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Archive: Newswire
Rabobank adds NFC stickers to MiniTix mobile wallet
Secure identification specialist Multicard is to provide an NFC-based payment system to Rabobank, one of the Netherlands’ largest financial services companies... More
Mobile Money Network to launch Simply Tap payments in the UK
Mobile Money Network, the joint venture established in November 2010 between Best Buy Europe, Monitise and Charles Dunstone, founder of Carphone Warehouse, has announced its mobile payments service is to be called Simply Tap... More
Gemalto and ST sign NFC partnership deal
Gemalto and STMicroelectronics have formed a new partnership with the aim of offering NFC solutions that provide the highest possible levels of end-to-end security... More
Milan to get NFC ticketing system
Telecom Italia and ATM, operator of Milan’s public transport network, have announced plans to run a six month NFC ticketing trial from 11 April with a view to introducing a commercial service by the end of 2011... More
Rogers Wireless aims to be NFC ‘middleman’
Canadian mobile network operator Rogers Wireless has said it aims to become a ‘middleman’ for NFC mobile payments systems, Canoe reports... More
Google teams with MasterCard and Citigroup for NFC mobile payments
Google is working with MasterCard and Citigroup on the introduction of NFC mobile payments services, the Wall Street Journal reports:... More
Motorola to launch range of NFC enterprise solutions
Motorola is set to launch a number of NFC-based enterprise solutions next week, the company’s Andy McBain has told eWeek: ... More
Ingenico doubles contactless terminal sales in 2010
Point-of-sale terminal producer Ingenico has announced that the proportion of its devices shipped with contactless and NFC capabilities doubled in 2010... More
Nokia Astound to come with NFC
Buyers of the Nokia Astound smartphone, a T-Mobile USA version of the Nokia C7 that has been unveiled this week at the CTIA Wireless show, will be able to access the phone’s in-built NFC capabilities from day one, Nokia has told NFC World... More
Vivotech introduces third generation NFC software suite
NFC specialist Vivotech has released VivoNFC Software Suite 3.0, the third generation of its near field communication infrastructure and provisioning solution... More
First Data launches mobile marketing service for merchants
Payments processing giant First Data has launched mVoucher, a mobile marketing service for merchants that builds on existing gift card systems and provides the potential for a full service NFC wallet to be offered in the future... More
Google adds Nexus S 4G with NFC
A 4G version of the Nexus S has been launched by Google today... 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
Sonim to add NFC to XP3300 Force rugged handset
Sonim Technologies, maker of “the world’s toughest mobile phones”, is to add near field communications technology to its XP3300 Force handset later this year... More
RIM’s NFC plans hit resistance from mobile network operators
Research in Motion is meeting with resistance from mobile network operators over its plans to offer NFC services via near field communication chips embedded in forthcoming BlackBerry handsets, the Wall Street Journal reports... More
PayPal hires head of retail and prepaid products to support move into in-store payments
Don Kingsborough, founder of prepaid payments specialist Blackhawk Network, has joined PayPal as the online payments giant moves further towards the world of offline shopping... More
Mobile payment security concerns put brakes on m-commerce market
More than 90% of North Americans would make a mobile payment if they knew it was secure, a new report from Mobio Identity Systems has shown... More
Report shows challenge of bringing mobile money to the masses
Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU), a programme supported by the GSM Association and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has produced a document outlining why the number of users of mobile money services in the developing world has yet to match the rise in the range of services available... More
Google planning NFC payment trial in New York and San Francisco?
Google is planning to begin an NFC mobile payments trial in stores in New York and San Francisco within the next four months, according to “two people familiar with the project,” Bloomberg reports:... More