, and the continued slow adoption of contactless payments by retailers.”... More
Glocon shows off NFC and Bluetooth multi-function bracelet
The creators of Glocon, a waterproof bracelet that combines NFC and Bluetooth 4.0, have shown their prototype device to a number of industry leaders at the Money2020 expo with the intention of launching on crowdfunding website Kickstarter later this year. More
WiGroup tests NFC payments and coupons in South Africa
South African mobile transaction platform provider WiGroup is testing an NFC payments and coupon solution with one of the country’s largest retailers, the company has told NFC World, and now plans to bring the technology to Europe... More
Isis picks Proxama to develop BlackBerry 10 NFC wallet app
Proxama has been selected by Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture created by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, to develop the Isis Mobile Wallet application for Blackberry 10 NFC devices... More
Wirecard adds CorFire technology to NFC platform
Electronic payments specialist Wirecard has integrated CorFire’s Mobile Payment Service Application (MPSA) NFC API stack into its products and services, enabling secure NFC capabilities to be supported from within mobile apps... More
Austrian companies plan national NFC wallet standard
A group of financial, technology and telecoms companies have formed Mobile Wallet Initiative Austria, a new organisation that aims to create an open nationwide standard for NFC mobile wallets... More
New Zealand NFC wallet to launch in 2014
The new CEO of TSM NZ, the NFC joint venture formed by Paymark, Telecom New Zealand, Vodafone and 2degrees in 2012, has announced that its mobile wallet will be available to the New Zealand market in the second half of 2014... More
Chile NFC pilot to begin in Santiago
More details of the NFC payments pilot to be carried out by mobile network operator Movistar and banking group Banco Santander in Chile later this year have been revealed... More
MasterCard, C-Sam and DNP to offer white label NFC platform in Japan
Japanese retailers are to be able to provide shoppers with branded NFC mobile wallets, courtesy of a new white label platform to be offered jointly by MasterCard, C-Sam and DNP... More
Isis wallets to include Chase credit cards
Chase Freedom, Chase Sapphire, Chase Slate and JP Morgan Palladium cardholders across the US will be able to add their credit cards to their Isis mobile wallets when the NFC venture rolls out nationally later this year... More
NXP predicts flat NFC sales despite loss of key customer
NXP Semiconductors has reported a decline in sales for its ID business in Q2 2013, citing a fall in mobile transaction revenue following the loss of a key customer. Overall, sales for the chip maker’s mobile transaction business “will be roughly flat year-on-year”, said CEO Rick Clemmer in an earnings call. More
SingTel to offer NFC payments in Singapore and Australia
Singapore-based mobile network operator SingTel has announced a partnership with Visa that will enable customers in Singapore and Australia, where it operates as Optus, to use its mCash mobile payments solution at any Visa PayWave acceptance point... More
Slovak Telekom to offer NFC payments
Slovakian carrier Slovak Telekom is preparing to launch an NFC wallet allowing its customers to make payments, store loyalty cards and pay for transport... More
Cashcloud to support NFC
Cloud-based wallet provider Cashcloud has secured second round funding as it looks towards adding NFC payments... More
ING Romania launches NFC wallet
ING Bank Romania has made its ING Pay NFC mobile wallet available to customers, after a year-long in-house trial... More
Telenor to launch NFC wallet in Norway
Norwegian telco Telenor‘s Valyou NFC mobile wallet is set for a commercial launch during the third quarter of 2013, in conjunction with banking group DNB... More
RBC to launch NFC payments in the cloud
Canadian bank RBC is to introduce an NFC mobile payments service that stores customers’ card details in the cloud... More