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NFC Times Exclusive: Whereas three years ago, major banks and telcos in the Netherlands looked like they would move forward together on NFC mobile payments, with plans to form a first-of-its kind joint venture, the situation today promises to be much different.

NFC Times Exclusive: NXP Semiconductors said its NFC revenue fell in the third quarter, the second straight quarterly drop, though CEO Richard Clemmer said the Netherlands-based ch

NFC Times Exclusive: France-based Gemalto today reported higher revenue in the third quarter for its mobile-payments platforms as well as increased shipments of NFC SIMs and dual-interface banking cards.

NFC Times Exclusive: The U.S. MCX merchant consortium will introduce its own mobile-commerce app, as well as making much of the same functionality available in individual apps from its members–including a proprietary mobile-payments service based on QR codes.

NFC Times Exclusive: Mobile point-of-sale providers in Europe see significant growth in merchant numbers and transaction volumes and believe that EMV compliance will give European point-of-sale companies a leg up as they look to expand to the U.S.

New York, NY – China Mobile will miss its goal of rolling out 10 million NFC phones and signing up three million users by the end of 2013, citing problems with handset makers implementing NFC on enough phones, among other issues.

NFC Times Exclusive: As it prepares to launch its national rollout, the Isis joint venture seeks to simplify the user interface for consumers to conduct payments and redeem offers and rewards with the second version of its mobile wallet.

National Australia Bank has introduced a peer-to-payment application, which enables customers to transfer funds, initiated by NFC or QR codes or by using a mobile number, email address or Facebook account.

No. 3 U.S. mobile carrier Sprint has announced its long-anticipated NFC-based mobile-commerce platform, with plans to introduce a new “open” model for enabling NFC payment, transit ticketing, access control and merchant applications.

NFC Times Exclusive: Payment transactions increased significantly for several merchants trialing a QR-code-based mobile-payment app from Barclaycard US when the merchants added offers, though overall take-up of the bPay app has been modest, according to interviews with merchants conducted by NFC Times.

New features announced by Google today for its wallet do not support NFC, but the search giant made it clear it continues to support the technology for in-store payments.

NFC Times Exclusive Analysis: France-based Gemalto has set an ambitious goal of doubling its operating profits by 2017, and the ramping up of trusted service management business is key to hitting that objective.