Barclaycard expects the UK and US general public to be using their mobile phones to make payments regularly within two to three years, the card issuer’s head of research and development, Colin Swain, has told a roundtable event in London... More
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Report: Korean mobile contactless payments market set to take off
A new report from financial services analysts Celent forecasts that the mobile contactless payments market in South Korea is set to grow at an average compound annual growth rate of some 50%... More
Monitise adds support for DeviceFidelity’s microSD NFC device to mobile payments platform
Mobile payments provider Monitise has partnered with DeviceFidelity to add support for Visa payWave contactless transactions to its Mobile Money Manager technology platform, used by 250 financial institutions around the world... More
USB group adds support for NFC in latest wireless specification
The USB Implementer Forum has released version 1.1 of its Wireless USB specification, which supports device association using near field communication technology... More
Taggo lets brands reward Facebook fans at the point-of-sale
Singapore-based loyalty specialist Taggo has launched a new service that uses a wide range of existing contactless devices to identify consumers who are fans of a particular retailer or brand when they make a purchase — and provide them with rewards... More
Delphi NFC key fobs enable drivers to access vehicle data from their smart phones
Automotive electronics specialist Delphi reports that its new NFC key fob technology provides a low cost way to enable vehicle manufacturers to customise the driver experience according to regional requirements and to provide drivers with a way to access data about their vehicle from their smart phone... More
Inside Contactless raises 50m euros in additional funding
Contactless and NFC specialist Inside Contactless has raised a further €50m (US$65m approx) in financing... More
Dai Nippon Printing launches mini NFC controller for mobile phones
Japanese electronics supplier Dai Nippon Printing has entered the NFC controller market with the announcement of a new product which, the company says, takes up only half the space in a mobile phone of the NFC controllers that are on the market today... More
DeviceFidelity adds NFC microSD support for iPhone 4
DeviceFidelity has announced an iPhone 4 version of the NFC-enabling iPhone case it first released in May... More
Vivotech adds OTA provisioning to DeviceFidelity’s microSD format NFC device
Vivotech and DeviceFidelity have partnered to add over-the-air (OTA) provisioning capabilities to the In2Pay microSD technology to be tested by Visa, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, US Bank and Akbank... More
Wells Fargo to run NFC field trial
US financial services giant Wells Fargo & Co has become the fourth bank to reveal that it is to take part in Visa‘s series of NFC trials... More
Qualcomm hunts NFC specialist to head up digital development
Wireless telecomms technology and chipset giant Qualcomm is set to become the latest mobile industry player to put an NFC expert at the heart of its digital development strategy... More
China Unicom signs up second banking partner
China Unicom has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Agricultural Bank of China (ABC)... More
Verizon invests in mobile loyalty and coupons specialist CardStar
Verizon Ventures has invested US$400,000 in mobile loyalty card and promotions start-up CardStar, The Wall Street Journal reports:... More
Bank of America to run NFC payments trial in New York
Bank of America will begin a field trial next month in partnership with Visa that will enable customers to use their smartphones to pay for purchases in stores, according to a Reuters news report... More
Tyfone picks up $5m investment
NFC specialist Tyfone has raised additional funding of US$4,963,364, according to a newly published SEC filing... More
Federal Reserve leads US payments industry NFC initiative
The US Federal Reserve has been acting as the host for a series of meetings between US mobile network operators, banks and payments networks over the course of the last few months, Digital Transactions reports... More
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to test NFC payments in the US
US mobile network operators AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are planning to run NFC payments trials in Atlanta and three other US cities, according to Bloomberg... More
France’s top sporting venue to adopt NFC ticketing
Stade de France, the 81,000 seater home to France’s international football and rugby fixtures, cup finals, music concerts and other events, has signed a deal with mobile network operator Orange that will see NFC ticketing introduced at the stadium from 2011... More
Kasikornbank and AIS introduce NFC payments in Thailand
Kasikornbank, Thailand’s second largest bank, and Advanced Info Services (AIS), the country’s largest telecommunications operator, have partnered with Gemalto to introduce NFC services in Thailand... More