Proxama, a UK-based developer of mobile contactless payments and NFC technology, has announced the appointments of Russell West to the company’s mobile wallet division and Stuart Williams as a product business analyst. As head of business development in the mobile wallet sector, Russell West will be responsible for growing partnerships and delivering NFC-enabled payments through […]

UK Mobile operator O2 has chosen the small village of Rhiwbina in South Wales to demonstrate its O2 Wallet mobile payments app. Rhiwbina, whose 11,000 residents have been without a single cash machine for two years, was selected from villages across the UK to gain firsthand experience O2 Wallet’s funds transfer and bar code-based price […]

Korean mobile operator SK Planet has formed a business alliance with six other Korean tech firms to support the use of NFC technology throughout the country, according to the Korean Herald. The “NFC Biz Partner Group” brings together NFC specialists SK C&C, Ubivelox, QnSolv, Mcom, Harex Infotech, AT Solution and SK Planet, which itself is […]

Qatar National Bank (QNB) is encouraging its customers to use its new Tap and Pay NFC payment solution by offering redeemable cash bonuses. Customers who apply for a Tap and Pay product, which can be either a SIM card for an NFC-enabled mobile phone or a sticker, will receive two cash bonuses: one upon activating […]

Merchant Warehouse has unveiled Genius, a payment acceptance solution designed to handle every available payment type on one counter-top device. Slated to launch this fall, the Genius Customer Engagement Platform integrates all types of mobile payments, including NFC, QR codes and mobile wallets as well as loyalty, gifting and rewards programs. Genius also accepts card […]

STMicroelectronics has partnered with Wasion Group, a China-based supplier of energy-metering technology, to introduce NFC-enabled power meters to the residents of ChongQing, China. The new meters, which integrate NFC technology from ST, enables users to pay their electricity bills with a tap of an NFC phone. According to ST, the data is transmitted from the […]

Participants of a recent NFC payments trial in New Zealand have given the service overwhelming positive reviews, with 100% reporting a positive experience and 97% saying they will likely use the service again in the future. The four-month trial, conducted by Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), Vodafone, Visa and Paymark, saw participants using NFC-enabled mobile […]

Some 300,000 contactless payment terminals have been installed throughout France, but only 5,000 have been activated so far, according to French mobile operator SFR. The operator reports that merchants are having a difficult time buying the necessary equipment, upgrading software and paying for installation of the NFC-enabled equipment. Despite slow adoption on the merchant end, […]

Tyfone signed a 10-year deal with PT Number One, an Indonesia-based secure ID solutions provider, to bring its iCashe mobile financial services platform to the Indonesian market. According to Tyfone, PT Number One has enabled the personalization of more than 100 million cards for Indonesia’s leading banks, including each of the country’s top 10 banks. […]

Sprint, the third largest teleco in the U.S., may be planning to launch its own NFC-enabled mobile wallet, called “Touch,” as early as this summer, undisclosed sources have told NFC Times. The move would pit Sprint against a number of competitors in the tightening mobile wallet race, including PayPal, carrier-led Isis, and Google, which currently […]