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Swatch Bellamy launches in Brazil in time for Rio 2016

By Rian Boden • 7 July 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Swatch

Swiss luxury watchmaker Swatch has launched its Swatch Bellamy NFC payments watch in Brazil in partnership with Visa in time for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  More


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Gemalto blog explores potential of NFC wearables at sporting events

By Rian Boden • 16 June 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com

PARTNER NEWS: A new blog post from digital security giant Gemalto explores the role of NFC-enabled wearables at sporting events and their potential to banish so-called “paper ticket syndrome”... More


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Visa to supply athletes with NFC payment rings at Rio 2016

By Rian Boden • 3 June 2016 • nfcw.com
Visa payment ring

Athletes at this year’s Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be given an NFC payments ring linked to a Visa account that will let them make purchases by tapping their hand against contactless terminals. More


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Visa releases Olympics NFC and contactless usage statistics

By Sarah Clark in Nice • 19 September 2012 • Updated 19 September 2012 • nfcw.com
Visa Europe head of mobile Mary Carol Harris

“The response has been extremely positive and our priority now is on turning that enthusiasm into commercial mobile payment deployments across Europe,” says Visa’s Mary Carol Harris, adding that “we recognise that the journey is a marathon, not a sprint.” More


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Visa and Samsung to unveil Olympics NFC payments app at Mobile World Congress

By Sarah Clark • 24 February 2012 • nfcw.com
Samsung and Visa's Olympics payments app

Visa and Samsung are to demonstrate an NFC mobile payment service for the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week... More


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Coke mulls NFC for Olympics

By Mike Clark • 14 October 2011 • Updated 14 October 2011 • nfcw.com

Coca-Cola is in talks with Visa to put contactless payment equipped vending machines into the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Games, reports Marketing... More


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Olympics NFC phone to go global

By Sarah Clark • 6 October 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com

The Olympics-branded NFC phone announced by Visa and Samsung in March is to be available worldwide, Pocket-Lint reports... More


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Starbucks UK set to accept NFC payments

By Sarah Clark • 24 May 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Starbucks Coffee Company

Starbucks has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, to bring contactless and NFC mobile payments to its UK coffee shops... More


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Lloyds TSB named partner bank for Olympic Games mobile payments

By Christopher Brown • 17 May 2011 • nfcw.com
Lloyds TSB

The UK bank joins Samsung and Visa to provide NFC-enabled phone payments at next year’s London Olympic Games, as it prepares to roll out a broader mobile contactless payments programme for consumers. More


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Samsung and Visa to bring NFC payments to the London 2012 Olympics

By Sarah Clark • 31 March 2011 • Updated 16 January 2013 • nfcw.com
London 2012 Olympics

The phone manufacturer and payments network, both Worldwide Olympics Sponsors, are to enable athletes and visitors at the London 2012 Olympics to make payments using a special Samsung Olympic and Paralympic Games mobile handset. More


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