Mexican fast food chain Chido has announced that its first restaurant in Paris, France will feature a mobile loyalty program from Airtag. 
Using Airtag’s AIRFID solution, Chido customers can earn loyalty loyalty points using a traditional Chido loyalty card with a printed 2D bar code or by launching a free app on their smart phone […]

C-SAM has licensed its Mobile Transaction Platform (MTP) to Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) as part of the two companies’ collaboration on a mobile wallet solution that will be fully integrated with DNP’s Trusted Service Management solution, smart card offerings and NFC technologies and digital services. According to C-SAM, this partnership will result in a mobile […]

The development of mobile wallet technology is being held back by a number of “hidden controls” that remain largely unexplored in the public domain, according to new research from Mobey Forum, the global bank-driven industry association for mobile financial services. Mobey Forum’s latest white paper, “Mobile Wallet: The Hidden Controls,” examines the external forces that […]

The prevalence of NFC payments at this summer’s Olympics in London may draw the attention of thieves using “fuzz” attacks on mobile devices, according to McAfee. London will serve as a major test ground this summer for NFC payments. Samsung and Visa are piloting the technology with Olympic athletes using Galaxy SIII phones, and it […]

A survey of the 250 Oslo residents who participated in Telenor and DNB’s NFC payments pilot last summer yielded overwhelming positive results, according to Telonor. Launched in May 2011, the four month “Tap2Pay” pilot involved a select number of Oslo consumers using NFC-enabled Samsung phones to make MasterCard PayPass contactless payments at several retail stores […]

Telefónica Digital has announced a partnership with Visa Europe to deliver a variety of mobile commerce services to Telefónica subscribers across Europe. The agreement will see both companies co-invest in the development of new products and services in the NFC payments, mobile wallet, mobile point of sale, and merchant offers markets. According to Telefónica, the […]

VingCard Elsafe has unveiled “Essence by VingCard,” a new NFC-enabled door locking design that encases all electronic components within the door itself, rendering the hardware invisible to hotel guests. According to VingCard, Essence is the first electronic door lock solution to eliminate visible reader components. As with VingCard’s other offerings, Essence locks can be accessed […]

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has announced that its Kaching mobile payments app is now available on 13 Android mobile devices, including the NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S3. Android Kaching users can perform standard mobile banking functions as well as make peer-to-peer payments using a person’s mobile phone number, email address or Facebook account. The app does not […]

Gemalto announced that it will work with a group of engineering students at the University of Texas at Austin to develop an NFC-based marketing solution. The project is part of UT’s 1 Semester Startup (1SS) program, which involves 10 teams of undergraduates working together to launch their own startup business. Gemalto will provide one of […]

NatWest, one of the UK’s largest banks, has announced that it will trial NFC payments using its TouchPay mobile app and Wireless Dynamics’ iCarte accessory for the iPhone. Some 1,000 NatWest customers will be provided with a free NFC-enabled iCarte case for their iPhone 4 or 4S smart phone. After attaching the iCarte case, the […]