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Taxis in Major U.S. Cities to Get NFC-Enabled Video Ads

Published: May 16 2013

Riders in 5,000 taxicabs in the U.S. would be able to tap on NFC tags on video advertising screens to download apps, brand information, coupons, maps, music and videos, according to technology suppliers that have equipped the taxis for potential advertising campaigns.

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Analyst: Banks Have More to Fear from Cloud-Based Technologies Than NFC

Published: May 13 2013

Banks have much more to fear from cloud-based mobile payment than from NFC, even if mobile operators control the secure elements that hold the banks’ payment applications.

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GSMA Proposes Global Standard for NFC-Enabled Loyalty and Couponing–Using SIM Cards

Published: May 9 2013
May 10 2013 (All day)

The GSMA mobile operator trade group is proposing a global standard for how point-of-sale terminals talk to NFC-enabled mobile wallets to enable consumers to redeem coupons and rewards.

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Taiwanese Bank Gets Approval for NFC-Enabled Credit Cards; Okay for Other Banks Expected

Published: May 9 2013

Taiwanese banking regulators, as expected, have approved the first bank to issue mobile credit cards that could be downloaded over the air to SIM cards.

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UK Retailer Marks & Spencer Sees Growing Use of Contactless

Published: May 7 2013

Marks & Spencer, one of the UK’s largest retailers, announced today it had rolled out contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores and said 14% of its card transactions under £20 (US$30.97) are contactless.

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Identive Reports Growing NFC Business; Blames Flat Sales, Losses, on U.S. Budget Cuts

Published: May 3 2013

U.S.-based Identive Group reported growing NFC and smart card reader business, but fell back into the red during for the first quarter, a loss it largely blamed on U.S. federal government budget cuts.

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German Bank and Telco Hold Small NFC Trial; Larger Launches Planned in Country This Year

Published: May 2 2013

As Germany gears up for NFC, German bank Dortmunder Volksbank along with Telefónica (O2) Germany have launched a small pilot putting a credit application onto SIM cards in Western Germany.

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Cashless Technology Company Announces Rollout of Isis SmartTap on Vending Machines

Published: May 1 2013

Vending technology company USA Technologies plans to integrate the SmartTap mobile-commerce software into all of the company’s nearly 100,000 NFC-enabled terminals on vending machines nationwide.

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Vendor Group: NFC Secure Element Market to Grow by Two-Thirds This Year

Published: Apr 29 2013

Smart card vendor association Eurosmart has substantially increased its estimate for NFC secure element shipments for 2012–by 50% to 150 million units–and forecasts that secure element shipments will grow by another 67% in 2013 to 250 million units.

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Gemalto Reveals Some Details of MCX Deal; Vendor Will Earn Fees for Transactions

Published: Apr 25 2013

France-based smart card and security vendor Gemalto will operate the mobile-payment platform for U.S. merchant group MCX, earning a fee for every transaction, in addition to what appears to be a hosting fee it says is worth tens of millions.

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Inside Reports NFC Revenue Down Sharply in First Quarter; Some Recovery Expected in Q2

Published: Apr 25 2013

France-based chip supplier Inside Secure today reported a sharp decline in its revenue in the first quarter from its NFC chips, blaming the situation on excess inventories of NFC chips on hand by its main customer BlackBerry.

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Australian Supermarket Chain Sees Fast Take-Up of Contactless Payment

Published: Apr 25 2013

More than half of credit card transactions at Australian supermarket chain Coles are contactless, and the merchant hit the milestone just over six months after rolling out contactless terminals across its more than 700 supermarkets.

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Topic “DeviceFidelity”

Germany: Bank Plans Employee Trial with iPhone and microSDs

Published: Jan 9 2012
Scope: 
Trial
Status: 
Planned
Est. Launch: 
Q1 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
Limited

A limited number of Landesbank Berlin and Visa Europe employees in Berlin and Frankfurt, respectively, Read more »

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German Bank to Launch Mobile-Payment Trial with microSDs and iPhone

Published: Dec 30 2011
Jan 12 2012 (All day)

German bank Landesbank Berlin will trial mobile payments using microSD cards and a contactless attachment for the iPhone, the bank announced today.

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South Africa: Bank Uses microSDs for Mobile-Payment Trial

Published: Dec 16 2011
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Dec 2011
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
500

About 500 microSDs distributed to employees for the trial will store a MasterCard PayPass “prepaid debit” application that can be tapped at a limited number of acceptance points at corporate canteens

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South African Bank Uses microSDs for Mobile-Payment Trial

Published: Dec 16 2011

South Africa’s Absa bank is launching what it bills as the country’s first NFC trial this month, but is using contactless microSD cards, not full NFC phones for the pilot.

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Inside Proposes Contactless SIM; Faces Challenges for Commercialization

Published: Nov 16 2011

France-based NFC chip vendor Inside Secure has announced new technology that it says can embed a contactless chip and antenna into SIM cards and communicate with point-of-sale or other contactless readers at a standard 4 centimeters or more.

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Discover to Launch Employee Pilot with NFC-enabled iPhone Attachment

Published: Nov 3 2011

Discover Financial Services plans to conduct a large employee pilot starting this month with an NFC-enabled iPhone attachment, iCarte, NFC Times has learned.

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ANZ Tries to Counter Published Report of ‘Failed’ MicroSD Trial

Published: Jul 7 2011

ANZ bank in Australia says it has nothing against the idea of using microSD cards for mobile payment.

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France: French Bank to Launch MicroSD Trial in NFC Showcase Cities

Published: Jun 29 2011
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Jun 2011
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
500

Visa and the BPCE banking group plan to hold their trial in Nice and Strasbourg among a combi

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Visa and Bank Launching MicroSD Card Trial in French NFC Cities

Published: Jun 28 2011
Jun 30 2011 (All day)

Visa Europe and Groupe BPCE, one of France’s largest banks, are launching a trial of mobile payment with the iPhone, Samsung’s Galaxy S and two BlackBerry Bold models, using contactless mic

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Australia: Visa and ANZ Bank Launch Small Internal Trial of microSD Cards

Published: Mar 17 2011
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Mar 2011
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
50

Fifty employees of ANZ bank and the Visa Inc.

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