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UK Taxis Get NFC Tags for Promo Campaign; NFC Dynamic Screens to Play at French Sporting Event

Published: May 23 2013

Samsung Electronics, along with Australia-based NFC marketing firm Tapit, UK-based out-of-home advertising company Chiel and terminal vendor VeriFone are rolling out NFC stickers to 80 taxis in the UK, as part of a promotional campaign for musician Robbie Williams’ upcoming Samsung-sponsored tour.

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OTI to Supply Contactless and NFC Readers for Gasoline Stations in North America

Published: May 21 2013

Israel-based contactless and NFC vendor On Track Innovations announced Monday it had received an order for 30,000 readers for point-of-sale terminals at retail gasoline stations in North America.

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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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Royal Bank of Canada and Bell Mobility Announce Plans for NFC Launch

Published: May 13 2013
May 14 2013 (All day)

Canada’s largest bank and one of its three major mobile operators have announced plans to commercially launch NFC payments by the end of the year, following a trial this summer.

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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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Google Wallet Chief Bedier Departs Company as Wallet Continues to Struggle

Published: May 9 2013
May 13 2013 (All day)

Google’s vice president of wallet and payments has left the company, following a difficult tenure for the former PayPal executive, who had tried to establish the Google Wallet for physical world payments and offers.

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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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Topic “MasterCard PayPass”

MasterCard Reports 700,000 Merchants Worldwide Accepting PayPass

Published: Feb 8 2013

Merchant locations accepting PayPass cards and applications on mobile devices stood at nearly 700,000 globally at the end of 2012, MasterCard Worldwide announced this week.

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PayPass Locations Double in Europe in 2012, Adding Impetus for NFC Launches

Published: Dec 27 2012

Retail locations accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless payment doubled in Europe in 2012, according to MasterCard Worldwide, a development that helps clear a path for more rollouts of NFC payment.

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T-Mobile Poland Launches NFC Wallet with Polbank; More Applications Planned

Published: Oct 18 2012
Oct 21 2012 (All day)

T-Mobile in Poland, as expected, today unveiled its planned NFC commercial service, planning to launch before the end of the month with a credit application issued by Polbank EFG that supports MasterCard PayPass.

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MasterCard Plans to Expand PayPass in United Arab Emirates as Telcos Gear up for NFC

Published: Oct 17 2012

MasterCard Worldwide announced today it is working with large Middle Eastern acquirer Network International to install PayPass terminals in 1,000 stores in the United Arab Emirates, including in coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, family diners, cinemas, general retailers and convenience stores.

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Poland: Orange Operator First to Announce NFC Commercial Launch

Published: Oct 15 2012
Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
In progress
Launch: 
Nov 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
30,000 user goal for 2012, more in 2013

Orange Poland is rolling out a prepaid card, called Orange Cash, which is to be issued by BRE

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Orange Poland Unveils Plans for NFC Payments Service; T-Mobile to Follow This Week

Published: Oct 15 2012
Oct 16 2012 (All day)

Polish mobile operators Orange and T-Mobile this week are unveiling their NFC services, which will focus on contactless payment supporting MasterCard PayPass.

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Large Italian Bank Prepares for NFC Payment Launch

Published: Sep 27 2012

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest retail bank, plans what appears to be a small commercial launch of NFC payment around the end of the year with an unnamed Italian mobile operator, as well as mobile virtual network operator Nòverca.

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Australian Bank Launches PayPass Trial with Samsung Galaxy S III

Published: Aug 7 2012

Australian bank Westpac, along with MasterCard Worldwide, today launched an NFC trial that puts a MasterCard PayPass debit application onto SIM cards that run in the Samsung Galaxy S III.

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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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Qatar: Bank and Telco Trial PayPass, with Plans for Expansion

Published: Mar 15 2012
Scope: 
Trial
Est. Launch: 
Q1 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
N/A

Trial participants can tap to pay with a MasterCard PayPass application issued by Qatar National Bank that is preloaded on Qtel SIM cards and inserted into either of two BlackBerry models.

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