More than 90% of North Americans would make a mobile payment if they knew it was secure, a new report from Mobio Identity Systems has shown... More
Mobile payment security concerns put brakes on m-commerce market
The Market
Report shows challenge of bringing mobile money to the masses
Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU), a programme supported by the GSM Association and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has produced a document outlining why the number of users of mobile money services in the developing world has yet to match the rise in the range of services available... More
Spain’s leading mobile operators sign NFC collaboration deal
Orange, Telefónica Movistar and Vodafone are to work together to “achieve maximum compatibility and uniformity in both the customer experience and the technology used in order to simplify the adoption of NFC services by customers, other companies and technology providers.” More
NFC Business Models white paper sets out the key issues involved in introducing mobile wallet services
The new white paper introduces a number of concepts that are fundamental to understanding the NFC market opportunity and includes details of ten of the most important findings from our NFC Business Models research report. More
No NFC in iPhone 5?
The UK’s Independent newspaper is reporting that Apple has decided not to include near field communication functionality in the next version of the iPhone, due to a “lack of a clear standard across the industry.”... More
Mobile tickets to reach 750m people by 2015, says Juniper
One in every eight mobile users worldwide will either have a ticket delivered to their mobile phone or buy a ticket with their phone by 2015, according to a new study from Juniper Research... More
NFC news in brief • 7 March 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Norwegians ready to ditch cash • Airtag raises €4m • Cassis signs TSM deals • Intel invests in NFC firm • NEC introduces NFC POS device • AT&T adds ShopAlerts • Square hits $1m a day More
Verifone to include NFC in all new POS terminals
“The retail point of sale represents a point of convergence for smartphone-initiated payments, social networking and electronic couponing, but it won’t happen if retailers are expected, on faith, to absorb the costs of making it work,” says CEO Douglas G Bergeron. More
“We see ourselves being an aggregator of services and payments,” says Telefónica boss
The chief executive of Telefónica Europe has given the strongest indication yet that the mobile operator will take a cooperative, rather than a competitive, route to introducing NFC services. More
E-wallet icon sparks more Apple NFC speculation
A recent design patent for Apple has revealed an e-Wallet icon that could feature on a future version of the iPhone... More
Survey finds lack of industry coordination delaying NFC uptake
Adoption of mobile payments using near field communication technology is still at least two years away thanks to poor coordination between industry players, according to a survey from Sybase 365... More
NFC World adds new journalist to cover rapid growth in industry
“We’re committed to making sure that, as the market expands, our readers continue to get the best and most timely coverage,” says editor Sarah Clark as she welcomes Christopher Brown to the NFC World editorial team. More
10% of Japanese consumers made a purchase with their mobile wallet in December
Analysis by Comscore for its 2010 Mobile Year in Review has found that just under 10% of Japanese mobile subscribers made a purchase with their mobile wallet during December 2010... More
O2 Money seeks UK senior product manager
O2 Money has a vacancy for a senior product manager... More
Powermat aims to combine NFC and wireless charging technologies
Israeli wireless charging specialist Powermat has developed an antenna that supports both near field communication and wireless charging, Forbes reports:... More
Google chief outlines vision for NFC
Advertising is the key to the internet giant’s NFC strategy and Eric Schmidt provided delegates at the Mobile World Congress last week with clear examples of how the company expects to be able to take advantage of the technology. More
World’s leading mobile operators commit to NFC — with the SIM as the secure element and the operators in control
The GSMA has issued a statement outlining a commitment by leading global mobile network operators — many of whom have not previously been involved in NFC — to launch commercial services in 2012. “The operator community is focused on driving the standardised deployment of mobile NFC, using the SIM as the secure element to provide authentication, security and portability,” says the announcement. More
MasterCard joins Visa Europe in adopting Wireless Dynamics’ iPhone NFC device
MasterCard has revealed that, like Visa Europe, it is working with Canadian firm Wireless Dynamics to bring its payments services to iPhone users... More
Survey shows consumers will adopt mobile payments, despite security fears
Almost half of the most active mobile device users around the world would be prepared to pay for goods and services using their phones, despite only one in four in the US and Europe trusting the new technology... More
Majority of Britons ‘uncomfortable’ with mobile device payments
More than half of UK consumers are distinctly uncomfortable with the idea of contactless payments made through their mobile device, according to new research... More