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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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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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Topic “Taipei”

Taiwan: Transit Card Operator Trials Bridge Technology

Published: Nov 26 2010
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Nov 2010
Main Application: 
Ticketing (transit), payment
Users: 
1,000

The trial puts Taipei’s popular EasyCard transit application on a SIM overlay chip connected to a flexible antenna.

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Taiwan: Small 3G Telco Introduces Contactless SIM

Published: Oct 12 2009
Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
Completed
Launch: 
Jan 2007
Users: 
More than 1,000

Vibo, a 3G telco in Taiwan’s saturated mobile market, introduced non-NFC contactless payment in September 2007, using the Taisys product.

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Taiwan: No. 2 Telco Holds Trial Though Promised Rollout Delayed

Published: Oct 12 2009
Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Feb 2007
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
100

The trial used the early Nokia NFC phone model, the 3220.

Results: 

Post-trial surveys showed more than 75% of respondents preferred the phone payment to conventional credit cards, according to MasterCard. And a quarter of respondents who also used MasterCard PayPass cards issued by Fubon bank said they used the phone more often to pay, more than three times per month, than they did contactless cards—roughly two and a half times per month. According to Fubon, more than 80% of respondents did not set a password on their handsets for extra security of the payment transactions. Moreover, most respondents said they believe merchants need to become more familiar with the mobile contactless transaction process.

 

 

* 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.

N/A: Not available or not applicable.
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Taiwan: Transit Ticketing With EasyCard

Published: Oct 12 2009
Scope: 
Trial
Status: 
Completed
Est. Launch: 
Late 2007 or early 2008
Main Application: 
Ticketing (transit)
Users: 
100

Trial enabled subscribers to load value via the mobile network to top up the transit-purse application stored on the SIM.

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