Project Citysort icon Service Provider Mobile Operator
UAE: Telco-Bank Partnership Tests Waters for Possible NFC Launch Dubai Dubai First (MasterCard PayPass) Emirates Integrated Telecommunications (du)
UAE: Plans Call For largest Telco and Bank to Trial NFC Dubai Emirates NBD (Visa payWave) Etisalat
UK: RBS Tests Contactless Debit at HQ Edinburgh Royal Bank of Scotland (MasterCard PayPass)
More French Banks Prepare for Commercial Launches of NFC Payments France
BNP Paribas (Visa payWave)
Crédit Mutuel-CIC (PayPass)
Banque Postale (payWave, likely)
Société Générale (payWave, likely)
Orange (Orange Cash-payWave)
Carrefour Banque (PayPass, likely)
CTS, Strasbourg, (U'GO transit)
Viacités, Caen (Twisto transit)
Orange
SFR
Bouygues Telecom (later)
BNP Mobile (MVNO, BNP Paribas)
La Poste Mobile (MVNO, La Poste)
NRJ Mobile (MVNO, Crédit Mutuel-CIC)
Crédit Mutuel Mobile, CIC Mobile (MVNO)
Sosh (Low-cost operator, Orange)
Germany: Pioneering NFC Transit Ticketing Project Expanded Frankfurt RMV (Transit authority)
Germany: Transit Officials Enable Users to Tap or Scan in New Trial Frankfurt
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV, (Service discovery)
Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main, VGF, (Service discovery)
N/A
Germany: Deutsche Telekom Launches Overdue NFC Wallet, Payments Service Germany
Deutsche Telekom/ClickandBuy
(MasterCard PayPass)
Hit (supermarket coupons)
Edeka (supermarket coupons)
Deutsche Telekom
Germany: No. 3 Telco Launches Wallet and Payments Application, Following Rivals Germany E-Plus/Wirecard (MasterCard PayPass) E-Plus (Base)
France: Tapping NFC For Ticketing in the Alps Grenoble Transdev (transit tickets) Bouygues Telecom
Guatemala: Rare Latin American Trial Launches With payWave Guatemala City
Banco Industrial
Banco Uno (Visa payWave)
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
China: Branch of China Mobile Likely To Shun RF-SIM for Project Hangzhou Hangzhou Citizen Card Co. and Hangzhou City 360° Card Co. (local Mifare-based transit payment application) China Mobile (Hangzhou)
Finland: Internal Trial Tests PayWave Helsinki Luottokunta (Visa payWave) Various
Finland: Early Nokia NFC Phone Assists With Workforce Management Helsinki Northport (workforce management for airport services) Various
Hong Kong: Hang Seng Bank and PCCW Launch NFC Service Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank (MasterCard PayPass) PCCW mobile
Hungary: Telcos and Bank Launch Large Mobile-Wallet Trial Hungary OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
Magyar Telekom (T-Mobile)
Telenor Hungary
Vodafone Hungary
Hungary: Country’s Largest Bank, OTP, Plans NFC Commercial Launch Hungary
OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
SuperShop (loyalty)
Magyar Telecom (Deutsche Telekom group)
Vodafone Hungary
Telenor Hungary (expected)
Hungary: Magyar Telekom Launches Commercial NFC Service Hungary
OTP Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
SuperShop (loyalty)
InterTicket (event ticketing)
Magyar Telekom (Deutsche Telekom)
Ireland: Loyalty-Scheme Operator Uses Stickers While Waiting for NFC Ireland Zapa Technology (Zapatag retail loyalty) Various
U.S.: Early Test In Texas Is Prelude To More Trials Irving, Texas JPMorgan Chase (MasterCard PayPass) AT&T Wireless
Turkey: Akbank And Turkcell hold M-Payment Trial Istanbul Akbank (MasterCard PayPass) Turkcell
Turkey: Small Mobile-Payment Pilot Stores Application on SIM Istanbul Garanti Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Turkcell
Turkey: Visa and Akbank to Launch Trial of Contactless microSDs Istanbul Akbank (Visa payWave) N/A
Turkey: Group Plans Multibank NFC Trial with Multiple Secure Elements Istanbul, other cities
Isbank (Visa payWave)
DenizBank (Visa payWave)
Finansbank (Visa payWave and MasterCard PayPass)
Halk Bankası (Visa payWave and MasterCard PayPass)
VakıfBank (Visa payWave)
Ziraat Bankası (Visa payWave)
Avea
Turkey: Bank and Telco to Launch M-Payment with Flex-Antenna SIM Istanbul, other cities Garanti Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Avea

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Indonesian Capital Seeks to Expand to Multimodal Fare Collection and MaaS

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.

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

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