Croatian mobile operator Hrvatski Telekom has begun an internal pilot of NFC-enabled mobile payments. The pilot, which will continue until the end of October 2012, involves some two hundred employees of Hrvatski Telekom making tap and go payments at selected points of sale using their NFC-enabled mobile phones. According to HT, this marks the first […]

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has unveiled a trio of new solutions – including a software platform, iOS add-on device, and a point of sale terminal – designed to change the point of sale experience for merchants and customers The new software platform, CommBank Pi, enables application developers and businesses to create Android apps and distribute them […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has introduced an NFC-enabled sticker that enables German bank customers to make contactless payments with their existing mobile phones. The mobile payments sticker runs on SECCOS (Secure Chip Card Operating System), the German banking industry system for smart cards. When attached to a cell phone or smart phone, the sticker enables […]

Malaysia-based electronic payments provider Touch ‘n Go (TnG) will introduce a mobile version of its prepaid smart card for NFC-enabled phones within the next two months, according to The Sun Daily. The mobile Touch ‘n Go app will support a number of contactless functions, including transit ticketing, payment, loyalty, access control, tag reading and peer-to-peer […]

Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of its new NFC-enabled T Series handset, the Turkcell MaxiPLUS5. In addition to being a “more affordable” alternative to other NFC smart phones, the Android-based MaxiPLUS5 debuts Turkcells’ new NFC-based Mobile Contactless Order system. Each handset will ship with an NFC-enabled refrigerator magnet that can be […]

Mobey Forum, an international bank-led association aimed at promoting mobile commerce, has established a new chapter in North America that will address mobile issues facing the region. Mobey Forum North America brings together the region’s banks and payment providers – including chapter leader Bank of America, American Express, Capital One, Visa, MasterCard and others – […]

Isis, the mobile payments joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is gearing up for its summer launch with a new series YouTube videos explaining how to use their mobile wallet solution. The eight tutorials cover everything from loading cards onto the wallet and redeeming offers to a step by step guide on how to […]

Gemalto announced that its Trusted Service Management (TSM) data center in Singapore achieved Visa and MasterCard certification, enabling Gemalto customers to securely distribute Visa and MasterCard mobile payment services to their end users. The Singapore center is Gemalto’s third global center alongside existing sites in the U.S. and France. The center is now operational to […]

Paydiant, provider of a cloud-based, white label mobile payments platform, has announced the closing of a $12 million round of Series B funding. The funding was led by Stage 1 Ventures, whose Managing Director, David Baum, will join Paydiant’s board of directors. The round also included existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners and General Catalyst […]

China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile network operator, is set to launch its first NFC-enabled mobile phone, reports NFC World. Slated to launch in the third quarter of 2012, the handset will be a version of Yulong’s Coolpad 8870 running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The dual GSM/TD-SCDMA device will support a number of NFC […]