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Contactless Rollout at Starbucks UK Part of Wider Trend for Take-Up of Technology

Published: Jun 20 2013

The UK continues to expand its rollout of contactless, with Starbucks completing its deployment of contactless point-of-sale terminals at 550 coffee shops nationwide.

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Orange Group NFC Veteran Barnaud Departs for Wallet Vendor C-SAM

Published: Jun 12 2013

U.S.-based mobile-wallet provider C-SAM has hired Vincent Barnaud, the long-serving contactless services head at France Telecom-Orange group.

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Telco and Bank in Brazil to Launch NFC Pilot; Rollout to Follow

Published: Jun 3 2013

Mobile operator TIM Brasil and Banco Bradesco have disclosed plans for an NFC trial that they say would enable users to pay for purchases at contactless point-of-sale terminals by tapping their Motorola or LG Electronics NFC phones, with the funds deducted from their debit accounts.

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Russian Issuer to Launch NFC Payment on Embedded Chips in HTC, Philips Phones

Published: Jun 2 2013

A Russian mobile wallet and services provider is turning to embedded secure elements in a trio of Android smartphones to launch a MasterCard PayPass application in Russia this summer.

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Taiwanese Telco and Banks Announce Plans for NFC-Payment Projects

Published: May 29 2013
May 29 2013 (All day)

Taiwan’s largest mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom, and four banks announced plans today to launch NFC mobile payment, likely starting with Cathay United Bank and a six-month pilot.

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Isis Gears Up for National Launch Despite Challenges Ahead

Published: May 23 2013

The Isis joint venture continues to gear up for a nationwide launch of its NFC-enabled Isis Mobile Wallet this year and has been in discussions with major U.S. banks along with merchants, NFC Times has learned.

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MasterCard Prepares to Offer PayPass on Embedded Chips in Samsung NFC Phones

Published: May 23 2013

MasterCard Worldwide is the latest payment scheme to work with Samsung Electronics, with plans to soon offer its PayPass application for embedded chips in new Samsung NFC phones, NFC Times has learned.

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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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Visa Europe: Contactless Transactions to Continue to Grow Rapidly in 2013

Published: May 22 2013

Consumers in Europe did 19 million transactions with Visa-branded contactless bank cards in March, up by nearly 50% from December, announced Visa Europe Tuesday, which predicts monthly transactions will increase to 52 million by the end of 2013.

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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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Topic “O2 Wallet”

Visa Gearing Up For NFC Launches in UK, Working with Banks and Telcos

Published: Feb 15 2013
Feb 15 2013 (All day)

Visa is reportedly gearing up to support a “mainstream launch” of NFC mobile payments, along with a cloud-based digital wallet, according to Marc O’Brien, managing director of Visa UK and Ireland.

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Telefónica Germany to Introduce NFC Payments Next Month, But Begins with Test

Published: Jan 22 2013

Telefónica (O2) Germany has announced it will launch its NFC-enabled O2 Wallet in mid-February, beginning as a “friendly user test” on two Android smartphones that will enable users to tap to make purchases with the telco’s own payments service, mpass.

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Telefónica UK Launches O2 Wallet; Promises NFC Later in 2012

Published: Apr 26 2012

Telefónica UK, known as O2, launched its long anticipated O2 Wallet today, offering text-based money transfers and online product searches and purchasing, but no NFC yet.

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Telefónica O2

Published: Nov 2 2009
Headquarters: 
United Kingdom

It seems just a matter of time before Telefónica O2 UK launches NFC commercially.

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Giesecke & Devrient

Published: Dec 14 2009
Headquarters: 
Germany

German smart card supplier Giesecke & Devrient has been interested in contactless-mobile technology for years.

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G&D Says Venyon Buyout Shows NFC Commitment

Published: Dec 8 2009
Dec 10 2009 (All day)

In buying out its joint venture partner Nokia, German smart card maker Giesecke & Devrient said it remains committed to the trusted service management business, despite delays in rollouts of Near Field Communication services.

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Transport for London

Published: Nov 12 2009
Headquarters: 
United Kingdom

Transport for London’s popular Oyster card is used in more than eight in 10 journeys on London’s busy buses, underground trains and other modes of transit.

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UK: Consumers Take to 'Oyster Phone'

Published: Oct 1 2009
Scope: 
Trial
Status: 
Completed
Launch: 
Nov 2007
Main Application: 
Transit fare collection and payment
Users: 
500

O2 led the six-month trial that included service-provider heavyweights Transport for London and Barclaycard.

Results: 

More than three-quarters of participants said they would use contactless service on their mobile phones if it were available, according to surveys organizers conducted. About 90% of the 500 trial participants expressed satisfaction with NFC technology, according to O2. About two-thirds of users said they found tapping the phones more convenient than using Oyster cards and about 22% said they increased their number of trips on London’s subway trains. In all, users tapped their phones for 50,000 trips on the London Underground during the trial. About 87% of respondents said the availability of the Oyster service would influence their choice of mobile phones. And while more than two-thirds of users said they would like to have the Barclaycard application on their phones in the future, only 47% said this would influence their choice of phones. Neither O2 nor Barclaycard released the number of retail transactions trial users conducted with the phones.

 

 

* Trusted Service Manager: Defined loosely to include companies or other organizations securely distributing, provisioning and managing applications, generally over the air, on secure elements in NFC mobile phones; or licensing their platforms for this purpose.

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