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Samsung to Embed Secure Element in Galaxy S III, Other NFC Phones

Published: May 14 2012
May 14 2012 (All day)

Samsung Electronics and NXP Semiconductors have confirmed that Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, will sport an embedded secure chip, in addition to supporting applications on SIM cards.

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American Express Onboard for Isis Two-City Launch

Published: May 11 2012

American Express and Isis have announced that AmEx plans to participate in the two large NFC pilots Isis plans to launch this summer in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Austin, Texas.

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HTC Steps Up NFC Phone Presence with Three High-End Handsets

Published: May 9 2012
May 10 2012 (All day)

New Orleans – Phone maker HTC is displaying three high-end NFC phones at the International CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans, including its Droid Incredible 4G LTE, destined for U.S.

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MasterCard Unveils Wallet Offer; Expands PayPass Name to Online Transactions

Published: May 7 2012

NEW ORLEANS – MasterCard today announced its answer to Visa’s digital wallet and other wallets planned by competitors, introducing its PayPass Wallet Services.

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MasterCard Announces NFC Device Certifications; New NFC Mark

Published: May 4 2012
May 9 2012 (All day)

MasterCard has announced certifications for 17 NFC phones as well as its own mark that handset makers could display on device packaging, advertisements or even on the devices themselves, showing the phone is able to do contactless payments with MasterCard PayPass.

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Samsung Unveils Galaxy S III, Supporting NFC Payments and Enhanced P2P

Published: May 3 2012
May 4 2012 (All day)

Samsung Electronics has introduced its much-anticipated Galaxy S III, which, as expected, will support NFC for mobile payment, along with an enhanced version of Google’s Android Beam peer-to-peer pairing-and-sharing feature.

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Barnes & Noble First E-Reader Seller to Disclose Plans for NFC Support

Published: May 2 2012

In a first for an e-reader seller, the CEO of bookstore chain Barnes & Noble said the company plans to include NFC chips in its Nook e-readers, which he said could make the connection between the devices and the company’s physical stores.

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Airline to Introduce NFC App Following Successful Sticker Launch

Published: May 1 2012
May 3 2012 (All day)

Scandinavian Airlines plans to introduce an NFC application for frequent flyers as early as this summer, enabling those with Android NFC phones to tap for a faster flow through check-in, security screening and boarding.

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Report: Google and PayPal Challenge UK Joint Venture Plans

Published: Apr 30 2012

Google and PayPal have reportedly expressed concerns to European antitrust regulators, saying they fear that if major UK mobile operators are allowed to form their proposed NFC mobile-commerce joint venture, they would have too much power to control secure elements in NFC phones, the Financial Times reported Sunday.

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Telefónica UK Launches O2 Wallet; Promises NFC Later in 2012

Published: Apr 26 2012

Telefónica UK, known as O2, launched its long anticipated O2 Wallet today, offering text-based money transfers and online product searches and purchasing, but no NFC yet.

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Wentker Departs Visa; Bains Leaves GSM Association

Published: Apr 25 2012

Dave Wentker, considered the No. 2 man in Visa Inc.’s mobile-payment unit and a former vice chairman of the NFC Forum, has left the payment network after more than 15 years, NFC Times has learned.

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Oberthur Gets Telco Group TSM Contract but Loses Key French Bank

Published: Apr 25 2012

France-based Oberthur Technologies has won a key contract to serve as trusted service manager for France Telecom-Orange group, but lost a TSM contract with big French bank BNP Paribas, NFC Times has learned.

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NFC And Contactless Mobile Projects

Wellington

New Zealand: Transit Fare-Collection Operator and Telco Launch NFC...
Transit fare-collection operator Snapper has put its application onto SIM cards issued by mobile operator 2degrees, enabling riders to tap...

Vienna

Austria: Telco to Launch NFC Payment Scheme, Bypassing Major Banks,...
A1, Austria’s largest mobile operator and part of the Telekom Austria Group, is launching

NYC, N. Calif., LA, Boston, Md., Wash., D.C., Dallas, Austin, S. Florida

U.S.: NFC-Enabled Magazine Print Ad Lets Users ‘Test Drive’ Dashboard...
A print advertisement for the 2013 Lexus GS luxury car in Wired magazine’s April edition sent to subscribers in several major metropolitan...

Malaysia

Malaysia: Telco Plans to Launch iPhone-Based Fare Payment
Maxis subscribers with iPhones will be able to tap to pay fares, tolls and some retail purchases wi

Madrid

Spain: NFC Trial Supports Both PayPass and payWave
The employee trial is among the first held anywhere offering users the option to download either a Visa or MasterCard contactless credit or...

Doha

Qatar: Bank and Telco Trial PayPass, with Plans for Expansion
Trial participants can tap to pay with a MasterCard PayPass application issued by Qatar National Bank that is preloaded on Qtel SIM cards...

Milan and Turin

Italy: Large Italian Bank Distributes NFC Phones for SIM-based NFC...
Large Italian bank, Intesa Sanpaolo is distributing 600 Samsung Wave 578 NFC phones to customers, employees and students at universities in...

Austria

Austria: Bank Plans Launch of payWave on microSDs and iPhone Sleeves
Raiffeisen Bank International is putting a Visa debit application onto microSD cards that

Taipei

Taiwan: Attachment Enables iphone 4 with NFC for transit and retail...
Taiwan’s largest mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom, designed the sleeve for Apple’s iPhone 4 and 4S with an NFC chip and embedded secure...

Tokyo, Chiba

Japan: No. 2 Telco in Japan to Sell First Standard NFC Phones
Japan’s No. 2 mobile operator, KDDI, plans to sell the first standard NFC phone in Japan, an NFC version of Samsung’s popular Galaxy S II...