NFC And Contactless Mobile Projects

Nice, Strasbourg

France: French Bank to Launch MicroSD Trial in NFC Showcase Cities
Visa and the BPCE banking group plan to hold their trial in Nice and Strasbourg among a combi

Tokyo

Japan: Google Launching Places Test in Tokyo with Japanese Wallet Phones
Users will be able to tap their Japanese contactless-mobile wallet phones on readers installed at a small number of merchant locations in...

Moscow

Russia: Airport Shuttle Service and Mobile Operators Trial NFC...
During the first phase of the trial, held between November 2010 January 2011, about 40 participants could tap their Nokia 6212 NFC phones...

Stockholm

Sweden: Lock Maker Trials Mobile Door Keys with Stockholm Hotel
The eight-month pilot is one of the first of its kind enabling guests to check-in on th

Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, Charlotte, Dallas

U.S.: Bank of America launches Second M-Payment Trial with microSD...
Bank of America is launching a larger trial of mobile payment using contactless microSDs compared to one it

Tampere

Finland: Start-up Seeks to Combine NFC with Social Networking Inside of...
Users would check in by tapping tags with NFC phones or scanning 2-D bar codes at the door of the restaurant or bar.

Madrid

Spain: Telefónica launches Large Employee Pilot with Payment and ID
The ambitious project, led by telco Telefónica in Spain, involves three banks, enabling 1,000 Telefóni

Melbourne and Sydney

Australia: Visa and ANZ Bank Launch Small Internal Trial of microSD...
Fifty employees of ANZ bank and the Visa Inc.

Japan

Japan: Telco to Offer Passive Stickers in Land of the Wallet Phone
Softbank, Japan’s No. 3 mobile operator, plans to introduce passive stickers supporting any of three of Japan’s prepaid payment schemes for...

United States

U.S.: Discover Launches Contactless Zip Stickers
Discover finally launched contactless stickers and cards, after certifying terminals in about 100,000 merchant locatio

HEADLINE NEWS

Australian Transit Agency to Launch Mobility-as-a-Service Trial as It Pursues Long-Term MaaS Strategy

Plans by Transport for New South Wales, Australia’s largest transit agency, to launch a trial enabling users to plan, book and pay for multimodal rides is the next step toward the agency’s long-ter

Updated: U.S. Transit Agency Seeks to Reduce–Though Not Eliminate–Cash Acceptance with New Fare-Collection System

Updated: The Spokane Transit Authority in Washington state confirmed that its new fare-collection system will include contactless open-loop payments–with a beta test planned for next October, a spokesman told NFC Times' sister publication Mobility Payments.

UK Government Seeks to Bring London-Style Contactless Fare Payments System to Other Regions

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

A fourth city in Finland is beginning to roll out contactless open-loop payments, with “more in the pipeline,” according to one supplier on the project, making the Nordic country one of the latest hotspots for the technology.

Moscow Metro Expands Test of ‘Virtual Troika’ in Pays Wallets, as It Continues to Develop Digital-Payments Services

Moscow Metro is recruiting more users to test its “Virtual Troika” card in two NFC wallets, those supporting Google Pay and Samsung Pay, as one of the world’s largest subway operators continues to seek more ways for its customers to pay for rides.

Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as it Builds Equity with Fare Capping

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

Skånetrafiken, the transit agency serving one of Sweden’s largest counties, announced today it has expanded its contactless open-loop payments service to include the Express Mode feature for Apple Pay.

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

Indonesian Capital Seeks to Expand to Multimodal Fare Collection and MaaS

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, whose metropolitan area is home to more than 30 million people, is notorious for its stifling traffic congestion. In response, the government metro and light-rail networks and now it is funding an expansion of the fare-collection system to enable more multimodal payments and to build a mobility-as-a-service platform.

Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

Transit agencies that have rolled out open-loop contactless payments are seeing growing use of NFC wallets to pay fares, as Covid-wary passengers see convenience in tapping their phones or wearables to pay.