Students taking part in a new trial of micro-SD based NFC payments at Brigham Young University in Idaho have already used their phones to buy everything from candy bars to $1,600 laptops. More
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Brigham Young University to test new NFC microSD solution
Students at BYU-Idaho will begin testing an NFC microSD solution from Rfinity in September. More
Sheetz to roll out mobile Go-Tags
Following a successful field test using NFC phones, the 350-unit US convenience store chain has chosen to go ahead with a roll out of contactless mobile payments — using contactless stickers produced by First Data. More
Bling Nation goes live in Colorado
The State Bank in Colorado has become the first bank to sign up for Bling Nation’s mobile contactless sticker-based local payments system. More
Dairy Queen tests stickers for targeted mobile coupon campaigns
“Tetherball’s sticker-based mobile marketing service lets us provide great offers to our customers in a fun and easy way,” says the desserts and fast food restaurant chain. More
Sheetz NFC trial hailed a success
Paying by phone is “easy, fast and convenient,” say the participants in a US fuel payments trial — now all that’s needed to move ahead is a business model… More
Alliance sets out collaborative business model for NFC payments
Collaboration and leveraging proven technology and a merchant infrastructure that is already in place are the keys to making NFC payments a reality, says a new white paper from the Smart Card Alliance. More
Mastercard and Blaze Mobile launch PayPass mobile stickers
The new Blaze Mobile Mastercard PayPass sticker can be attached to any phone and is seen as a bridge to offering full NFC capabilities. More
Mocapay introduces SMS gift and loyalty system, plans move to NFC
The US startup’s closed loop payments and marketing technology has been integrated with Verifone transaction terminals and will migrate to NFC later. More
US drivers to pay for fuel using NFC
Sheetz convenience stores and fleet card operator Wright Express Corporation are running a multi-city trial that lets fleet card holders make fuel purchases at Sheetz locations with their mobile phones. More
Smart stickers power new community payments system
A new payments service from Bling Nation offers local banks the chance to provide a low-cost closed-loop payments system within their local community. Smart stickers attached to customers’ mobile phones and low-cost ‘BlingTag’ readers are at the heart of the system and NFC-based services will be added once handsets become widely available. More
US tradeshows collect visitor information with NFC phones
Five hundred Nokia NFC phones were issued to exhibitors by event registration specialists ITN International at last week’s Greenbuild 2008. A host of advanced features such as the over-the-air provision of promotional information, special invitation tickets and event-based social networking are to be added soon… More
Operators ready to invest in mobile commerce and coupons — but NFC is not yet a priority
A survey of mostly US-based wireless providers has put NFC a distant sixth in terms of investment priorities for 2008. By 2009, though, a more encouraging picture emerges… More