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Belgium gets mobile ID platform that will be supported on all SIM cards across the country

By Rian Boden • 31 May 2017 • Updated 5 February 2019

Four Belgian banks and three mobile network operators have unveiled a mobile ID platform that will let consumers use a single digital identity to access a range of services such as requesting government documents and confirming online transactions using the SIM card on their mobile phone and a unique five-digit code... More

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Belgian bank joins mobile payment platform

By Rian Boden • 9 December 2016

Belgian bank Belfius has joined ING and KBC in the development of a common mobile payment and loyalty platform in Belgium built on ING’s existing Payconiq mobile payments app... More

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Mobile payments platform Sixdots goes live with multiple banks in Belgium

By Rian Boden • 8 December 2014 • Updated 28 November 2023

Customers of nine banks representing 80% of the Belgian market can now make use of Sixdots, a mobile wallet service that uses a combination of QR codes and a six-digit PIN to make payments in stores, online and between friends... More

Carrefour and Nisa track shoppers via Bluetooth beacons in trolleys and baskets

By Rian Boden • 26 June 2014 • Updated 26 June 2014

Proximus uses BLE to show where shoppers linger

Supermarket giant Carrefour and convenience store group Nisa are piloting a new technology that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons attached to trolleys and baskets to track a shopper’s journey around the store... More

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45 mobile operators commit to NFC

By Paula Berger • 16 November 2011 • Updated 8 March 2024

The mobile network operators have signed up to support and implement SIM-based NFC in a move the GSMA says will “promote the global interoperability of services and accelerate time-to-market”. More

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Belgacom launches PingPing, tests NFC stickers

By Sarah Clark • 3 April 2009 • Updated 3 February 2023

The Belgian telecoms operator has launched a series of mobile payment initiatives under the new PingPing banner and has partnered with Accor Services, Coca-Cola and supermarket chain Delhaize to test three different applications for NFC tag payments. More

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