Testing specialist Fime has been accredited by Visa to validate implementation of the Visa Mobile Payment Application on secure elements... More
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Statoil runs Heathrow NFC campaign
Oil and gas company Statoil is running an NFC and QR campaign on JCDecaux OOH media spots throughout London’s Heathrow airport. When users tap or scan one of JCDecaux’s 98 Powerpole charging stations they are taken to a landing page that wishes them a nice flight, delivers promotional content and invites them to follow Statoil on Twitter or LinkedIn. More
OTI wins $10m US NFC order
Contactless technology specialist On Track Innovations has signed a contract to provide US$10m worth of NFC readers with “one of its US channel partners who primarily serves the unattended retail market in North America.” An initial 40,000 readers are due to be shipped by the end of 2013... More
Avery adds NFC packaging
Product packaging manufacturer Avery Dennison has added DirectLink, an NFC-enabled packaging solution, to its range of products... More
NEC manages commercial displays via NFC
NEC’s US display solutions division has introduced a range of large screen displays for commercial environments that use NFC and a mobile app to make it easy for staff to conduct set-up and maintenance tasks... More
Orange to launch prepaid NFC payments across France
Mobile network operator Orange is to roll out a national NFC payments service in France next year under the Orange Cash brand name, enabling NFC phone owners to use a prepaid card stored on their handset to pay for goods at Visa PayWave contactless terminals... More
Rogers to offer Suretap open mobile wallet in Canada
Canadian carrier Rogers is to make an open NFC mobile wallet available to its customers “in the coming weeks.” The new Suretap Wallet, which is separate from the Suretap payments service launched last November in partnership with CIBC, will allow Rogers to work “cooperatively with all banks to ensure numerous cards from many different banks are available in the Suretap Wallet.”... More
Oberthur offers NFC eID
Oberthur Technologies has launched ‘ID-One PIV for eSE’, a software solution that enables US federal government personal identity verification (PIV) credentials to be stored on an embedded NFC secure element, allowing mobile phones to be used for logical and physical access control instead of smart cards... More
Famoco raises US$1m
NFC device maker Famoco has raised a US$1million finance round from two venture capital funds... More
NXP adds ESD protection for NFC phone antennas
NXP Semiconductors has announced a new series of diodes designed to protect NFC antennas and controllers in mobile devices against damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD)... More
Tappr gets $2m for NFC payments
Australian startup Tappr has raised A$2m in seed funding for an NFC payments service that is due to launch in early 2014... More
Canadian banks to launch NFC mobile wallet
Canadian banks President’s Choice Financial and TD Bank Group are to launch Ugo, an open NFC mobile wallet, in 2014... More
E-Plus to launch NFC mobile wallet
German carrier E-Plus is to launch a mobile wallet in Spring 2014, enabling customers to make payments with an NFC phone as well as collect and redeem loyalty points and discount vouchers using QR codes... More
Vanguard offers NFC bag tag that texts its location to the owner
Vanguard ID Systems has developed a weatherproof NFC luggage tag with an e-ink display that can be updated each time a traveller takes a flight and provides owners with information on their bag’s location throughout a journey... More
NFC jewellery to share contacts
Technology startup Siignia is to begin raising funds on Kickstarter “in a few weeks” for iiD, an item of silver jewellery that can be worn in a number of ways and contains an NFC tag which can be used to share contact information... More
Chinese medicine gets NFC authenticity check
The Hong Kong government-backed LSCM Research & Development Centre is testing a product authentication system for Chinese medicines that uses NFC tags embedded in packaging and NFC kiosks placed in stores... More
GE Capital to test NFC payments
Consumer finance provider GE Capital has partnered with mobile network operator 2degrees to conduct an NFC payments pilot in New Zealand... More
CIBC adds Q10 NFC payments
Canadian Bank CIBC has extended availability of its NFC payments service to BlackBerry Q10 owners... More
Call of Duty: Ghosts goes NFC
Video game publisher Activision is using NFC advertising specialist Tapit’s platform to promote its latest blockbuster Call of Duty: Ghosts across Clear Channel’s Australian out-of-home media locations... More
Civintec offers NFC terminal with fingerprint biometrics
Civintec has launched a multi-purpose smart card and biometric-enabled terminal with a 7-inch touch screen and NFC functionality... More