Mobile operator Du and card issuer Dubai First have begun distributing handsets to trial participants ahead of the launch in the next two weeks of the Middle East’s first NFC mobile payments pilot. 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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Irish town launches local loyalty programme using mobile stickers
The small town of Tuam in County Galway, Eire, has introduced a loyalty scheme based on Zapa Technology’s mobile contactless stickers with the aim of encouraging local people to do more of their shopping in the town. More
Mobile Distillery makes it easier to write NFC apps for multiple devices
The company’s new Celsius NFC platform enables application developers to write code once and then port it reliably to a range of NFC handsets and add-on devices. More
Vivotech launches contactless stickers and mobile loyalty platform
Vivotech has launched a new contactless sticker product and a backend loyalty system aimed at retailers and other companies looking to launch mobile contactless loyalty and couponing programmes. More
Chinese operator, banks to launch co-branded mobile payments services
A deal between Chinese bank card association China UnionPay (CUP) and mobile operator China Unicom is set to see the introduction of a series of co-branded mobile payments services. More
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ABnote and Sicap partner to cut the cost of NFC services
ABnote Europe and Sicap have signed a collaboration agreement designed to cut the cost of operating NFC services. More
NFC takes centre stage in Paris
OPINION: The Cartes show in Paris this week was a hotbed of new NFC product launches, firmly putting it on the list of must-attend events for anyone looking to keep on top of developments in the NFC industry. More
The NFC Report: Make sure your products and services are included
Many thanks to all the NFC suppliers from around the world who have been in touch with us over the last couple of weeks to let us know about their products and services. If you haven’t yet been in contact with us, now is the time to email us to make sure your company is included in the suppliers section of The NFC Report. More
Researchers forecast the European market for mobile money
The mobile money market in Western Europe is set to grow to between 4 and 5 billion Euros by 2013, according to a new forecast by Frost & Sullivan. More
Casio launches NFC handheld aimed at industrial applications
The Japanese electronics manufacturer’s new rugged PDA is equipped with both 3G mobile data and a range of functions for retrieving and gathering data in the field — including NFC. More
ABI ranks contactless transaction and NFC chip suppliers
NXP Semiconductor has been ranked at the top of the latest edition of ABI Research’s Contactless Transaction IC Vendor Matrix. Inside Contactless and Infineon Technologies claimed the second and third spots in the matrix, which examines the contactless semiconductor market for payment, ticketing and near field communication (NFC) applications and ranks each of the vendors according to their ability to innovate and implement the technology. More
12.5m extra locations to accept contactless payments by 2013
The number of locations that accept contactless payments is set to increase by over 12.5 million by the end of 2013, according to the latest data from IMS Research. More
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Rotterdam NFC payments service to cease operations in December
Payter’s NFC service in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is to cease operations on 1 December because “there was insufficient scale to further develop existing services”. More
Trusted Logic to demonstrate peer-to-peer NFC for Android
Trusted Logic is to demonstrate peer-to-peer connection of mobile handsets through its Trusted NFC software platform for Google Android operating system at Cartes 2009 next week. More
Apple Grab & Go patent details how the iPhone could use NFC
Hot on the heels of the news that Apple has an RFID-enabled iPhone prototype, a new patent application provides details of how the company sees NFC being used to make it easy for customers to transfer files between devices such as the Mac, iPhone and Apple TV. More
Ericsson Labs launches NFC and RFID tag developer tools
Ericsson Labs has launched Tag Tools, a set of developer tools for working with NFC and RFID tags. More
STMicroelectronics to add Mifare functionality to new range of NFC SIMs
STMicroelectronics and NXP have signed a licensing deal that will see STMicroelectronics integrating the entire Mifare family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications. The deal “will facilitate the convergence of the Mifare infrastructure and near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile devices, accelerating worldwide contactless application deployments,” say the two companies. More
McDonalds, Arby’s, Qdoba, Dairy Queen and Dunkin’ Donuts testing Tetherball’s mobile loyalty system
“The results we’ve seen since launching our mobile rewards program in early July are greater than even our most optimistic projections,” says Brent Higgins of Aztec Partners, one of Qdoba Mexican Grill’s largest franchisees. More
Arcontia launches contactless reader for transport and payments applications
Swedish card reader specialist Arcontia has launched a smart card reader compatible with NFC, ISO14443 A/B, ISO 18092 and EMV contactless standards and aimed at the e-ticketing and e-payment markets. More
Toro’s user management system in running for a Sesame award
NFC specialist Toro‘s Akami software suite has been selected as a finalist in the Mobile category of the prestigious Sesames Awards. More