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What's New in Payments

Apple hires Visa Europe NFC lead

By Sarah Clark • 24 September 2014 • nfcw.com

Mary Carol Harris, Visa Europe’s high profile director of mobile, has joined Apple Europe to work on Apple Pay... More


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Weve to launch NFC payments in the UK in 2014

By Sarah Clark • 11 June 2013 • Updated 6 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Weve

Weve, the mobile advertising and payments joint venture formed last year by UK mobile network operators Vodafone, EE and O2, aims to launch a mass market NFC payments service “by next year”, CEO David Sear has told the Financial Times... More


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GSMA staff get NFC hotel keys for Mobile World Congress

By Mike Clark • 26 February 2013 • nfcw.com

Hotel room key provider VingCard Elsafe, in conjunction with other Assa Abloy group companies, has provided an NFC solution enabling Mobile World Congress 2013 event staff to use their Sony Xperia T NFC phones to access their hotel rooms... More


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Telefónica picks Visa for mobile payments in Europe

By Sarah Clark • 6 July 2012 • Updated 6 July 2012 • nfcw.com
Visa and Telefonica

Telefónica Digital has appointed Visa Europe as its preferred mobile payments partner for its O2 and Movistar networks in Europe in a deal described as “a wide ranging strategic partnership to drive new business opportunities within mobile commerce.”... More


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UK NFC JV heads to Brussels

By Sarah Clark • 29 February 2012 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com

Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2 will be submitting their plans for a UK-based NFC joint venture to regulators in Brussels next week, the Financial Times reports... More


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UK NFC joint venture prepares to seek EU approval

By Sarah Clark • 20 February 2012 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
EU flag

The UK NFC joint venture announced last year by mobile network operators Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere is expected to seek the official go ahead for the scheme, dubbed Project Oscar, in the next two weeks, according to a report in The Telegraph... More


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O2 backs London NFC hackathon

By Sarah Clark • 16 February 2012 • Updated 16 February 2012 • nfcw.com

The third event in digital agency Isobar’s NFC hackathon series is to take place in London over the weekend of 24-25 March... More


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Telefonica picks Sybase 365 for mobile wallet rollout

By Sarah Clark • 14 February 2012 • Updated 14 February 2012 • nfcw.com
Telefonica

The telecoms giant has chosen the SAP subsidiary to provide a mobile wallet solution that it will begin introducing in Europe and Latin America during the first half of 2012. More


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Transport for London to accept NFC payments from 2012

By Heather McLean • 12 July 2011 • Updated 12 July 2011 • nfcw.com
A London Underground sign

TfL has agreed to relax its transaction speed requirements to allow payments on London’s bus and underground network to be made via NFC phones and contactless cards from next year — and expects faster NFC phones and contactless cards to arrive in the near future. More


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Europe’s mobile operators to create common NFC logo

By Heather McLean • 11 July 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Contactless logo and NFC Forum N-Mark

Europe’s big five mobile operators are working together to create a new logo for NFC, designed to be clearly recognisable and drive usage of the technology. More


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X-Men movie to get NFC smart poster campaign in London

By Christopher Brown • 23 May 2011 • Updated 11 June 2011 • nfcw.com
X-Men First Class

Smart posters are to be distributed around central London to promote the latest X-Men film, enabling NFC phone users to download an exclusive trailer and connect with the movie’s Facebook page. More


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O2 UK picks suppliers for NFC mobile wallet launch

By Sarah Clark • 19 May 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
O2

Mobile network operator O2 UK, part of the Telefonica group, has announced Wave Crest, FIS, Intelligent Environments and Visa Europe as the suppliers for the mobile wallet service it plans to launch during the second half of 2011... More


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Samsung Galaxy S II with NFC to begin shipping “later this year”

By Sarah Clark • 13 May 2011 • Updated 24 August 2011 • nfcw.com
Samsung Galaxy S II NFC

Samsung has begun shipping the first units of its Galaxy S II smartphone but, outside Korea, it looks as though only the non-NFC version will be available — for now. More


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Telefónica launches O2 Money in Ireland

By Christopher Brown • 2 March 2011 • Updated 2 March 2011 • nfcw.com

Telefónica O2 Ireland has launched a new prepaid money card, ‘O2 Money’, marking an expansion by the mobile network operator into the Irish financial services market... More


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