Gemalto‘s Taiwan-based data centre has achieved certification by MasterCard for its Trusted Service Manager (TSM) solution for NFC services. 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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MoLo Rewards launches NFC coupon and loyalty system at DEMOfall
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DnB NOR and Telenor to begin NFC trial in Oslo during 4Q 2009
The NFC trial is taking place a year later than originally planned, Digi.no reports (in Norwegian), and a commercial launch is still expected to be two to three years away. More
China Mobile to launch mobile contactless payments in October — using an RF SIM solution
The telecoms giant has opted for an RF SIM-based solution (using SIM cards embedded with a second, contactless chipset) for its new mobile payments service, not NFC, according to a report in Interfax-China (subscription required). More details soon… More
NACHA plans change to operating rules for mobile payments
The US electronic payments association has issued a Request for Comment concerning plans to change its operating rules to provide a framework for emerging mobile payments applications. Full details on NACHA’s website. More
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Starbucks launches own mobile payment service
Starbucks has launched a new 2D barcode-based app that lets users make payments with their iPhone at 16 stores in the Seattle and Silicon Valley areas using a mobile version of their Starbucks Card. More at ReadWriteWeb. More
NFC payments trial launched in Italy
Credit Valtellina already issues contactless Visa PayWave cards in Italy’s Sondrio province under the Tellcard brand name. Now it is testing NFC with Visa Europe, in a small scale trial involving fifty of the bank’s employees. More (in Italian) in Cellulare Magazine. More
Mobile Payments in Eastern Europe to hit $9.4 billion in 2013
A new research report from IE Market Research Corp breaks down the total forecast into merchandise purchases, digital purchases, ticketing, money transfers, bill payment, and prepaid top-ups. The forecast is also split into SMS, WAP/Web, USSD and NFC. Full details here. More
Visa Australia ups contactless transaction limit to A$100 (US$87)
The rollout of contactless payments is gathering pace in Australia, with 500 merchants in Melbourne set to install contactless terminals this month. The transaction limit is being increased to A$100, with no PIN required — expanding the use of contactless transactions beyond the small purchase levels previously set in Australia and elsewhere. The new limit means consumers will be able to pay by contactless (and, later, by NFC) for their fuel purchases as well as for coffees and other quick serve items. Will other countries follow? Read the full announcement from Visa Australia here. More
Korean card issuers plan MVNOs in bid to control mobile wallets
Two of Korea’s leading card issuers are seeking to launch their own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services, in a bid to ensure they are in control of their customers’ mobile wallets. More
OnPoint Community Credit Union chooses NFC micro-SD supplier Tyfone for mobile banking launch
The credit union will use Tyfone’s u4ia platform to deliver a ‘standard’ mobile banking service but, says OnPoint, “Tyfone’s unique secure memory card technology gives us exceptional flexibility to deliver some very exciting new member services down the road.” More
BYU-Idaho students spend, spend, spend with their NFC phones
Students taking part in a new trial of micro-SD based NFC payments at Brigham Young University in Idaho have already used their phones to buy everything from candy bars to $1,600 laptops. More
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Visa launches NFC trial in Brazil
The small scale payments trial, run in conjunction with mobile operator Claro and two banks, is one of several moves towards NFC now taking place in Brazil. More
Akbank and Turkcell test NFC in Istanbul
The small scale trial is being run in conjunction with MasterCard, Giesecke & Devrient, E-Kart and Venyon. More
French government funds thirteen NFC and RFID innovation projects
Plans to add NFC to Android phones, to develop a universal NFC wallet user interface and to test an NFC-based museum information system at the Pompidou Centre in Paris are amongst the projects that will receive grants worth a total of ‘several million euros’. More
Look to Shanghai for the future of NFC in China — and beyond
OPINION: It looks as though Shanghai is now set to be the venue for a new series of mobile contactless payment initiatives from China’s mobile operators, banks and public transport providers. More
The NFC Report: Is China heading towards the adoption of NFC?
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator with 470 million subscribers, and China Unionpay, the national bank card association, were amongst the first in the world to field test NFC back in 2006. Now, both companies are taking a second look at mobile contactless payments and mobile operator China Unicom is getting in on the action too… More
What kind of Trusted Service Managers is NFC likely to need — and how many will there be?
GUEST COMMENT: We’re unlikely to end up with a single TSM per country, or per region, or per operator — which isn’t what many people imagined when the TSM model became current, writes Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion. More
Over-C announces comprehensive NFC-based solution for managing remote workers
“By 2012, 80% of security guards in private security will be NFC-equipped,” says Michael Elliott of NFC-based remote worker management specialists Over-C, whose technology is already used by security staff at Marks & Spencer and at all London Overground stations. More
Jobs Board: New vacancies at ITSO, Touchatag and Qualcomm
On the NFC Jobs Board this week there are three new vacancies at Touchatag, ITSO is looking for a CEO to drive forward the UK government’s smart ticketing project, Qualcomm has additional vacancies and openings remain at Microsoft and at Orange Labs in France. More