Blaze Mobile and Tetherball customers now have the ability to redeem mobile rewards and coupons, as well as make purchases using their mobile phones. Blaze Mobile users can sign up for a loyalty program that grants them access to offers from Tetherball on their mobile phones from major retailers like Dairy Queen. To redeem the […]

NEXPERTS, e24, the University of Applied Science from Northwest Switzerland and other industrial partners are launching a pilot project this month in Zurich that will enable customers to use their NFC phones to purchase goods and services at farmer shops. The project, called “Touch’n Pay,” is intended to ease the shopping process in farmer shops, […]

By Ruediger Stroh, general manager, Identification Business, NXP Semiconductors As we ring in 2010, signs of economic recovery are promising yet cautious. While the path to recovery for some industries may take longer, NXP believes we will see positive growth of contactless transactions on a global scale. The below focuses on the main growth areas […]

SK Telecom (SKT), Korea’s biggest mobile provider, is cutting a $346 million deal with Hana Financial Group to bring wide-scale NFC mobile payment to Korean wireless users, according to The Korea Times. In the deal, SKT, owner of more than half of the country’s mobile-phone subscribers, will buy 49% of Hana Card, a marginal credit […]

To celebrate the fifth anniversary launch of PayPass in the Asia/Pacific region, Mastercard is teaming up with BHPetrol to kick off a new campaign called “Tap & Give,” which will provide the Kwanis Down Syndrome Foundation a portion of every PayPass customer transaction performed at BHPetrol stations. The Kwanis Down Syndrome Foundation is a non-profit […]

Gemalto announced that Banca Intesa in Serbia has selected its Ezio Classic reader to secure e-commerce services. The reader will enable users to make online purchases with EMV security. Banca Intesa determined to implement Gemalto’s authentication solution to protect its online customers from card-not-present fraud. To operate the Ezio Classic reader users insert their banking […]

UK banker Barclays and contactless payment provider Barclaycard have announced that to date they have issued over five million contactless cards in the UK. Barclaycard began distributing contactless cards to customers in the UK in 2007 with the launch of Barclaycard One Pulse, an all-in-one card that features contactless payment, credit and Oyster card capabilities. […]

Nokia is planning to make NFC technology a standard feature in its phones by 2012, according to The Mirror. The roll out, which would mark a huge leap forward in mainstream adoption of NFC technology, could come as soon as next year. According to The Mirror, in Q3 and Q4 of next year Nokia is […]

The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) is pushing its smart card deployment back to next fall, according to ABC News. The MTA has considered implementing a fare collection system based on smart card technology since 2001, yet the deployment has been delayed several times: first to summer 2008, then to October of this year, this winter, […]

UK coffee chain Caffe Nero has introduced contactless payment technology in its 360 stores, according to V3.co.uk. The upgrade was completed in October after the conclusion of a successful trial involving several central London stores. Caffe Nero patrons will now be able to purchase their coffee by simply waiving their contactless cards in front of […]