Mobile Payment Industry Alliance

Two news stories.

NFC World

China Mobile to drop RF SIM in favour of NFC?

By Sarah Clark • • Updated • nfcw.com
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China’s largest mobile network operator is coming under pressure from MIIT, the national technology regulator, to join the Chinese banks and its two rival operators China Unicom and China Telecom in adopting a single, national mobile payments standard based on NFC standard technology. More

NFC World

Chinese banks and mobile operators to create single, open platform for NFC and mobile payments services

By Sarah Clark • • Updated • nfcw.com
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Eighteen Chinese banks, card association China UnionPay, China Telecom, China Unicom and a range of handset manufacturers and industry suppliers have formed an alliance in a bid to create standards and a business model for the introduction of a single, open platform that can be used by businesses throughout China to offer NFC and mobile payments services. More