Hardware manufacturer Duali’s Dragon NFC reader has become the first product to achieve NFC Forum certification in Korea... More
- Bank of China lets taxi drivers accept central bank digital currency payments on NFC mobile phones
- Juniper forecasts 25% increase in POS terminal transaction values by 2028
- STMicroelectronics launches NFC tag chip with elliptic curve cryptography
- NFC Forum survey finds majority of consumers now prefer making payments with their mobile phone
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Samsung paves the way for NFC ticketing at music events
The handset maker has teamed up with events promoter Kilimanjaro Live to replace traditional tickets with contactless wristbands that provide access to the events and can be linked to ticket holders’ social media profiles. More
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ACI adds NFC with Bell ID
Payments processing software specialist ACI Worldwide is using technology from Bell ID to offer over-the-air management of secure tokens... More
Orange and BRD test NFC payments in Romania
Orange Romania and BRD, part of France-based banking group Société Générale, have launched an NFC payments pilot. More
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Windows Phone 8 launch video details Microsoft’s plans for NFC
The launch presentation for Windows Phone 8 shows how Microsoft plans to make its NFC mobile wallet more widely accepted than Google’s, provides details of a forthcoming NFC-enabled Chase payments app and highlights a new deals platform and in-app purchasing technology that charges items to the user’s default payment card. More
Canon, HP and Yahoo Japan join NFC Forum
A further 24 organisations have also joined the NFC standards association, including Huawei, Interac and Fujitsu. More
Scottish mental health association to cut administration costs with NFC
Lanarkshire Association for Mental Health (LAMH) is to roll out an NFC-based time and attendance system in a bid to improve patient care record keeping and reduce administrative overheads. More
GlobalPlatform releases secure element security specification
Secure element standards body GlobalPlatform has released Secure Element Access Control, a new specification designed to ensure that unauthorised applications residing in a mobile device are unable to communicate with an NFC secure element (SE). More
Microsoft unveils its NFC mobile wallet plans
Windows Phone 8 is to come with both NFC and a mobile wallet that Microsoft will deliver in partnership with mobile network operators, the company has revealed. More
University of San Francisco to extend NFC campus card service
An NFC solution that integrates fully with the university’s existing campus card system to enable students to access rooms and make laundry payments has been hailed as “a first-rate experience for our students and our staff” and is now to be expanded. More
Chinese city to get NFC smart meters
Advanced energy-metering supplier Wasion Group is to begin deploying new NFC-enabled post-pay electricity meters in the city of Chongqing, China, from this month. More
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Masabi’s Android app offers ITSO ticket insights
Mobile ticketing supplier Masabi has developed an Android application that allows NFC phones to read and display the contents of transport ticketing smart cards based on the UK’s ITSO ticketing standard. More
Tyfone signs up US credit unions and Indonesian partner
NFC-on-microSD specialist Tyfone is to supply mobile banking solutions, including its NFC payments technology, to two US credit unions. More
John Lewis outdoor ads invite NFC touches
UK department store chain John Lewis is running an NFC-enabled out-of-home advertising campaign at 100 bus shelters across London. More
RIM shows off BB10’s NFC API
RIM has published a guide to reading and writing tags using the NFC API in its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system... More
QNB promotes NFC payments with ‘first transaction free’ offer
The Qatar-based bank is motivating customers to take up its new ‘Tap and Pay’ service by offering to refund the cost of their first NFC transaction, up to the country’s contactless payment limit of QR100. More
Subaru picks NFC for Canadian car launch
Advertising agency DDB Canada has used NFC tags and QR codes to encourage consumers to interact with a street art installation designed for the launch of the car maker’s 2013 Subaru BRZ sports coupe. More
Samsung patents NFC pen
A new Samsung patent application describes a capacitive stylus pen for use with a portable terminal, such as the Galaxy Note, that includes NFC “embedded in the body portion to perform wireless communication with the portable terminal, thereby configuring a wireless headset with the capacitive stylus pen”. More
Welsh village picked for O2 Wallet payments demo
The village of Rhiwbina, where the 11,000 locals have been without access to a cash machine for the last two years, has been picked as the demo site for O2’s new mobile wallet service, which supports mobile remittances, price comparisons, offers and mobile commerce today and is due to include NFC “in time”. More