500,000 Orange customers in France and the UK are now equipped with NFC phones, the mobile network operator has told NFC World... 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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Isis unveils merchant logo
A new video released by US NFC venture Isis provides the first look at the logo the company plans to use to indicate to consumers that a merchant is ‘Isis ready’ — meaning that it can process Isis offers and loyalty points as well as contactless payments via cards and NFC phones. More
PayPal to demo digital wallet
PayPal is to demonstrate a new digital wallet solution at the SXSW event in Austin, Texas this week... More
Samsung Wallet on the way?
Phone maker Samsung has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for “Samsung Wallet”, a word mark relating to “computer software for mobile phones, smart phones and tablet PCs,” PocketNow reports... More
Identive and WPG to share x-rays via NFC
The two firms are to provide doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals with a way to easily transfer digital medical images to the relevant exam room. More
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M-Tel to test NFC in Bulgaria
Bulgarian mobile network operator M-Tel is to begin a six month NFC payments pilot in May 2012, in conjunction with First Investment Bank, and hopes to begin commercial services this year... More
UK NFC JV files with Brussels
The NFC joint venture between three UK mobile network operators has now filed for approval with the EU to go ahead with the scheme, code named ‘Project Oscar’, the Guardian reports, despite on-going objections from excluded carrier Three. More
Google warns on rooted phones
Some Google Wallet users running the app on rooted NFC phones are now seeing a message pointing out that their phone is an unsuppported device... More
Apple starts beaming with WiFi
Apple’s iPhoto for iOS application, announced this week at the iPad launch, includes a feature to ‘beam’ photos to other iOS devices. The software’s Photo Beam function currently uses WiFi to share full-resolution images and associated captions and edits, for example from an iPhone to an iPad. More
Turkcell signs up 50k wallet users
Turkcell now has 50,000 active users of its Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet service, the Turkish carrier’s Ergi Şener has told NFC World, and plans to expand the service to include mobile coupon and loyalty services in the near future. More
Top POS makers add support for Isis coupons and offers
VeriFone, Ingenico, Vivotech and Equinox are all adding support for the US NFC venture’s SmartTap service, enabling merchants to both accept payments and process coupons and offers via Isis mobile phones. More
NFC testing specialists Soliatis and Raisonance merge
Testing and certification specialists Raisonance and Soliatis have merged to form a new company called Keolabs that will offer end-to-end testing and certification solutions for smart cards and secure components on a global basis. More
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QNB and Qtel to launch NFC services in Qatar
The bank and mobile network operator have partnered for the launch of the country’s first NFC payments service, using BlackBerry NFC phones as well as NFC stickers. More
Apple awarded payments tracking patent
Apple has been granted US patent number 8,127,962 for ‘Parental Controls’, a wide ranging system for tying together multiple subsidiary accounts within a mobile wallet application. More
GlobalPlatform to put consumers in control of NFC mobile wallets
The secure chip standards body is working on a new approach to the management of NFC secure elements that would allow consumers to pick their own ‘trusted token’ and appoint their own secure service provider. More
Delhi Metro tests NFC
Indian mass transportation operator Delhi Metro Railway Corporation has “started experimenting with NFC-enabled cell phones” for ticketing, reports The Times of India... More
Visa steps up phone approvals
Visa currently has six certified NFC phones and expects to double that figure in the next few months, the payments network’s Andrea Fiorentino has told NFC World... More
Intel picks NFC TSM
Chip giant Intel has picked Giesecke & Devrient as its trusted service manager for the embedded secure elements built into its smartphone reference design (SRD), a ‘plug and play’ blueprint that handset makers can use to build Android handsets using Intel’s NFC-enabled Medfield chips... More
Tester checks NFC in-store
Mobile test equipment specialist Comprion has released an NFC testing solution that can be used in-store to check a device’s NFC functionality... More
Visa certifies Intel NFC phone
Visa has certified Intel‘s smartphone reference design (SRD) for use in NFC payments and formed a strategic alliance with the chip maker, designed to develop mobile commerce solutions tailored to consumers in developed and developing countries... More