An NFC payments pilot that will be conducted by Dutch banks ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank across the city of Leiden is set to start at the end of August or early in September, NFC World can confirm... More
Dutch banks to launch NFC pilot in August
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TIM and Bradesco pilot NFC in Brazil
Brazilian mobile network operator TIM, part of the Telecom Italia group, has started an NFC payments pilot in partnership with Bradesco Bank, with plans to commercially launch the service by the end of this year... More
MC and Visa certify Dragonfly SIM
Oberthur Technologies’ Dragonfly NFC SIM has received certification from MasterCard and Visa... More
T&G gets NFC-Screen orders
Think&Go has announced that Orange and mobile phone retailer Avenir Telecom are to trial its Dynamic NFC-Screens, which allow information to be transferred from a video screen to NFC phones... More
Telecom Italia announces new NFC ticketing pilots
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Airplus pilots NFC virtual cards for travel expenses
Business travel payment specialist Airplus is pilot testing a mobile wallet solution that generates virtual card numbers travellers can use to pay for travel expenses... More
Strasbourg begins ticketing pilot
Public transportation users in the French city of Strasbourg are being invited by local transit operator CTS to take part in an NFC ticketing pilot... More
Carta offers turnkey kit for NFC payments pilots
Payments processing technology provider Carta Worldwide has launched a turnkey kit that can be used by banks and mobile network operators to run an NFC prepaid payments pilot with up to 1,000 participants... More
New York City to pilot NFC parking meters
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BAC tests NFC in Costa Rica
Banking group BAC Credomatic is to run an NFC payments pilot in Costa Rica, El Financiero reports... More
O2 Germany picks G&D NFC
Telefónica O2 Germany is using technology from Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) in an NFC payments pilot, which began last month... More
Banco Sabadell pilots NFC payments in Spain
Spanish banking group Banco Sabadell has launched an NFC payments pilot in partnership with Telefonica and BlackBerry... More
Weve picks Logic Group for coupon and loyalty pilot
Weve, the joint venture between the three major mobile network operators that is working to bring mobile payments services to market in the UK, has chosen customer interaction specialist The Logic Group as one of its first technology providers... More
UniCredit pilots multi-application NFC wallet
UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, a division of Italy-based financial institution UniCredit Group, is testing a multi-application mobile wallet solution that works on both Android and BlackBerry NFC phones... More
Tag-a-bag NFC labels go live
Tag-a-bag, an award winning lost and found baggage solution that uses luggage labels equipped with an NFC tag and a QR code, is now live and available to purchase worldwide... More
Telenor unveils Valyou NFC mobile wallet
The carrier has partnered with DNB bank for the launch of the NFC payments service in Norway and is demonstrating the new solution at Mobile World Congress 2013. More
AIS to pilot NFC payments and transit in Bangkok
Thailand’s largest mobile network operator will be the first in Asia to test DragonFly, a next-generation SIM card from Oberthur that promises to provide mass transit operators with faster NFC transaction processing times. More
Orange releases Malaga NFC ticketing trial results
82% of participants felt that the NFC bus ticketing system was better than the current subscription-based system and 88% felt that it was a good way to be able to pay for their journeys. More
Dutch banks to run NFC payments pilot
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank have teamed up with mobile network operator KPN to run an NFC pilot in the city of Leiden this summer “with a large group of consumers.” More
Bradesco tests NFC in Brazil
Mobile network operator Vivo, part of the Telefonica group, and Brazil’s Bradesco bank have begun an NFC payments pilot... More