Project |
City | Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
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| New Zealand: Transit Fare-Collection Operator and Telco Launch NFC Service | Wellington | Snapper | 2degrees | |
| New Zealand: Second Major Banks Announces Plans to Launch Mobile Payments with HCE | New Zealand | ANZ (payWave, PayPass) | N/A | |
| New Zealand: New Zealand JV Launches SIM-Based Wallet After Delay, Though Must Deal with Bank Interest in HCE | New Zealand |
ASB (payWave, PayPass) BNZ (payWave PayPass) Snapper (transit/retail, June 2015) |
2degrees Spark Vodafone |
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| New Zealand: Airline Uses Stickers To Speed Boarding | Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington | Air New Zealand (ePass boarding pass) | None | |
| Netherlands: Trial Returns Favorable Response For M-Payment and Bottle Refunds | Molenaarsgraaf |
Rabobank (debit payment) Schuitema (Bottle return refunds) |
KPN Rabo Mobiel |
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| Netherlands: Rabobank First Dutch Bank to Launch NFC Commercially; Shuns SIMs for Embedded Chips | Netherlands | Rabobank (contactless debit application) | N/A | |
| Netherlands: Payter Shutting Down Service Following Large Trial | Rotterdam | Payter (prepaid account for retail payments, loyalty and parking) | Various | |
| Netherlands: JCB Trial Tests International Contactless App | Amsterdam | JCB (J/Speedy) | KPN | |
| Netherlands: Home-Healthcare Providers Deploy NFC | Netherlands |
Meavita (home healthcare work monitoring and communication) Other home health care providers |
Various | |
| Netherlands: Early NFC Trial Tests Stadium Ticketing | Kerkrade | Roda JC football club (season tickets, e-purse) | KPN | |
| 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) |
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| Malaysia: Visa and Maxis Hold First payWave Trial | Kuala Lumpur | Maybank (Visa payWave) | Maxis Communications | |
| Malaysia: Telco Plans to Launch iPhone-Based Fare Payment | Malaysia | Touch ‘n Go (Touch 'n Go) | Maxis | |
| Malaysia: Payment and Transit Featured In Small “Rollout” of NFC | Kuala Lumpur |
Maybank (Visa payWave) Touch 'n Go (Touch ‘n Go--transit, tolls and parking) |
Maxis Communications | |
| Kuwait: Trial Lets Users Download Prepaid Payment Application From Smart Poster | Kuwait City | National Bank of Kuwait (Visa payWave) | Zain | |
| Japan: Telco to Offer Passive Stickers in Land of the Wallet Phone | Japan | Aeon (Waon), bitWallet (Edy), Seven Card Services (nanaco) | Softbank Mobile | |
| Japan: Softbank With MasterCard Hold Rare NFC Project In Japan | Tokyo | Orico (MasterCard PayPass) | Softbank Mobile | |
| Japan: Softbank Mobile Plans Trial with Flex-SIM Device in Android Phone | Chiba |
Orico (MasterCard PayPass) Credit Saison (MasterCard PayPass) |
Softbank Mobile | |
| Japan: No. 2 Telco in Japan to Sell First Standard NFC Phones | Tokyo, Chiba |
Credit Saison (MasterCard PayPass) Orico (MasterCard PayPass-expected) Seven Card Service (e-money) Japan Airlines (boarding passes) Bic Camera (loyalty) Ueno Zoo (information on demand, tag-reading) |
KDDI | |
| Japan: No. 2 Telco Holds NFC Trial with PayPass Application | Chiba | Orico (MasterCard PayPass) | KDDI | |
| Japan: KDDI to Launch Multiapp NFC Trial in 'FeliCa Country' | Tokyo |
Orico (MasterCard PayPass) Jibun Bank (m-banking, other) Credit Saison (PayPass acceptance) Aiwai Card Services (e-money) Toho Cinemas (event ticketing) All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines (check-in or boarding, likely) KDDI or NTT Data (likely) (Japanese contactless driver’s license) Toyota Motor (automobile services) Other |
KDDI | |
| Japan: JCB Holds Internal NFC Test | Tokyo | JCB (J/Speedy) | ||
| Japan: Google Launching Places Test in Tokyo with Japanese Wallet Phones | Tokyo | Google (Google Places) | N/A | |
| Japan: DoCoMo Drives Nationwide Rollout of Contactless Wallet Phones | Japan |
NTT DoCoMo (iD) JR East (Mobile Suica) bitWallet (Edy) Seven-Eleven (nanaco) JCB (QUICPay) McDonald’s (loyalty) All Nippon Airways (airline check-in, loyalty) Japan Airlines (airline check-in) Coca Cola Japan (Cmode—vending purchases) Yodobashi (camera store—loyalty) |
NTT DoCoMo KDDI Softbank Mobile |
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| Italy: Transit Ticketing In Trento | Trento | Trentino Trasporti (transit fare collection) | Telecom Italia |
Recent project updates
- France: Visa Europe to Launch Another microSD Trial in NFC Demo City , Caen
- Poland: Bank Trials iPhone Attachment with Visa payWave , Warsaw
- U.S.: Discover Financial to Trial iPhone Attachment with Employees, Chicago and Salt Lake City
- U.S.: Nokia and New York Transit Authority to Test Tag-based Ticketing , New York
- Russia: Telco and Oil Company to Launch Mobile Pay at the Pumps , Perm
- South Korea: KT Complements NFC Rollout with iPhone Add-ons , South Korea
- U.S.: University Tests Mobile Access Control with MicroSD Cards, Tempe
- UK: Museum Goers Tap Their Phones for Further Information, London
- Slovakia: Bank Offers Debit PayPass Stickers , Slovakia
- Norway: Country’s Largest Bank and Telco Launch New Payment Trial , Oslo
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