Both Vodafone and Orange are to launch NFC payments services using prepaid cash accounts in Spain this year... More
Vodafone and Orange to launch NFC payments in Spain
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Isis phones to come with Amex prepaid card
“The new co-branded account will be offered in every Isis Mobile Wallet as a part of a nationwide launch later this year, enabling millions of Americans to tap and pay using their American Express Serve account,” the financial services giant says. More
SingTel to offer NFC payments in Singapore and Australia
Singapore-based mobile network operator SingTel has announced a partnership with Visa that will enable customers in Singapore and Australia, where it operates as Optus, to use its mCash mobile payments solution at any Visa PayWave acceptance point... More
Smukfest festival to use NFC for payments
Music lovers attending the Smukfest festival in Skanderborg, Denmark, will be able to pay for goods using an NFC wristband — and three hundred traders will be able to accept contactless payments using Panasonic’s NFC-enabled Toughpad tablets... More
RBC to launch NFC payments in the cloud
Canadian bank RBC is to introduce an NFC mobile payments service that stores customers’ card details in the cloud... More
iPhone NFC payments arrive in the UK
The Moneto prepaid mobile wallet service, which uses DeviceFidelity’s microSD-based NFC technology, is now available in the UK via a partnership with payments processor Kalixa Group and MasterCard... More
Banque Postale runs NFC payments pilot
French bank Banque Postale is testing a microSD-based NFC payment system with 500 participants in the towns of Caen and Bordeaux... More
Banca Mediolanum and Vodafone test NFC in Italy
Banca Mediolanum is running a pilot to test NFC mobile payments with 60 consumers in Milan, in partnership with mobile network operator Vodafone Italia, and plans a commercial launch in early 2014... More
EE to launch mobile wallet with NFC payments in the UK
UK 4G mobile network operator EE has announced it will be launching a new NFC mobile payments service later this month, in partnership with MasterCard... More
Russian carriers launch joint NFC ticketing service in Kazan
Russian mobile network operators MTS, MegaFon, Vimpelcom and Rostelecom have launched a joint NFC public transportation service in the city of Kazan, in partnership with Transport Card and the GSM Association (GSMA)... More
FlashiZ to expand NFC and QR payments service to Australia
Luxembourg-based mobile payments and loyalty provider Mobey is to launch its FlashiZ prepaid service in Australia by the end of this year... 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
M1 adds DBS NFC
Singapore-based mobile network operator M1 and banking group DBS have teamed up to expand the NFC payments options available to their customers... More
Metz gets NFC parking
Drivers in Metz, France can now register online to get an NFC sticker that allows them to pay for their stay at a 2,100 place underground car park without a ticket or cash... More
NEC launches cloud-based NFC payments service
NEC has launched a turnkey prepaid payments service that includes cloud-based system servers, cards, smartphone apps and payment terminals and is available in both Japan and internationally... More
Korean banks launch NFC payments service
Sixteen Korean banks have introduced BankWallet, a prepaid NFC payments service that uses a platform developed by interbank clearing house KFTC. SK Telecom subscribers with an NFC phone will be the first to be able to use the new service and KT customers will be added soon. More
Kuwait buses test stickers
Boloro Kuwait has completed a contactless payments pilot on public transit in Kuwait City... More
UBI Banca begins NFC pilot
Italian bank UBI Banca has teamed up with mobile network operator Vodafone to pilot an NFC payments service in the city of Varese... More
TIM begins NFC pilot in Brazil
Brazilian mobile network operator TIM, part of the Telecom Italia group, has begun a small NFC payments pilot in collaboration with MasterCard, Banco Itaú, Redecard and TSM provider Gemalto... More
Frost & Sullivan: NFC to account for half of Europe’s mobile payments
NFC payments will account for 42.3% of all mobile payments made in Europe in 2015, according to new figures released by Frost & Sullivan... More