Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, is planning to run an NFC trial in Moscow later this year, Russian business publication Kommersant reports... More
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Telefónica Movistar, La Caixa and Visa begin pre-commercial NFC pilot in Spanish resort of Sitges
1,500 customers of Telefónica and La Caixa have been issued with Samsung S5230 NFC phones which they can use to make debit and credit card payments in taxis, sports centres, at market stalls and in retail stores. More
DeviceFidelity confirms availability of Visa-enabled iPhone device
The NFC-on-MicroSD supplier has announced that a protective case designed to add near field communication functionality to the iPhone is now available. More
Garanti Bank and Avea to launch commercial NFC service in Turkey in July
The bank and the mobile operator plan to issue 100,000 customers with an NFC SIM+antenna solution that will allow them to make payments with their mobile phones at more than 15,000 retailers in Turkey this year. More
NFC city pilot to go live in Nice on 21 May under ‘Cityzi’ banner
France’s mobile network operators and banks, along with Visa and MasterCard, the local transport operator, the city council and others will take part in Europe’s first pre-commercial NFC pilot — which will be identified by the new Cityzi brand. More
Bankers’ Bank of the West to offer Bling Nation’s payments service to its 330 member banks
Bling Nation has signed a deal with Bankers’ Bank of the West, a provider of correspondent services to more than 330 community banks in the Rocky Mountain and western states of the USA... More
Video footage of Visa’s NFC iPhone device now available
The video footage described in the press release NFC World spotted on Tuesday, announcing that Visa is to test an NFC-enabled protective case for the iPhone, is now live on the PR Newswire website... More
Polkomtel and BZ WBK bank to run NFC trial in three Polish cities
Mobile network operator Polkomtel has partnered with BZ WBK bank to run an NFC payments trial in the cities of Warsaw, Wroclaw and Poznan... More
Bling Nation signs up additional Colorado bank for mobile contactless payments
Community State Bank in Lamar, Colorado has become the latest local bank to offer Bling Nation’s sticker-based mobile contactless payments service to its customers... More
SK Telecom and Hana launch SIM-based mobile contactless payments and promotions service
Korean consumers who sign up for a Hana SK Card credit account and pick up a new ‘13.56MHz RF SIM’ via a retail partner will then be able to store multiple credit, loyalty and membership cards and discount coupons on their mobile phone. More
Adirondack Trust launches mobile contactless payments in New York State
Adirondack Trust, a local bank in New York State, has introduced a mobile contactless payments service to its personal and business customers... More
China UnionPay begins major expansion of NFC project
The bank card association is conducting NFC pilots in Shanghai, Ningbo and Changsha and has extended its mobile payments services to a total of six provinces and regions. More
Barclaycard and Orange to launch commercial NFC service by the end of 2010
Card issuer Barclaycard and mobile network operator Orange are to launch a commercial NFC service in the UK before the end of 2010, a senior Barclaycard executive has revealed... More
Citi’s Bangalore trial: Offering cardholders phone subsidies can kickstart NFC transaction volumes
‘This pilot provides insights which will prove crucial to getting the customer experience right as we, together with the industry, bring next-generation mobile financial services to market,’ says Citi. More
Barclays increases contactless transaction limit by 50%
Barclays Bank has increased the transaction limit for contactless cards from £10 to £15... More
EnStream begins Zoompass mobile payments sticker trial
EnStream, the joint venture between Canada’s three leading mobile operators which operates the Zoompass mobile wallet service, has begun its first mobile contactless sticker trial... More
Video shows how China Mobile’s RF SIM technology works at the point-of-sale
A reporter from Chinese IT portal Zol.com has produced a video report on China Mobile’s new RF SIM-based mobile payments service which shows the technology in action at a local supermarket... More
Visa appoints senior GSMA executive to head its move to mobile
Visa Inc has appointed Bill Gajda as its new head of mobile... More
SK Telekom, Hana Financial to launch mobile contactless service in March
Hana Card, the Korean credit card issuer in which SK Telekom took a 49% stake in December, has announced it is to launch its new mobile proximity service in mid-March... More
Cash still accounts for 78% of European payments
Cash payments accounted for 78% of Europe’s 388 billion retail payment transactions in 2008, according to a new study by Retail Banking Research (RBR), and the cost of distributing, managing, handling, processing and recycling cash and of accepting cash payments came to a total of €84 billion... More