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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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CaixaBank, Telefónica to Trial NFC Payment Again at Mobile World Congress; Part of ‘NFC Experience’

Published: Feb 20 2013

Spain’s CaixaBank, mobile operator Telefónica and Visa Europe, along with technology vendor Gemalto, plan to demonstrate NFC payment at next week’s big Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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Spain’s La Caixa Bank to Roll Out Contactless Stickers

Published: Dec 4 2012

Large Spanish retail bank, La Caixa, plans to begin distributing 200,000 contactless stickers this month, deciding not to wait for NFC commercial launches to start its mobile-payment rollout.

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Spanish Telcos Near Deal on NFC Working Group; PayPal Interested in Platform

Published: Feb 29 2012

BARCELONA – Spain’s three major operators, Telefónica, Vodafone Spain and Orange Spain, are finally ready to sign a memo of understanding to work together on a common platform for introduci

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Spanish Bank Plans To Turn Barcelona into Contactless-Payment City

Published: Jan 12 2012

Large Spanish retail bank La Caixa will begin rolling out 1 million contactless cards along with more than 15,000 point-of-sale terminals and 500 contactless ATMs in Barcelona this month.

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Spanish Bank Plans Nationwide Contactless Rollout

Published: Apr 11 2011

La Caixa, one of Spain’s largest banks, has an aggressive plan to roll out contactless cards and point-of-sale terminals nationwide this year and next, a bank spokeswoman told NFC Times.

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Spanish Bank Installs 'First' Contactless ATMs

Published: Apr 5 2011

Spain’s La Caixa bank has installed what it boasts are the world’s first contactless ATMs, which enable customers to tap cards or NFC phones to withdrawal money, after entering PIN codes.

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Telefónica Announces Large NFC Employee Trial in Spain

Published: Apr 1 2011
Apr 7 2011 (All day)

Telefónica Spain has announced its large NFC trial at its Madrid headquarters, which it said would eventually put NFC phones into the hands of as many as 12,500 employees.

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Spain: Telefónica launches Large Employee Pilot with Payment and ID

Published: Apr 24 2010
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Mar 2011
Main Application: 
Payment, Access control
Users: 
1,000 (gradually increasing to 12,500)

The ambitious project, led by telco Telefónica in Spain, involves three banks, enabling 1,000 Telefóni

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Spain: Country's Largest Telco Plans Big Payment Trial

Published: Feb 12 2010
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
May 2010
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
1,500

The planned six-month “Mobile Shopping” trial is set to enable 1,500 customers of Telefónica and La Caixa bank to tap to pay at 500 shops in the resort town of Sitges near Barcelona.

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The bank said that during the first month of the pilot at least 60% of 1,500 users had conducted at least one transaction at any of 500 merchants accepting Visa payWave in the town. Customers conducted an average of three transactions apiece, according to the bank, which said that about 60% of transactions were under 20€ (US$27.80). Just over 50% of customers tapped their phones for purchases at supermarkets, while restaurants accounted for 14% of transactions. The parties said customers conducted 30% more transactions, presumably than compared with their cards. Average purchase value reportedly increased, as well. And "acceptance of the technology by all groups" with the average age of customers using their mobile phones to pay surveyed at 46.

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