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Third French Bank Launches M-Payment in Nice, Hires Gemalto as TSM

Published: Feb 8 2011
Jun 14 2012

Crédit Agricole has joined the precommercial trial of NFC services in the French city of Nice, according to France-based vendor Gemalto, which announced it is providing trusted service management for the bank.

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Firm to Pay Up to $58 million for Atmel's Smart Card Biz

Published: Jul 3 2010

SAN FRANCISCO—Atmel Corp. said Monday (June 28) it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Secure Microcontroller Solutions (SMS) business to Inside Contactless SA for up to $58 million after completing consultation with the Works Council at Atmel's SMS facility in Rousset, France. (EE Times)

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Turkcell Sees Future in Mobile Wallet

Published: May 11 2010

The Financial services area is among six fields Turkcell plans to expand its business in the upcoming period, says an executive of the firm, urging the expansion of near field communication, or NFC, technology. (Anatolia News Agency)

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Inside Contactless, Sagem Orga, TazTag create new NFC device

Published: Apr 28 2010

Inside Contactless, Sagem Orga, a global smart card applications developer, and TazTag, a provider and creator of contactless products, have teamed up to develop a new method of delivering Near Field Communication (NFC) payment functionality. (The Paypers)

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Aconite Partners with Traderoot on South African System

Published: Apr 28 2010

Aconite Technology, a provider of software and consulting for managing business applications on chips in smart cards, tokens or mobiles, has announced that it has signed contracts with Traderoot Africa of South Africa, to supply a prepaid contactless chip card system for South Africa's new integrated public transit network. (Finextra)

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Innovision Clinches Major NFC Contract

Published: Apr 14 2010

Innovision Research & Technology has won a major contract for its NFC IP in a leading semiconductor corporation's range of chips. (Business Financial Newswire)

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Rio Gets A Few More Fobs, But Contactless Lags in Latin America

Published: Mar 29 2010

France-based Inside Contactless said it has received a follow-up order for 100,000 chips for contactless key fobs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–one of Latin America’s few contactless bank-payment projects to make it out of the trial stage.

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Inside’s NFC Technology Gets Nod for Sagem Cosyphone

Published: Feb 20 2010

French handset maker Sagem Wireless plans to introduce an NFC phone targeted at the older generations, in what NFC vendor Inside Contactless said would be the first commercial use of its technology.

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GlobalPlatform Enables Multiapplication Contactless

Published: Feb 20 2010

International smart card specifications body GlobalPlatform has released an amendment to its Card Specification version 2.2 to advance the management of multiple contactless applications within a SIM, a memory card/embedded element in a mobile device or a simple contactless card.

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Aloft Lets Guests Skip the Check-in Desk

Published: Feb 19 2010

Aloft Hotels is pilot-testing a service that enables guests to avoid the check-in line and head directly to their room. The service is being tested at the Aloft in Lexington, Mass., U.S.

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Sagem Wireless Cosyphone Uses NFC for Shortcuts

Published: Feb 16 2010

Sagem Wireless today introduced the Cosyphone. As its name implies, the Cosyphone is meant to be a simpler, more comfortable device aimed at the over 50's market.

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Could Visa’s New No-Signature Rule Hurt Contactless Payments?

Published: Feb 12 2010

Visa Inc.’s announcement this week that starting this summer it will no longer require signatures for transactions of $25 or less at most U.S. merchants heralds a policy that will result in faster and smoother transactions but could also undermine the payments industry’s move toward contactless technology.

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OTP Bank Opts for VeriFone for Contactless Rollout in Hungary

Published: Feb 10 2010

U.S. secure electronic payment services provider VeriFone has closed a deal with Hungarian credit institution OTP Bank to provide the latter with electronic payment systems in Hungary.

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Carrefour to Deploy Contactless Technology Hypercom

Published: Feb 9 2010

Global retailer Carrefour has closed a deal with payment technology company Hypercom.

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Electronic Purse Expected to Become Operational in March

Published: Jan 29 2010

The EasyCard, a contactless smartcard system for use on the Taipei MRT system, will soon become an electronic purse that can be used to purchase small-value items, the card's issuer, Taipei EasyCard Corp., said Friday.

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Talks Under Way to Use Mobile Phones as Debit Cards

Published: Jan 28 2010

Mobile phones will soon be heard ringing at the tills as plans are finalized so that they can be used as debit cards.

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Former NXP Exec Duverne Joins FCI

Published: Jan 13 2010

Christophe Duverne, former head of NXP Semiconductor’s contactless chip unit, has been named head of the Microconnections division of France-based FCI.

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Orange Moves into Financial Services Space

Published: Jan 10 2010

As a prelude to their planned introduction of mobile payment, mobile operator France Telecom-Orange UK and credit card issuer Barclaycard have launched a contactless credit card.

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G&D Says Venyon Buyout Shows NFC Commitment

Published: Dec 8 2009
Dec 10 2009

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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RIM Supports BlackBerry Contactless Sticker Trial

Published: Nov 28 2009

Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, is participating in a mobile-payment trial with contactless MasterCard PayPass stickers and a tie-in to its e-mail service.

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NXP Licenses Contactless IC Technology to ST

Published: Nov 12 2009

European chip vendors NXP BV and STMicroelectronics NV have announced a licensing agreement for NXP's Mifare contactless IC technology.

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Australian Transit Agency to Launch Mobility-as-a-Service Trial as It Pursues Long-Term MaaS Strategy

Published: Dec 9 2021

Plans by Transport for New South Wales, Australia’s largest transit agency, to launch a trial enabling users to plan, book and pay for multimodal rides is the next step toward the agency’s long-ter

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Updated: U.S. Transit Agency Seeks to Reduce–Though Not Eliminate–Cash Acceptance with New Fare-Collection System

Published: Dec 9 2021

Updated: The Spokane Transit Authority in Washington state confirmed that its new fare-collection system will include contactless open-loop payments–with a beta test planned for next October, a spokesman told NFC Times' sister publication Mobility Payments.

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UK Government Seeks to Bring London-Style Contactless Fare Payments System to Other Regions

Published: Nov 30 2021

The UK government’s plan to equip 700 rail stations over the next three years to accept contactless open-loop payments is a major initiative, as it seeks to replicate the success of London’s contactless pay-as-you go fare payments system elsewhere in the country–a goal that has proved elusive in the past.

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More Cities in Finland Expected to Move to Open-Loop Fare Payments

Published: Nov 16 2021

A fourth city in Finland is beginning to roll out contactless open-loop payments, with “more in the pipeline,” according to one supplier on the project, making the Nordic country one of the latest hotspots for the technology.

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Moscow Metro Expands Test of ‘Virtual Troika’ in Pays Wallets, as It Continues to Develop Digital-Payments Services

Published: Nov 16 2021

Moscow Metro is recruiting more users to test its “Virtual Troika” card in two NFC wallets, those supporting Google Pay and Samsung Pay, as one of the world’s largest subway operators continues to seek more ways for its customers to pay for rides.

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Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as it Builds Equity with Fare Capping

Published: Nov 16 2021

The Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA, officially launched its new digital-payments service Monday, including a fare-capping feature that the agency estimates will cost it $1.8 million per year in lost fare revenue, the agency confirmed to Mobility Payments.

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Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

Published: Nov 2 2021

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to pay fares.

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Swedish Transit Agency Launches Express Mode Feature for Apple Pay, though Most Ticketing Still with Barcode-Based App

Published: Oct 28 2021

Skånetrafiken, the transit agency serving one of Sweden’s largest counties, announced today it has expanded its contactless open-loop payments service to include the Express Mode feature for Apple Pay.

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Major Bus Operators in Hong Kong Now Accepting Open-Loop Payments–Adding More Competition for Octopus

Published: Oct 28 2021

Two more bus operators in Hong Kong on Saturday launched acceptance of open-loop contactless fare payments, with both also accepting QR code-based mobile ticketing–as the near ubiquitous closed-loop Octopus card continues to see more competition.

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Moscow Metro Launches Full Rollout of ‘Face Pay;’ Largest Biometric Payments Service of Its Kind

Published: Oct 18 2021

Touting it as the largest rollout of biometric payments in the world, Moscow Metro launched its high-profile “Face Pay” service Friday, as expected, and predicted that 10% to 15% would regularly us

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Indonesian Capital Seeks to Expand to Multimodal Fare Collection and MaaS

Published: Oct 18 2021

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, whose metropolitan area is home to more than 30 million people, is notorious for its stifling traffic congestion. In response, the government metro and light-rail networks and now it is funding an expansion of the fare-collection system to enable more multimodal payments and to build a mobility-as-a-service platform.

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Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

Published: Oct 18 2021

Transit agencies that have rolled out open-loop contactless payments are seeing growing use of NFC wallets to pay fares, as Covid-wary passengers see convenience in tapping their phones or wearables to pay.

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