A new white paper compares the advantages and disadvantages of alternative NFC form factors — and looks at how much market share each technology is likely to gain. 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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NTT Docomo reports 10 million mobile credit card customers
There are now over ten million subscribers to NTT Docomo’s Osaifu-Keitai based mobile credit card payment service DCMX and, overall, a total of 30 million Docomo subscribers are now equipped with Osaifu-Keitai handsets. More
NFC Forum and Mobey Forum to work together on the development of mobile payments standards
The NFC trade association has signed a collaboration agreement with the international mobile financial services forum to develop open standards for the delivery of secure, interoperable mobile financial transactions. More
UK government, operators and banks agree NFC payments rules
New fraud prevention guidelines aim to ‘design out opportunities for crime and reduce harm to consumers,’ says the UK’s Home Office. More
National ticketing project could use NFC and contactless to save £2bn a year, says UK’s Dept for Transport
A consultation paper published by the UK’s Department for Transport sets out plans for a national, integrated ticketing system that could save £2bn a year. More
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Gearing up for handset production
OPINION: In some ways, NFC seems very simple. Stick an RF antenna in a phone, link it to a secure element so that sensitive data can be stored safely, and off you go. Or maybe not… More
What’s the current state and future potential of NFC in the Americas?
Work is now almost complete on the Asia-Pacific section of The NFC Report, the new research report being written by Near Field Communications World’s editor, Sarah Clark. Now, our attention is turning to the Americas… More
Jobs Board: Want to get involved in adding NFC to Windows Mobile?
We’ve three new vacancies on the NFC Jobs Board, including a Program Manager for connectivity reliability for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Connectivity team, covering everything from NFC to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to WiMax… More
Telefónica O2 joins Deutsche Bahn’s NFC ticketing project
The mobile operator has joined Vodafone and T-Mobile in the German rail company’s Touch&Travel NFC ticketing project, as it heads towards a major expansion of the pilot testing area and a future nationwide commercial launch. More
Stollmann and STMicroelectronics to offer turnkey NFC interface solutions to handset suppliers
The two companies will offer handset manufacturers a combined NFC handset hardware and software solution, making it quicker and easier to integrate NFC into their mobile devices. More
€5,000 in prize money offered for NFC-based city game concepts
The Vienna Jungle Scrum developer challenge, run by Touchatag and Mobilkom A1, is on the hunt for a top NFC-based city game with both prize money and the chance to see your game get made and played for real up for grabs. More
NFC Forum adds new, lower cost membership for Implementers
The new ‘Implementers’ category halves the cost of membership for companies looking to build NFC solutions. More
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Innovision raises £5.4 million to fund its next phase of NFC growth
The funding will enable the company to capitalise on international opportunities in both the NFC and the RFID markets. More
Build the brand and they will come
OPINION: One way to put yourself in prime position on the day NFC handsets finally become widely available is to start building your brand now, regardless of whether there are limits on the level of service you can currently offer. More
41 NFC-related trials and launches in the Asia-Pacific region so far…
Including sticker-based and other non-NFC Forum standard systems, we’ve identified 41 NFC trials and commercial launches in our research for the Asia-Pacific section of The NFC Report, the new research report being written by Near Field Communications World’s editor, Sarah Clark. More
Brigham Young University to test new NFC microSD solution
Students at BYU-Idaho will begin testing an NFC microSD solution from Rfinity in September. More
Disneyland Paris to test NFC and contactless cards from October
Customers of Crédit Mutuel and CIC banks in the Paris region can take part in a trial of both NFC and contactless card payments due to take place at the resort from October. More
Does Nokia have plans to launch its own NFC payments service?
The handset giant has submitted international trademark applications for a new brand name, ‘Nokia Money’, described as a financial transaction service providing secure transactions using a mobile phone at a point of sale. More
Telefónica launches O2 Money, says it is ready to deploy NFC
The new O2 Money offering is a low-tech prepaid card solution for now but, says O2, this is just the first step in the operator’s plans to be at the forefront of the move towards the rollout of NFC technology in the UK. More
Italian fashion house launches NFC loyalty and marketing programme
Customers of Miroglio Fashion can use NFC phones to collect and redeem loyalty points at the company’s five factory outlets and, later, at all eighty sales outlets across Italy. More