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Apple and Samsung Announce Plans for Mobile Payments Launches in China

Published: Dec 18 2015

NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple has announced overdue plans to launch Apple Pay in China early next year, touting a list of 15 major banks that will enable customers to load their credit and debit cards in its Wallet app, including China’s big four state-owned banks. Meanwhile, Samsung followed with an announcement of its planned launch of Samsung Pay in China, which was also expected.

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UnionPay Continues Talks with Apple; China Mobile Maintains Support for NFC SIMs

Published: Jul 22 2015

NFC Times Exclusive – SHANGHAI, China: China UnionPay is continuing negotiations with Apple and some sources told NFC Times it is gearing up for a planned launch of Apple Pay in China.

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China UnionPay Strikes Deal with ZTE to Use Embedded Chips for Payments

Published: Jul 9 2014

Payment network China UnionPay and China-based handset maker ZTE have disclosed an agreement to enable contactless payment on embedded chips in two of ZTE’s latest high-end Android phones.

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China UnionPay Signs up 30 Banks to Use TSM Platform; Works with NFC SIMs and Embedded Chips

Published: Dec 13 2013

China UnionPay has announced that 15 banks now have access to its TSM platform, while a total of 30 banks have signed a cooperation agreement to eventually use the platform.

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China Unicom and Merchants Bank Announce Plans for NFC Payments Launch

Published: Nov 26 2012
Dec 3 2012

China’s No. 2 mobile operator China Unicom, along with China Merchants Bank, today announced plans to launch an NFC payments service next month in Shanghai.

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China Mobile Signs Deal with Payment Network UnionPay to Cooperate on Mobile Payment

Published: Jun 21 2012

China’s giant mobile operator, China Mobile, and the country's big domestic payment network, China UnionPay, have signed an agreement to cooperate on mobile payment, including using SIM cards in NFC phones.

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China: Unicom Announces Planned NFC Payments Launch with Merchants Bank

Published: Nov 26 2012
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Dec 2012
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China Merchants Bank plans to issue a debit application and a separate e-purse for China Unicom SIM cards, ac

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Transport for London Proposes Extending Licensing Deal with Cubic for Open Payments Technology

Published: Oct 18 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – London transit authority Transport for London is proposing to extend an agreement with U.S.-based fare collection system vendor Cubic Transportation Systems to license the authority’s technology used in its pioneering contactless open-loop payments system.

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Fitbit Pay Launches in 21st Market, Though Issuer Numbers in Most Markets Remain Small

Published: Oct 13 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Fitbit Pay has entered its 21st market, with the launch this week in Thailand with two of the country’s top four banks, Kasikorn Bank and Siam Commercial Bank, along with credit card issuer Krungthai Card, or KTC, supporting the digital payments service.

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Denmark’s Largest Bank Pilots Own Payments Wearables, Choosing Low-Tech Option Over Apple Watch

Published: Oct 10 2018
Oct 13 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest financial institution, is pitting its planned low-tech FastPay payments wearables against Apple Watch and some other higher-end wearables using tokenization, as it launches a large pilot starting this month in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

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Study: Apple Pay Dominates Mobile Payments Among Debit Card Users in U.S., Though Volume Remains Low

Published: Oct 5 2018

NFC Times Exclusive Insight ­– New research shows that Apple Pay continues to dominate mobile payments services for bank cards in the U.S., although transaction volume is still low.

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NFC Student ID Cards Launch in Apple’s Wallet, Though Progress Remains Slow for Apple to Add Nonbank NFC Applications

Published: Oct 3 2018
Oct 12 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight –Three U.S. universities Tuesday launched NFC-enabled ID cards in Apple’s Wallet, with Apple confirming that only three more U.S.

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LA Metro Plans NFC-Enabled Mobile App for TAP Card But Holds Off on Open Payments

Published: Oct 2 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro, plans to introduce mobile payments using NFC phones–but only supporting its closed-loop TAP fare payments service, not open-loop payments, NFC Times has learned.

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Chinese Wearables Makers Begin to Introduce Low-Cost Devices Supporting NFC Payments

Published: Sep 24 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – A new smartwatch from low-cost Chinese wearables maker Huami and the latest fitness band version from Huami’s major investor and partner, Xiaomi, both support transit and retail payments–making them among the first budget smart wearables devices supporting NFC payments.

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In-Depth: San Francisco’s $461 Million Transit Contract Will Support NFC Ticketing but Not Open-Loop Contactless Payments

Published: Sep 18 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – A planned US$461 million contract to upgrade and operate the Clipper fare collection system in the San Francisco Bay Area will include account-based ticketing and a mobile app that will enable customers to tap for rides with a closed-loop virtual Clipper card on NFC-enabled smartphones.

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Apple Drops Requirement to Have App Open for Tag Reading

Published: Sep 14 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple has relaxed its approach to NFC tag reading in its new iPhone Xs, Xs Max, and Xr models, removing the requirement to have a reader application open in order to use a tag. It calls the feature Background Tag Reading, and it offers essentially the same functionality that Android devices have had for years.  

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Fossil Expands Support for NFC Payments, as It Continues Push into Smartwatch Market

Published: Sep 7 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Fossil Group is pushing deeper into the smartwatch market, as it seeks to diversify from the financially strapped traditional watch market. Among the apps Fossil is offering on several new smartwatch models are Google Pay and Alipay, the latter in China.

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Google Expands Payments Service in India, Targeting Projected $1 Trillion Digital Payments Market

Published: Aug 30 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Google, its eye on India’s projected US$1 trillion digital payments market in five years, has rebranded its Tez payments service to Google Pay and is planning to expand its services, including to Gmail-based payments and, later, NFC.

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Fitbit Unveils First Non-Smartwatch Supporting NFC Payments Service, but Progress of Device Rollout Slow

Published: Aug 28 2018
Oct 13 2018

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight ­– U.S.-based wearables maker Fitbit in November plans to release its first non-smartwatch supporting its payments service, Fitbit Pay, with the recent unveiling of its new health and fitness tracker Charge 3–but as with its Versa smartwatch, released in April, the NFC payments feature will only be available on a “special edition” version of the tracker in the U.S. and likely in some other markets.

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