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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 “iCarte”

Hong Kong Bank and Telco Announce Plans for NFC Rollout

Published: Nov 4 2012

One of Hong Kong’s largest banks and a major telco have announced plans to commercially launch NFC payments during the first half of 2013, putting a MasterCard PayPass credit application onto SIM cards issued by PCCW mobile.

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UK: Major UK Bank Launches Large M-Payment Trial with iPhone Attachment

Published: Oct 3 2012
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Oct 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
1,000

UK bank NatWest has enabled 1,000 customers to tap to pay with its TouchPay service using a Visa payWave applicati

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Large UK Trial with iPhone Add-On is First Foray into M-Payment by RBS Group

Published: Oct 2 2012
Oct 3 2012 (All day)

UPDATED: UK bank NatWest has enabled 1,000 customers to tap to pay with Visa payWave using the iPhone 4 and 4S equipped with an NFC-enabled attachment, representing the first foray into mobile payment by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

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Czech Bank to Offer iPhone Attachment to Customers for Mobile Payments

Published: Aug 24 2012

Komerční bank, one of the Czech Republic’s largest banks, is making an iPhone mobile-payments attachment available to its customers carrying the iPhone 4 and 4S.

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Taiwanese Bank to Launch PayPass on microSDs in HTC NFC Phone

Published: Jun 18 2012
Jun 18 2012 (All day)

Handset maker HTC and Cathay United Bank of Taiwan, among other parties, are expected to announce plans to launch an NFC mobile-payment project putting a MasterCard PayPass credit application on microSD cards that can run in a full NFC phone model from HTC.

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Malaysian Telco Maxis to Launch NFC Payment with iPhone Sleeve

Published: Mar 26 2012

Malaysian mobile operator Maxis plans to introduce the NFC-enabled iPhone attachment iCarte to offer contactless payment with the country’s Touch ‘n Go service.

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Some Banks Continue to Look for Alternatives to SIM-based NFC

Published: Feb 13 2012
By: 
Dan Balaban

While mobile operators continue to push for the SIM card to become the de facto secure element in NFC phones, some banks and other service providers are still seeking alternatives.

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G&D Announces TSM Contract with Australia’s Commonwealth Bank

Published: Feb 13 2012

Germany-based Giesecke & Devrient has announced it has won a contract to serve as trusted service manager for Australia’s Commonwealth Bank for the bank’s contactless-mobile payment rollout.

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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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