Orange has announced that the long-awaited Samsung Wave 578 handset is coming soon to UK stores preloaded with Orange’s Quick Tap NFC SIM for mobile payments, according to Somobile. Originally announced back in February, the NFC-enabled Wave 578 runs on Samsung’s latest Bada OS and features a 3.2-inch touch screen, 16 GB built-in memory, WiFi […]

Google has launched a new video promo for it’s Google Wallet highlighting all the ways in which the service can be used. The commercial shows customers tapping their NFC-enabled Nexus S phones against tags and posters to receive coupons and loyalty cards immediately redeemable at the point of sale, flipping through their phone to chose […]

New research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) on UK consumer attitudes towards m-commerce has revealed wider acceptance of the service, with the average mobile transaction jumping from £12.20 in 2010 to 2011 in £17.49, according to Mobile Marketing. Based on over 1,000 interviews with mobile owners, the research shows that a more people now […]

Rogers, one of Canada’s largest communications companies, has applied for a banking license in order to strengthen its position as a mobile money provider, according to Rethink Wireless. Rather than build branches, Rogers plans on creating a “niche credit card opportunity” for consumers with its own brand of credit card. According to Mobile analyst Chetan […]

2012 will be a break out year for cashless music festivals, thanks to the success of contactless wristbands at the 2011 Isle of Wight Festival in June, reports NFC World. Intelligent Venue Solutions (IVS) partnered with MasterCard to provide Isle of Wight attendees with PayPass-enabled wristbands pre-loaded with £30. Fans participating in the pilot could […]

The value of global mobile payment transactions is expected to exceed $945 billion in 2015, according to IE Market Research’s Global Mobile Payment Market Forecast 2011- 2015. IEMR says this marks a 30-fold increase from the $31.5 billion recorded in 2010, placing the mobile payments mainstream boom between 2012 and 2014. “M-commerce and mobile contactless […]

Google has launched a new search feature on its Google Wallet website that lets users punch in their zip code to find participating local merchants. The site also contains a link to a mobile app that helps you locate NFC PayPass acceptance points on the go, as well as a list of national retailers using […]

“We are committed to NFC at Google.” That is what the company’s Vice President of Payments Osama Bedier, told an audience of bankers and mobile operators in London on a summer afternoon. Less than a month following the announcement of Google Wallet and Google Offers, Bedier was nothing short of a rock star at the […]

Payfirma has announced that the next version of its Blackberry Mobile Payment App will support NFC payments. As for now, the just-released app allows Canadian merchants to accept and process credit cards on their Blackberry devices anywhere with a cellular or WIFI signal – either by swiping the card or punching the information directly into […]

An EMV Training Academy has been established in Pasadena, Calif. to facilitate the adoption of EMV chip and pin technology in the U.S. and Canadian banking industries. Led by a group of veteran payment industry professionals and technology partners, the EMV Training Academy offers training courses, test tools and consultancy services covering the North American […]