Samsung is to expand Samsung Pay to both online payments and down-range smartphones in the US this year, according to Reuters... More
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NXP unveils NFC frontend for contactless payment readers
PARTNER NEWS: NXP has launched a new NFC frontend for contactless payment readers that simplifies the work needed to gain certification and delivers four times more output power than its previous model... More
NFC packaging to safeguard medicines
Patients will soon be able to identify whether pharmaceutical products are in a factory sealed or opened state and access contextual content with the tap of an NFC phone using a solution developed by Thinfilm and Jones Packaging. The technology will also enable pharmaceutical companies to authenticate products and track individual items. More
Samsung Pay to launch in China with China UnionPay
Samsung has partnered with China UnionPay to bring its Samsung Pay mobile payments service to China in early 2016. The announcement comes as Apple reveals that it has also partnered with the bank card organisation to bring Apple Pay to Chinese consumers next year. More
Apple Pay to go live in China in early 2016
Apple Pay will launch in China in early 2016 through a partnership with bank card association China UnionPay and with support from 15 of the country’s banks... More
White paper gives insight into mobile ticketing deployments in ten markets
A white paper aimed at giving transport operators, transport authorities and ticket distributors greater insight into deploying mobile ticketing technologies and services while both containing costs and improving the passenger experience is now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre. More
Wirecard expands Boon to Spain and Ireland
Consumers in Spain and Ireland can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using Wirecard’s Boon service... More
Santa’s little helpers adopt NFC technology
PARTNER NEWS: Children visiting Santa’s Grotto in Blarney Woollen Mills, Ireland, are being given NFC wristbands that are pre-encoded with information provided by their parents. As the child approaches the grotto, the wristband gets scanned by an elf and Santa’s “naughty or nice” book is automatically updated with the information so that he can talk to the children on a personal level. More
Bell ID highlights benefits of becoming a token service provider
A 12-page white paper that identifies the benefits of becoming a token service provider (TSP) is now available to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
NFC stickers enable in-store mobile payments in Zimbabwe
Customers of mobile network operator Econet Wireless in Zimbabwe can now make in-store purchases by tapping NFC stickers affixed to their mobile devices at the point of sale, with funds automatically deducted from their EcoCash mobile money account... More
Apple Pay adds 66 US banks
Apple has added another 66 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US... More
UnionPay launches HCE mobile payments with Beijing banks
Customers of more than 20 commercial banks in Beijing can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using a new service launched by bankcard association UnionPay... More
Electronic retailer to install 10m NFC shelf labels in 14 countries
An electronic retailer based in Germany is to roll out 10 million interactive NFC shelf edge labels to some 1,000 stores across 14 countries next year through a contract with Imagotag, a subsidiary of electronic shelf labels suppliers Store Electronic Systems (SES). More
Canadian pilot for NFC public transport solution
Canadian NFC mobile wallet service Suretap and TSM provider EnStream have completed a proof of concept trial with public transport agency Société de transport de Montréal (STM) that enabled transit passengers to pay fares using their smartphone. More
US startup raises funds for NFC necklace
A US startup is raising funds on Kickstarter for its first production run of Lockett, a customisable necklace that can be tapped with an NFC phone to retrieve personal photos, videos and messages... More
Swedish supermarket uses NFC price tags to promote deals and discounts
Customers at supermarket ICA Norrviken in a northern suburb of Stockholm can now view promotional deals, discounts, competitions and detailed information about products by tapping their phones against dynamic NFC tags integrated into price labels. More
French joint venture to deploy NFC mobile ticketing
A joint venture has been established in France with the aim of bringing an NFC mobile ticketing solution to the market in 2017. Public transport operator RATP, mobile network operator Orange, digital security giant Gemalto and railway company SNCF each hold a 25% stake in Wizway Solutions, which remains open to other operators and carriers. More
Analyst details new iPhone with NFC and Apple Pay
A research note by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will release a new iPhone equipped with NFC and Apple Pay early next year... More
NFC Forum pushes for NFC at the point of sale
A six-page white paper that explores whether US retailers are prepared to make the most of the shift to EMV and mobile payments is now available to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
NFC public transport pilot launches across the Netherlands
Some 200 commuters across the Netherlands have begun piloting a service that lets them tap in and out of public transport using their smartphone. The pilot has been put in place by mobile network operators Vodafone and KPN in partnership with OV public transport card provider Translink and all the transport agencies in the country. More