The bank has unveiled ‘Commbank Kaching’, a next generation mobile payments service that lets iPhone users easily send money to their Facebook friends, email contacts and phone contacts as well as make payments in stores via an add-on NFC case. More
Australia
Australian supermarket Coles tests outdoor NFC with Adshel
Fifty outdoor advertising sites in Melbourne have been equipped to allow consumers to download exclusive cookery recipes and video cookbooks via either WiFi or NFC. More
Tapit goes green
NFC marketing specialist Tapit is to supply Australian recycling company Envirobank with NFC tags for use on its public-facing waste recycling stations... More
JCDecaux Australia to add NFC to out-of-home advertising network
The global out-of-home advertising leader has signed a two year agreement which will see Tapit equip 240 advertising panels with NFC tags to create Australiaʼs first NFC-enabled outdoor advertising network. More
NFC marketers form global alliance
NFC specialists Blue Bite, Proxama and Tapit have formed an alliance that will see them working together to deliver global NFC-based marketing solutions. More
NFC to arrive in Australia “within three months”
Commonwealth Bank of Australia plans to introduce a mass-market NFC service based on microSD technology “within three months”, ZDNet Australia reports:... 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
Westpac to run internal NFC trial
Westpac has become the latest of Australia’s big four banks to trial contactless mobile phone payment technology... More
NFC news in brief • 18 April 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: NFC football shirts • EMVCo’s new specs • Contactless business cards • Expo visitors win with NFC • One in five smartphones to have NFC by 2014 • Smartphone users ‘uninterested in location-based services’ • Visa’s Australian NFC trial ends • and more… More
ANZ and Visa begin NFC microSD trial in Australia
Australian bank ANZ has begun a four-week trial of a mobile wallet service with Visa, which it believes will be the “way of the future” for making small payments... More
Visa Australia ups contactless transaction limit to A$100 (US$87)
The rollout of contactless payments is gathering pace in Australia, with 500 merchants in Melbourne set to install contactless terminals this month... More
Australia’s first NFC trial hailed a success
Telstra, National Australia Bank and Visa say participants in a three month trial in Melbourne have given the thumbs up to the technology and the companies will now continue to work towards a commercial NFC launch. More