Apple has been granted a patent covering the addition of an NFC antenna to electronic devices such as computer monitors where standard methods of integrating NFC may cause problems generating a sufficiently robust signal strength... More
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UniCredit launches mobile contactless payments service in Slovakia
The Slovak bank is providing customers with MasterCard-branded contactless stickers that can be attached to the back of their mobile phones and used to make payments at more than 3,000 contactless card acceptance points currently in place in Slovakia. More
FC Barcelona to test NFC at Camp Nou
Spanish soccer giant FC Barcelona has signed an agreement with the R&D arm of mobile network Telefónica that will see the club’s Camp Nou stadium being the first to test a wide range of leading edge mobile communications technologies... More
Two new Nokia NFC phones on their way?
Screenshots and renders of two potential new Nokia NFC phones are making their way around the internet... More
Sprint to begin enabling Google Wallet today?
A software update notification sent by US mobile network operator Sprint to dealers suggests that mobile payments capabilities will begin to be enabled on the Nexus S 4G, at least, from today... More
Inside Secure to resume IPO “as soon as possible”
NFC chip specialist Inside Secure has postponed its planned flotation, CEO Remy de Tonnac confirmed to NFC World, but the company plans to resume the IPO process as soon as it can. More
Consumers to spend $50bn a year via NFC phones by 2014
The value of payments made via mobile phones worldwide will reach US$670bn by 2015, up from $240bn this year, according to a new forecast by Juniper Research... More
Google+ includes support for NFC tag reading
The search giant’s new social networking project includes built-in support for tag reading, letting users with NFC phones simply read a tag to post information stored in it to their Google+ account. More
BlackBerry Bold 9900 NFC phone to ship on September 15?
Amazon UK has added the BlackBerry Bold 9900 NFC smartphone to its website... More
Telenor and DnB Nor begin NFC trial in Oslo
The Norwegian bank and mobile network operator have contracted Giesecke & Devrient to provide them with a turnkey NFC solution for a mobile payments trial that will involve a dozen merchant locations in Oslo. More
Yankee Group: Global mobile transactions to exceed US$1 trillion by 2015
The value of global mobile transactions will grow from US$241 billion in 2011 to more than $1 trillion by 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 56%, according to Yankee Group‘s latest Mobile Money Forecast, part of a new Mobile Money Strategies research service... More
Barclaycard promotes NFC payments with spoof history of money video
Barclaycard has produced a ‘mockumentary’ on the history of money, to promote the NFC-based Quick Tap service it launched with Orange in May... More
Citi proposes ‘hybrid model’ for mobile payments
Banks and mobile network operators should work together on a mobile payments business model that plays to both their strengths, says Citi’s Dickson Chu. More
Survey: One-third of Canadians ready to pay by phone
A survey conducted for PayPal Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadians are ready to begin making payments with their mobile phones and over half would like to use a digital wallet, the Toronto Sun reports:... More
SK Telecom to open NFC Zone in Seoul
Korean mobile network operator SK Telecom is to open an ‘NFC Zone’ in Seoul, the company’s head of global partnerships has told delegates attending the GSMA’s Mobile Money Summit in Singapore... More
ANZ Bank: We like NFC, but not via microSD
“At this stage, we will not be progressing with microSD as a contactless payment technology platform,” says the Australian banking giant. More
Proxama unveils NFC Murder Mystery game
The hi-tech version of a traditional murder mystery game uses NFC phones and tags to allow participants to discover clues hidden around a venue and to accuse their choice of suspect. More
Deutsche Telekom awards custom NFC SIM development contract
The planned international rollout of NFC services to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and Era mobile networks will use bespoke NFC SIMs developed by Giesecke & Devrient. The new SIMs will be “functionally expanded” and “go beyond the standardised NFC functions”. More
VingCard launches NFC room key system for hotels
The hotel room key market leader, part of the Assa Abloy group which recently ran an NFC trial at the Clarion Hotel Stockholm, has now brought the technology to market. More
Hicel launches NFC business cards
Korean manufacturer Hicel has introduced a digital business card that combines the features of traditional cards with NFC functionality... More