French banking group BNP Paribas’ Kix NFC payments service is now available to customers across France, following its introduction in the city of Strasbourg in January 2013... More
BNP Paribas rolls out NFC payments across France
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Clear Channel to take NFC advertising global
Clear Channel Outdoor is to equip 75,000 out-of-home advertising sites in 23 countries around the world with its Connect mobile advertising platform, allowing consumers to interact with brands via NFC tags, QR codes and, in Latin America, via SMS... More
RATP installs NFC at bus stops
French public transportation operator RATP is adding NFC tags to all of its bus stops across Paris, enabling travellers to tap their NFC phone to get information about departure and arrival times... More
Orange Cash goes live in France
Orange Cash, the prepaid NFC payments service announced by Orange and Visa in November 2013, is now live in the French cities of Strasbourg and Caen... More
2014 “will be the year of NFC” says new AFSCM president
Three French banks will launch national NFC services in partnership with carriers this year, the new president of the association responsible for bringing NFC to market in France has told NFC World — but transforming consumers into active and frequent users will be critical to success. More
Historic cinema uses NFC tags
The Eden Theatre in La Ciotat, one of the oldest cinemas in France, has installed NFC tags to enable visitors to watch movie trailers and access a mobile website containing news, previews, special events and schedules... More
Pay and display goes NFC
Parking and transportation ticketing equipment supplier IEM is to bring NFC payments to an initial 1,000 solar powered ‘pay and display’ parking ticket machines in France, using UIC’s UIC680 low power payments module... More
Marvel promotes Thor with NFC tables
Marvel Studios’ latest blockbuster has been promoted in France via NFC posters placed below the surface of glass-topped dining tables in participating cafes and restaurants. More
Mappy to use NFC stickers
Mappy Local Business, a new division of French online mapping service Mappy, is to distribute NFC and QR window stickers that provide quick access to its online local information platform... More
Statue wafts fragrance with NFC
A statue that emits a whiff of scent when an NFC phone is tapped to it has been installed in the French town of Grasse, a leading centre for the perfume industry... More
Orange picks Wirecard for NFC
Orange France is using technology from Wirecard to support the launch of its prepaid Orange Cash NFC payments service... 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
French drivers to get multi-functional NFC licenses
French drivers are now being issued with new multi-application driving licenses based on contactless smart cards that contain both a public and a private data area... More
French region provides multimedia content to tourists via NFC
Five thousand hotels, campsites and holiday villages in the Ardèche region of France are being provided with NFC and QR stickers that allow tourists to access multimedia content about local sites of interest... More
Nice bike rental stations get new NFC signs
Velo Bleu bike rental stations across the French city of Nice are sporting a new design for their NFC signs. More
Société Générale to launch NFC payments in Strasbourg
French banking group Société Générale is to introduce an NFC payments service in the city of Strasbourg this autumn... More
SES ships 4m NFC tags to retailers
France-based Store Electronic Systems has deployed more than four million NFC electronic shelf-edge labels to a dozen retailers — and expects to sell a total of 5m this year and at least another 10m next year... More
French gallery shows “ghost images” that can only be seen via NFC
Orange France has teamed with visual artist Pierre Giner and France’s National Centre for Visual Arts to put on an exhibition where artworks can only be seen via NFC. More
French pharmacies to test NFC shopping service
Giphar, a French association of independent pharmacies, is to pilot an in-store NFC experience that allows consumers to use an NFC phone to receive tailored information about individual pharmacy products... More
Sistel shows NFC aid for Alzheimer’s
Wireless communications specialist Sistelnetworks has demonstrated how its vWand NFC stylus could be used to help sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease... More