Bling Nation is set to roll out its mobile payments technology across the United States in early 2011, Forbes reports, and also plans to launch its service in other countries next year... More
NFC news in brief • 8 Nov 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: NXP CEO picks NFC • Nacha cuts out cards • P2P payments set for growth • Bharti Airtel picks up payments license • Facebook Deals a blow • Only 4% have checked out checking in. More
Bling Nation adds mobile rewards and Facebook integration to merchants’ POS terminals
Bling Nation has launched FanConnect, a new platform that enables merchants to offer mobile rewards and connect with customers via social networking services at the checkout... More
NFC news in brief • 11 Oct 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: First Osaifu-Keitai smartphone • Antenna designer broadcasts Samsung success • St Petersburg metro test • NFC is key to BMW’s Connected Drive • NFC Forum’s new member • Gauthier moves to PayPal • Toro and Collis partner up • and more… More
Taggo lets brands reward Facebook fans at the point-of-sale
Singapore-based loyalty specialist Taggo has launched a new service that uses a wide range of existing contactless devices to identify consumers who are fans of a particular retailer or brand when they make a purchase — and provide them with rewards... More
Facebook distributes Bling Nation payment tags to staff amid rumours of a major Silicon Valley NFC plan
The Bling Nation NFC sticker trial in Silicon Valley has expanded from its beginnings at PayPal’s headquarters to include the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto city services and Facebook’s offices — as rumours of a major NFC play by some of Silicon Valley’s leading companies begin to emerge. More
Facebook tests RFID-based location services — NFC on the way?
The All Facebook blog reports that Facebook is issuing RFID tags to all the delegates attending its f8 developer conference:... More
PhoobyBook introduces TouchTwits for NFC-based social networking
Italian start-up FreeAccess has developed a new service that enables users to send each other Twitter-like NFC-based short messages by simply tapping their NFC handset over a friend’s phone... More
Tranzfinity adds NFC to Facebook
A new NFC-based service has launched in Los Angeles that automatically updates a consumer’s Facebook status with a message from the merchant every time they tap a poster in a shop or restaurant to obtain a special offer. 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