Project |
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Service Provider | Mobile Operator | |
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China: NFC Vs. RF-SIM: Unicom and Unicom Take on China Mobile | Shanghai |
Bank of China (UnionPay-PBOC 2.0 contactless) Bank of Communications (UnionPay-PBOC 2.0 contactless ) |
China Unicom (Shanghai) | |
China: Unicom Announces Planned NFC Payments Launch with Merchants Bank | Shanghai | China Merchants Bank (Quick Pass) | China Unicom | |
China: Giant Chinese Telco Launches RF-SIMs For World Expo | Shanghai, Beijing, other |
China Mobile (ticketing, payment) Expo 2010 organizers (venue ticketing) |
China Mobile | |
Singapore: Citi's Tests payWave With Telco M1 | Singapore | Citibank (Visa payWave) | M1 | |
Singapore: SingTel Trial Enables OTA Reloads of NETS Purse | Singapore | NETS (e-purse, mobile couponing) | SingTel | |
Singapore: First Trial Combining NFC and FeliCa | Singapore | EZ-Link (closed-loop transit and retail purse) | StarHub | |
Singapore: Telco, Bank, Transit-Purse Operator Launch Flex-Antenna Trial | Singapore |
DBS Bank (MasterCard PayPass) EZ-Link (ez-link) |
StarHub | |
Singapore: Telco StarHub to Launch First of Government-Supervised NFC Projects | Singapore |
DBS bank (MasterCard PayPass) EZ-Link (ez-link e-purse, retail payment and separate PayPass prepaid application) |
StarHub | |
Singapore: Telco M1 Launches NFC with Two Payment Services and Three Phones | Singapore |
EZ-Link (ez-link e-purse based on CEPAS) M1 (Prepaid MasterCard PayPass, issued by E-Z Link) |
M1 | |
Singapore: SingTel Announces Plans for Launch NFC with Payment Service Provider EZ-Link | Singapore | EZ-Link (Prepaid card for retail payment) | SingTel | |
Spain: Country's Largest Telco Plans Big Payment Trial | Sitges | La Caixa (Visa payWave) | Telefónica | |
Slovakia: Bank Offers Debit PayPass Stickers | Slovakia | UniCredit Slovakia (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
Italian Bank Launches First V Pay Debit Trial | Sondrio, Chiavenna, Morbegno and two other cities | Credito Valtellinese (Visa payWave) | N/A | |
South Korea: KT Complements NFC Rollout with iPhone Add-ons | South Korea |
Shinhan Card (MasterCard PayPass) Woori BC Card (expected) KB Kookmin Card (expected) |
KT Corp. | |
UPDATE: Spain: Bankinter Launches HCE Service, Predicts 30,000 Users in 2014 | Spain | Bankinter (Visa payWave) | None | |
U.S.: U.S. Bank Tests PayPass | Spokane | U.S. Bank (MasterCard PayPass) | N/A | |
Russia: St. Petersburg Metro to Trial Contactless-Mobile Ticketing | St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg municipality (fare-collection) Bank St. Petersburg (top-ups) |
N/A | |
Sweden: Lock Maker Trials Mobile Door Keys with Stockholm Hotel | Stockholm | Choice Hotels Scandinavia (Access control) | TeliaSonera | |
France: Dual-City Payez-Mobile Trial Tests Interoperability (Strasbourg) | Strasbourg |
Crédit Mutuel-CIC BNP Paribas Société Générale Crédit Agricole Banque Postal Caisse d’Epargne Banques Populaires (All with contactless debit with Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass) |
France Telecom-Orange SFR Bouygues Telecom NRJ Mobile (MVNO) |
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France: Bank and Telcos Hold Early Test of SIM-Based EMV Payment | Strasbourg | Crédit Mutuel-CIC (MasterCard PayPass) |
NRJ Mobile SFR |
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UPDATED: Switzerland: Shared NFC Wallet to be Deployed by Three Telcos This Year | Switzerland |
Cornèrcard (Visa payWave) Aduno/Viseca (PayPass, planned) UBS (PayPass, payWave, planned) The Coop (loyalty, mid-2015) |
Swisscom Orange (planned for 2014) Sunrise (planned for 2014) |
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Australia: Major Bank Launches Small Internal Trial with Galaxy S III | Sydney | Westpac (MasterCard PayPass) | Optus | |
Australia: Vodafone Announces Plans for NFC Service; But Still Trialing Technology | Sydney | ANZ bank (Visa payWave) | Vodafone Hutchison Australia | |
Taiwan: Far EasTone Pay-Buy Mobile Trial Delayed | Taipei | Taishin Bank (Visa payWave) | Far EasTone | |
Taiwan: Transit Card Operator Trials Bridge Technology | Taipei | EasyCard Corp. (EasyCard) | N/A |
Recent project updates
- Japan: Softbank Mobile Plans Trial with Flex-SIM Device in Android Phone, Chiba
- South Korea: SK Telecom Holds Small Flex-Antenna NFC Trial, Seoul
- Singapore: Telco, Bank, Transit-Purse Operator Launch Flex-Antenna Trial , Singapore
- U.S.: Wells Fargo Launches microSD Card Trial with Employees, San Francisco
- Taiwan: Transit Card Operator Trials Bridge Technology , Taipei
- Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom to Issue Home-Grown NFC Dongle , Taipei
- Russia: St. Petersburg Metro to Trial Contactless-Mobile Ticketing , St. Petersburg
- Thailand: Bank and Telco Hold Follow-Up NFC Trial, Bangkok
- U.S.: M-payment Start-up Moves to Contactless Stickers, Rexburg, Idaho
- Russia: Large Telco and Transit Operator Test SIMs with Flexible Antennas, Moscow