The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that Australia is a prime market for mobile payment, despite low awareness of the technology, according to digital-media.net.au. A survey conducted by the ACMA shows that Australians generally prefer the idea of contactless mobile payment systems provided by financial institutions to SMS mobile payment, due mainly […]

The European Payments Council (EPC) has just published a white paper arguing the case for contactless mobile payment in the single euro payments area (Sepa), according to finextra.com. In the report, the EPC says the mobile phone provides an “ideal launch pad for Sepa payment instruments,” adding that “the availability of practical Sepa mobile payments, […]

Clear2Pay has announced that the Korea Electric Testing Institute (KETI), an organization dedicated to enhancing the safety and quality of electronic products, has selected Clear2Pay’s Integri test tools for the testing of digital communication between NFC devices. KETI, which plans to to help introduce a mobile payment infrastructures based on NFC technology to South Korea, […]

GENTAG has reported the successful testing of the new NXP cell phone RFID reader chip in combination with its proprietary disposable RFID sensor platform, opening global consumer markets for disposable, wireless sensors using NFC-enabled cell phones. “Integration of the new NXP chip with the major handset makers’ cell phones will allow consumers to use their […]

Mobile payment start-up Bling Nation has landed a big deal with PayPal, enabling Bling Nation’s customers to make contactless mobile purchases using their PayPal account, according to techcrunch.com. Bling Nation offers customers contactless stickers that can be attached to any handset to make debit-style mobile purchases. The more purchases a user makes, the more coupons, […]

Seven leading players in the NFC ecosystem: Ericsson, Gemalto, NXP, Oberthur Technologies, STMicroelectronics, Venyon, a company in the Giesecke&Devrient group, and ViVOtech, joined forces to form the MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group. The aim of the group is to work together to standardize and advance the uniform management of MIFARE applications on NFC-enabled secure elements, such as […]

First Data Corporation and INSIDE Contactless announced the introduction of a new MasterCard PayPass contactless payment tag. Based on INSIDE’s MicroPass payment platform, the MasterCard PayPass mobile payment tag offers an economical solution for contactless mobile payment. Users simply attach the tag to their mobile phone to give it all the functionality of a traditional […]

MasterCard’s PayPass has recorded 49% growth in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to bernama.com. MasterCard says a major contributing factor to this growth is the high level of consumer satisfaction with the contactless payment service, with 94% of PayPass customers reporting they are “satisfied” to “very satisfied.” […]

Veteran smart phone provider RIM has an opportunity to step up and lead the mobile industry, even in the face of increasing competition from Apple and Google, according to analysis from the Gerson Lehrman Group. In order to take the reins, GLGroup says RIM has to invest new business avenues, including mobile payment, mobile advertising […]

Gartner has released a new report naming the Asia-Pacific region as the leading market for mobile payment adoption, with the number of users in the region predicted to increase by 50% from 41.8 million last year to 62.8 million by the end of 2010, according to ZDNet Asia. Gartner also expects the number mobile payment […]