Chinese manufacturer ZTE has announced an NFC smartphone which it will show at MWC 2012... 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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World Expo 2012 to showcase NFC applications
This year’s World Expo in Yeosu, Korea is to include NFC-based payments, food ordering, entrance tickets and parking as well as an NFC shopping wall and access to multilingual information on exhibits and transportation. More
BCNTouch to run NFC treasure hunt at Mobile World Congress
A bottle of Bodegas Torres wine is on offer to the first two hundred MWC attendees who visit the stands taking part in the treasure hunt and use their NFC phone, or a QR code app, to scan wine bottles. More
Forum publishes m-wallet paper
Mobile financial services association Mobey Forum has published Control Points In Mobile Wallets (PDF), the second in a series of white papers exploring issues around the deployment of mobile wallet solutions... More
Apps4Android launches NFC talking label app
Accessibility app specialist Apps4Android has released Ideal Talking Tags, a free talking label maker and reader application for NFC phones running Android 4. More
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MillerCoors prepares for NFC
When it comes to near field communication we want one of our consumers’ first great experiences to be with one of our brands, the director of digital marketing for brewing giant MillerCoors has explained in a video interview with iMedia Connection. More
Turkish payments group BKM joins NFC Forum
BKM, which acts as an NFC trusted service manager for member banks in Turkey, has joined the NFC Forum and revealed that four more banks are now ready to roll out NFC services. More
Watchdata unveils NFC on a SIM
“Our new Simpass-SC solution gives MNOs what they want right now — the most practical and quick-to-deploy form factor,” says the company’s Michael Yu. “We feel this will provide greater customer attraction and higher ROI for our MNO customers.” More
Thales unveils EMV reader
The Thales OR 500 is a new reader designed for the transportation ticketing market that works with both traditional contactless transit cards and EMV bank cards... More
Turkcell equips 300,000 customers with T-series NFC capable phones
The Turkish mobile network operator’s customers now have the option of making payments via a BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone, an own-branded Huawei NFC phone, a new NFC Android handset made by ZTE or with an add-on for a standard mobile. [Updated] More
O2 backs London NFC hackathon
The third event in digital agency Isobar’s NFC hackathon series is to take place in London over the weekend of 24-25 March... More
Orange illustrates NFC
Orange Business Services has produced an infographic that shows consumers six ways NFC will change our world... More
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Google Wallet prepaid card hack fixed
Google has found a fix for the exploit that allowed access to Google Wallet prepaid card balances and has turned back on the the ability to issue new cards. More
Telefonica picks Sybase 365 for mobile wallet rollout
The telecoms giant has chosen the SAP subsidiary to provide a mobile wallet solution that it will begin introducing in Europe and Latin America during the first half of 2012. More
Get Linkedin to NFC World
NFC World is pleased to announce the launch of a Linkedin group for readers to connect, network and exchange expertise on near field communication technology and its applications... More
Polish banks expand NFC trial
Poland’s MultiBank and mBank have begun the second phase of their NFC pilot, opening up the trial to consumers for the first time by providing competition winners with an iCarte accessory they can attach to their iPhone to make mobile payments... More
PayPal to woo retailers with mobile payment incentives
PayPal is planning to offer merchants who adopt its in-store mobile payments service both lower costs and access to more detailed customer data, according to a Reuters news report. More
Nokia NFC boss departs
Jeremy Belostock, head of NFC at Nokia for the last four years, has left the company to take up a new post at mailing solutions firm Neopost... More
Firm finds NFC users interact more than QR code users
Only 1% of interactions with the French NFC specialist’s AdTag platform are conducted via an NFC phone, but NFC users account for 8% of all interactions, the company has found. More
TI enters NFC phone chip market
The semiconductor giant has launched WiLink 8.0, a new family of all-in-one combo chips that include an integrated NFC controller chip and come “paired and pre-tested” with embedded secure element chips from both Infineon and NXP. More