Kyocera is launching an NFC update for its Android-based Echo handset, according to Ubergizmo.com. Scheduled to launch today, the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update will deliver NFC support to the dual-touchscreen Echo. Ubergizmo says this will enable handset to perform contactless payments, store loyalty cards and read tags and posters. In addition to NFC, the update […]

BNP Paribas and Orange have have announced a partnership to launch mobile banking services in France. Starting this November, BNP Paribas will be able to offer mobile banking through all of its 2,250 branches, enabling customers to manage their accounts and make payments using their mobile phones. To accelerate the service, the partners say they […]

Three leading Hungarian telecos, Magyar Telekom, Telenor and Vodafone, have announced they will team up with MasterCard, OTP Bank and SuperShop to establish the Hungarian Mobile Wallet Association. According to the partners, the aim of the Association is to “design and articulate as a recommendation the prerequisite technological standards for mobile NFC services and to […]

ABnote has announced that it is supplying the secure technology for ANZ and MasterCard’s mobile payments pilot in New Zealand. The pilot tests MasterCard PayPass-enabled stickers, which are attached to a user’s mobile phone to perform contactless payments at the point of sale. Customers using the new service can make payments up to $80 without […]

Nokia’s new C7 and C9 handsets will be equipped with NFC chips, but will not have the technology necessary to support mobile payments, according to Recombu.com. Neither handset will feature an embedded secure element with payment capabilities or support for the Single Wire Protocol (SWP), says Recombu. The SWP is the specification for a single-wire […]

It’s only a matter of time before paying with your mobile phone becomes a reality in the U.S., says James Anderson, MasterCard’s senior vice president of mobile and vice chairman of the NFC Forum. In an interview with BGR, Anderson likened the current NFC payments situation to that of Internet-accessing smart phones in 2001: “Back […]

From some Austinites By Michael Koploy, Software Advice Isis, the mobile payments venture that is teaming up with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to bring NFC to the U.S., is piloting its program in Austin, Texas in 2012. While NFC adoption has begun to pick up in the rest of the world, it has been slow […]

CorFire, the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA, has announced the release of three new products for the mobile payments market, CorTrust, CorPay and Cor360. Designed to enable businesses to deploy a wide array of mobile commerce applications, the three solutions leverage NFC technology as well as bridge technology for non-NFC based transactions, according […]

Isis, the national mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced the addition of Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to its mobile commerce platform. According to Isis, the move makes it the first mobile commerce platform with full support of all four national payment networks. This will allow merchants and consumers […]

LG Electronics has announced the addition of two new Android-based Optimus Series smart phones, the LG Optimus Pro and the LG Optimus Net. According to LG, both phones will run on the latest NFC-enabled Android 2.3 platform, ‘Gingerbread.’ However, only some of the phones launched in Europe will be NFC capable for mobile payments, depending […]