By 2016 almost 80% of the smartphones in Canada will be NFC-enabled, “providing a solid foundation for the uptake of mobile contactless payments”, according to Canadian Payments Forecast — 2012, a new report from TSI... More
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ASU wins award for NFC project
Arizona State University (ASU) has scooped the National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU)’s inaugural Innovative Technology Award for its NFC-based mobile access control pilot... More
ABnote TSM approved by Visa
ABnote has received Visa OTA certification for its trusted service manager facilities in Australia and New Zealand, allowing them to set up NFC mobile wallets over the air... More
7-Eleven tests NFC kiosks
Two 7-Eleven convenience stores in the New York area are testing standalone NFC kiosks to encourage shoppers to check in and collect offers and discount coupons when they visit... More
UK Post Office goes contactless
More than 11,500 branches of the Post Office in the UK are to be converted to accept contactless payments by October this year, marking the largest rollout of contactless POS terminals in Europe to date... More
TransferJet meets NFC
The TransferJet Consortium and testing company Allion Labs are holding a seminar on the very fast wideband wireless data transfer technology in Taiwan next week that will also cover NFC... More
Wayne fills up with NFC
US drivers will soon be able to pay, claim loyalty points and redeem offers at the fuel pump using their NFC phones... More
NFC in action at French Open
Orange has added NFC functionality to its mobile app for this year’s French Open tennis tournament, which takes place this week at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris... More
Groupon to enter mPay market?
Deals giant Groupon is testing a mobile payments acceptance service that would compete with Square, PayPal Here and Verifone Sail, according to VentureBeat... More
Kenya gets Google payments
Google has introduced a contactless prepaid card in Kenya, TechMtaa reports... More
LG LS860 to come with NFC
A new LG smartphone, the LS860 Cayenne, is set to come with NFC, according to leaked details published by Brief Mobile... More
Oakland gets NFC parking
Drivers in Oakland, California can now pay for their parking by tapping their NFC phone on any of the city’s on-street parking meters... More
PCI guides on mobile acceptance
The body that manages the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has published a fact sheet outlining how merchants can securely accept payments using smartphones and tablets... More
LG Eclipse 4G to get NFC
A new quad core smartphone from LG looks set to include NFC... More
9m NFC phones on order
Samsung has taken preorders for some nine million Galaxy S III handsets from more than 100 mobile networks, Reuters reports... More
Mobey Forum works with TCG
Bank-led industry association Mobey Forum is participating in the Trusted Computing Group‘s Industry Liaison Programme... More
Swish and WyWallet face off
The mobile wallet offering from Sweden’s four network operators is to be called WyWallet and is due to launch in mid-2012, Lars Aase of Swedish mobile payments specialist Accumulate has told NFC World... More
TEE specs announced
GlobalPlatform has released two specification documents for use by software developers working with trusted execution environments... More
Starchip samples NFC SIMs
French smart card IC design house Starchip is sampling a new SIM chip designed for high-end SIM and NFC applications... More
Narian offers NFC app creator
NFC innovator Narian Technologies has launched a platform designed to give everyone the tools to create their own NFC applications... More