Turkey’s Bank Asya is partnering with smart card technology solutions provider Watchdata to launch a microSD-based mobile payment solution in Turkey. The solution, called DIT Mobil, enables customers to conduct transactions at the point of sale by simply tapping their mobile phone against a MasterCard PayPass compatible reader. The new solution is the latest member […]

France Telecom’s Orange has announced a large-scale commercial deployment of NFC-enabled SIM cards and handsets to facilitate the development of mobile contactless services in Europe. The new SIM cards will be introduced to Orange subscribers in the second half of 2011, and the operator says it will try to equip at least 500,000 of its […]

i-Free, a provider of mobile content services in Russia and the CIS, has won an mBusiness & Commerce prize at World Summit Award Mobile (WSA Mobile) 2010 for its “Mobile Vending” project. WSA Mobile is an international mobile industry competition for the most promising mobile projects from over 100 countries around the world. i-Free’s Mobile […]

Auckland Transport has signed a participation agreement with Thales, NZ Bus and Snapper for the introduction of a single smart card for use on NZ Bus services as part of the Auckland Integrated Ticketing program. According to Auckland Transport’s Chief Executive, David Warburton, new interoperable equipment will be deployed onto NZ Bus services early next […]

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) says it will introduce contactless CEPAS-compliant Autopass cards within the next one to two years, according to channelnewsasia.com. The new contactless passes are intended for motorists of foreign-registered vehicles to pay for their vehicle entry permit and toll charges at checkpoints. According to channelnewsaisa.com, the new card may support other […]

Schreiner ProSecure has announced that its Contactless Payment Sticker won the first-place award for “Digital Printing” in the U.S. Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute’s (TLMI) annual international competition. Schreiner’s winning tag is an label that can be applied to cell phones or other personal items, such as key chains, bracelets or MP3 players, to conduct […]

Blaze Mobile has unveiled a new two-way contactless payment sticker that enables information to be transferred in real-time between the sticker and a mobile device without the use of a carrier network or WIFI. The sticker, which can be used on any mobile device, offers users real-time account information whether in a store, subway, transit […]

The Association Française du Sans Contact Mobile (AFSCM), a non-profit organization aimed at advancing interoperable NFC applications, has determined that Nice’s city-wide NFC trial “cityzi” is a success, and will pave the way for future NFC roll outs across France. According to AFSCM, there has been a “quick and enthusiastic” adoption of cityzi-branded contactless services […]

Barclayard has officially introduced contactless payments at London’s Wembley Arena, making it the first contactless music venue in the UK, according to eventmagazine.co.uk. After only eight months of partnering with the 12,500 person arena , Barclaycard has installed more than 100 contactless terminals at Wembley, enabling customers to make purchases of up to £15 with […]

London black cabs are introducing a new payment scheme that allows passengers to pay for fares up to £15 with a tap of their Visa contactless debit or credit cards, according to uk.autoblog.com. Customers will also be able to pay for fares with EMV cards at terminals located in the back of the cab, meaning […]