Projectsort icon City Service Provider Mobile Operator
Finland: Start-up Seeks to Combine NFC with Social Networking Inside of Venues Tampere 6Starz (6Starz social networking) N/A
France: 'Demonstration' Tests French Cooperative Approach to NFC Nice
Veolia Transport (BPass transit ticketing)
BNP Paribas (Visa payWave)
Crédit Mutel-CIC (PayPass)
Société Generale (likely) (PayPass or Visa payWave)
La Banque Postal (likely) (PayPass or Visa payWave)
University of Nice (student services)
Moneo (Moneo e-purse)
Franprix (couponing)
La croissanterie, Tape à l’œil (loyalty)
France Telecom-Orange
SFR
Bouygues Telecom
NRJ Mobile
France: Bank and Telcos Hold Early Test of SIM-Based EMV Payment Strasbourg Crédit Mutuel-CIC (MasterCard PayPass)
NRJ Mobile
SFR
France: Bank Enlists Mickey & Co. To Test M-Payment Paris Crédit Mutuel-CIC bank (contactless payment) NRJ Mobile
France: Bouygues Tests Downloads of Calypso Application in Lab Paris RATP (Navigo/Calyso transit ticketing) Bouygues Telecom
France: Bouygues Tries NFC Transit in Paris Paris
RATP (Navigo)
SNFC (Navigo/Calypso)
Bouygues Telecom
France: Children’s Clothing Retailer Launches Contactless Sticker Rollout Nationwide Tape à l'Oeil (store loyalty) N/A
France: Contactless E-Purse Gets Tryout in Bordeaux Bordeaux
Moneo Payment Solutions (Moneo e-purse)
City of Bordeaux (access to city facilities, information for tags)
France Telecom-Orange
France: Dual-City Payez-Mobile Trial Tests Interoperability (Caen) Caen
BNP Paribas
Crédit Mutuel-CIC
Société Générale
Crédit Agricole
Banque Postal
Caisse d’Epargne
Banques Populaires
(All with contactless debit with Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass)
France Telecom-Orange
SFR
Bouygues Telecom
NRJ Mobile (MVNO)
France: Dual-City Payez-Mobile Trial Tests Interoperability (Strasbourg) Strasbourg
Crédit Mutuel-CIC
BNP Paribas
Société Générale
Crédit Agricole
Banque Postal
Caisse d’Epargne
Banques Populaires
(All with contactless debit with Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass)
France Telecom-Orange
SFR
Bouygues Telecom
NRJ Mobile (MVNO)
France: Early Trial Tests M-Ticketing In Nice Cagne-sur-Mer, Saint-Laurent-du-Var Veolia Transport (transit ticketing) France Telecom-Orange
France: French Bank to Launch MicroSD Trial in NFC Showcase Cities Nice, Strasbourg Groupe BPCE (Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne) (Visa payWave) N/A
France: Internal Trial Prelude To Canceled Precommercial Launch Bordeaux Veolia Transport (transit ticket) France Telecom-Orange
France: Merchant to Launch Large Tag-based Mobile-Shopping Trial Paris Groupe Casino (mCasino) N/A
France: Mobile Boarding Passes In Nice Nice
Air France (electronic boarding pass)
Nice Côte d'Azur airport (Club Airport Premier loyalty program)
France: Orange Holds Early Multiapplication Trial Caen
LaSer (Cofinoga private-label store credit)
Vinci Park (parking access)
city of Caen (tourist information)
France Telecom-Orange
France: Orange Holds Small M-Ticketing Trial In Rennes Rennes
Keolis
SNFC (transit fare collection)
Parkeon (parking)
France Telecom-Orange
France: Orange Launches Two Early Transit-Ticketing Tests Using SIMs Paris
RATP (transit ticketing)
SNCF (transit ticketing)
France Telecom-Orange
France: SIM-Based Security Passes to Get Test Run at French Airport Blagnac Toulouse-Blagnac airport (airport security pass) France Telecom-Orange
France: Tapping NFC For Ticketing in the Alps Grenoble Transdev (transit tickets) Bouygues Telecom
France: Transit Operator Takes Lead In French NFC Trial Aubagne and Bouches-du-Rhône Region (Dept.) Veolia Transport Various
France: Trial Puts Contactless Version of Moneo E-Purse on Phones Besançon Credit Agricole and BMS (Moneo e-purse)
France: Visa Europe to Launch Another microSD Trial in NFC Demo City Caen Crédit Agricole (Visa payWave) N/A
Germany: Bank Plans Employee Trial with iPhone and microSDs Berlin and Frankfurt Landesbank Berlin (Visa payWave) N/A
Germany: Deutsche Telekom Launches Overdue NFC Wallet, Payments Service Germany
Deutsche Telekom/ClickandBuy
(MasterCard PayPass)
Hit (supermarket coupons)
Edeka (supermarket coupons)
Deutsche Telekom

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The UK government’s plan to equip 700 rail stations over the next three years to accept contactless open-loop payments is a major initiative, as it seeks to replicate the success of London’s contactless pay-as-you go fare payments system elsewhere in the country–a goal that has proved elusive in the past.

More Cities in Finland Expected to Move to Open-Loop Fare Payments

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The Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA, officially launched its new digital-payments service Monday, including a fare-capping feature that the agency estimates will cost it $1.8 million per year in lost fare revenue, the agency confirmed to Mobility Payments.

Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to pay fares.

Swedish Transit Agency Launches Express Mode Feature for Apple Pay, though Most Ticketing Still with Barcode-Based App

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Major Bus Operators in Hong Kong Now Accepting Open-Loop Payments–Adding More Competition for Octopus

Two more bus operators in Hong Kong on Saturday launched acceptance of open-loop contactless fare payments, with both also accepting QR code-based mobile ticketing–as the near ubiquitous closed-loop Octopus card continues to see more competition.

Moscow Metro Launches Full Rollout of ‘Face Pay;’ Largest Biometric Payments Service of Its Kind

Touting it as the largest rollout of biometric payments in the world, Moscow Metro launched its high-profile “Face Pay” service Friday, as expected, and predicted that 10% to 15% would regularly us

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