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South Korea: SK Telecom Follows Infrared Payment With Contactless Seoul
Korea Smart Card Co. (T-money)
Shinhan Card (Visa payWave) (Earlier, LG Card)
SK Telecom
KT
South Korea: KT Launches NFC Services Commercially, Competitors Follow Seoul
Korea Smart Card Co. (T-money)
Shinhan Card (payWave or PayPass)
Hana Card (payWave or PayPass)
KT
SK Telecom
LG U+
South Korea: SK Telecom Holds Small Flex-Antenna NFC Trial Seoul SK Telecom (information on demand) SK Telecom
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
Chile: Telco, Bank Gear Up for NFC Payments Launch Santiago Banco Santander Chile (MasterCard PayPass) Telefónica Chile (Movistar)
U.S.: Multiapp Trial Involves Transit Agency, Fast-Food Restaurant San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART transit application), Jack in the Box (stored-value payment via First Data, smart poster service) Sprint
U.S.: Bank Runs Internal payWave Trial San Francisco Wells Fargo (Visa payWave)
U.S.: Wells Fargo Launches microSD Card Trial with Employees San Francisco Wells Fargo (Visa payWave) N/A
U.S.: Bank Launches Beta Test of microSDs with iPhone Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Ore. U.S. Bank (Visa payWave) N/A
U.S.: Isis to Launch First Pilot with Transit and Payment in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Austin
JPMorgan Chase
Capital One
American Express
Barclaycard US
Utah Transit Authority
AT&T (Isis)
Verizon Wireless (Isis)
T-Mobile USA (Isis)
Russia: Issue to Launch Payment on Embedded Chips in NFC Phones Russia Tinkoff Credit Systems bank (MasterCard PayPass) N/A
Russia: Bank Launches on Samsung Embedded Chips Following Delay Russia Russian Standard Bank (MasterCard PayPass) N/A
Netherlands: Payter Shutting Down Service Following Large Trial Rotterdam Payter (prepaid account for retail payments, loyalty and parking) Various
Italy: Bank Launches Mobile-Payment Trial with Two Telcos and PayPass Rome Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, BNL (MasterCard PayPass)
Vodafone Italia
Three Italy
U.S.: Fast-food Chain Tests Contactless Loyalty Stickers Rochester, Indiana Dairy Queen (Tetherball loyalty program) N/A
U.S.: M-payment Start-up Moves to Contactless Stickers Rexburg, Idaho Citizens Community Bank (closed-loop payment) (current phase) N/A
France: Orange Holds Small M-Ticketing Trial In Rennes Rennes
Keolis
SNFC (transit fare collection)
Parkeon (parking)
France Telecom-Orange
UK: Orange UK Tests Transit Ticketing Reading Reading Borough (transit ticketing) France Telecom-Orange UK
Czech Republic: O2 to Launch Trial with Two Banks, Hypermarket Prague and Pilsen
Komerční bank (Visa payWave)
Citibank Europe (Visa payWave)
PMDP (transit ticketing)
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic
Czech Republic: Bank Offers NFC-enabled iPhone Attachment Prague and Brno Komerční bank (Visa payWave) N/A
Czech Republic: T-Mobile Launching Internal Trial with SWP-Enabled Phones Prague T-Mobile (building access), Xerox (print services) T-Mobile Czech Republic
U.S.: Google Expands NFC-Enabled Places Service Portland, Austin, Las Vegas, Madison, Charlotte Google (Google Places) N/A
Poland: Telco and Bank Launch Cobranded Sticker Poland Polbank EFG (MasterCard PayPass) PTC

HEADLINE NEWS

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.