Project | City | Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
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Australia Credit Union Gets First to the Starting Gate In Asia-Pac for HCE Payments | Australia | CUA (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
Australia: Bank Launches iPhone App Supporting Contactless and P2P Payments | Australia | Commonwealth Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
Australia: Commonwealth Bank And MasterCard Tee Up First Aussie NFC Trial | Melbourne | Commonwealth Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
Australia: Commonwealth Bank to Add Galaxy S5 as part of Groundbreaking Embedded Chip Project | Australia | Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Mastercard PayPass) | None | |
Australia: Major Bank Launches Small Internal Trial with Galaxy S III | Sydney | Westpac (MasterCard PayPass) | Optus | |
Australia: Telstra and NAB Hold Pay-Buy Mobile Trial | Melbourne and Sydney | National Australia Bank (Visa payWave) | Telstra | |
Australia: Visa and ANZ Bank Launch Small Internal Trial of microSD Cards | Melbourne and Sydney | ANZ bank (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
Australia: Vodafone Announces Plans for NFC Service; But Still Trialing Technology | Sydney | ANZ bank (Visa payWave) | Vodafone Hutchison Australia | |
Australia: Westpac Poised to Launch payWave on Samsung Embedded Chips | Australia | Westpac (Visa payWave) | None | |
Austria: Bank Plans Launch of payWave on microSDs and iPhone Sleeves | Austria | Raiffeisen Bank International (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
Austria: Merchants Tap Phones To Activate and Redeem Gift Vouchers | Wels | City of Wels (Coupons/gift vouchers) | mobilkom Austria | |
Austria: Students and Faculty Study NFC At Austrian University | Hagenberg | University Of Applied Sciences Of Upper Austria (payment, access-control, loyalty and P2P information exchange) | mobilkom | |
Austria: Telco to Launch NFC Payment Scheme, Bypassing Major Banks, Card Networks | Vienna | A1 (paybox NFC) | A1 | |
Austria: Trial Puts Train Tickets On Embedded Chip | Vienna |
ÖBB Austrian national railway (VDV-KA transit ticket) |
mobilkom Austria | |
Austria: ‘Rollout’ Uses NFC Reader Mode To Sell Tickets and Snacks | Vienna |
Austrian national railway (ticketing) Vienna transport authority (ticketing) Selectra (vending machine payment) |
mobilkom Austria | |
Belgium: Belgacom Tests Contactless ‘PingPing’ Stickers for Meal Tickets | Brussels |
Belgacom (PingPing payment) Accord Services (meal vouchers) |
Belgacom | |
Brazil: Claro and Two Banks Test PayWave | São Paulo, Brasília |
Banco Bradesco (Visa payWave) Banco do Brasil (Visa payWave) |
Claro | |
Brazil: TIM Brasil and Banco Itaú Launch Small NFC Trial | São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro | Banco Itaú (MasterCard PayPass) | TIM Brasil | |
Brazil: TIM Brasil Launching Second NFC Trial; Commercial Launch Planned | São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro | Banco Bradesco (Visa payWave) | TIM Brasil | |
Canada: Bell, Citi and MasterCard Join for Modest PayPass Test at the Office | Toronto | Citi (MasterCard PayPass) | Bell Mobility | |
Canada: MasterCard and Bank Tests PayPass Sticker on BlackBerrys | Toronto, Waterloo | Bank of Montreal (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
Canada: RBC Commercially Launches NFC Payments Using Cloud-SIM Hybrid | Canada | RBC, Royal Bank of Canada |
Bell Mobility Rogers Wireless (expected) Telus Mobility (expected) |
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Canada: Royal Bank of Canada and Rogers Wireless Test payWave | Toronto | Royal Bank of Canada (Visa payWave) | Rogers Wireless | |
Canada: Telco Joint Venture Trials Contactless Stickers | Toronto and other cities | EnStream, Peoples Trust bank (MasterCard PayPass) |
Bell Canada Rogers Communications Telus |
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Chile: Telco, Bank Gear Up for NFC Payments Launch | Santiago | Banco Santander Chile (MasterCard PayPass) | Telefónica Chile (Movistar) |
Recent project updates
- New Zealand: New Zealand JV Launches SIM-Based Wallet After Delay, Though Must Deal with Bank Interest in HCE, New Zealand
- New Zealand: Second Major Banks Announces Plans to Launch Mobile Payments with HCE, New Zealand
- Netherlands: Rabobank First Dutch Bank to Launch NFC Commercially; Shuns SIMs for Embedded Chips, Netherlands
- Hungary: Magyar Telekom Launches Commercial NFC Service , Hungary
- U.S.: With Apple Pay Launch Imminent–a Rundown of Key Participants and Suppliers, U.S.
- Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom First to Market with NFC Launch, but Challenges Lie Ahead, Taiwan
- UPDATE: Spain: Bankinter Launches HCE Service, Predicts 30,000 Users in 2014, Spain
- UPDATED: Switzerland: Shared NFC Wallet to be Deployed by Three Telcos This Year, Switzerland
- New Zealand: Westpac Launches HCE Trial, Plans Commercial Launch in Early 2015, New Zealand
- Germany: No. 3 Telco Launches Wallet and Payments Application, Following Rivals, Germany