Visa Europe has confirmed that its new digital wallet service, V.me, will launch to an initial group of consumers in the UK, Spain and France in fall 2012. The service will be made available through Visa’s member banks and will initially be accessed through the Internet browser on a PC, laptop, tablet or smart phone. […]

Telecom NZ, Auckland Transport and Thales have announced plans to start trialling a mobile wallet system across Auckland, New Zealand’s public transportation network starting this May. Developed in partnership with Gemalto, Westpac and Paymark, the trial will involve some 30 staff from the six organizations using mobile phones to make NFC payments on Aukland’s buses, […]

A new survey from Motorola Solutions shows there is increasing interest from retail, hospitality and field service industries for mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solutions, such as NFC payments and mobile loyalty programs, as a core strategy for improving customer service. According to the survey, which comprised 541 retail, hospitality and field service employees from […]

NFC-enabled mobile payments may not have the kind of immediate impact the likes of Google and Isis are hoping for, according to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow Jack Winters. In an interview with Network World, Winters said that he sees no reason to switch from credit cards to NFC mobile payments, and […]

The Port Authority of Allegheny County has released an update on its intended roll out of a contactless smart card transit system, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The project was originally put on hold due to issues with the new fare boxes. An internal pilot test is currently under way with some transit authority employees, […]

Denizbank, a private bank with 588 branches in Turkey, has joined Turkcell’s Cep-T Cuzdan platform, enabling its customers to make contactless payments with their NFC-enabled handsets. Customers can now apply for the service via SMS, and Denizbank will provision them a prepaid mobile account that can be used wherever MasterCard PayPass contactless payments are accepted. […]

Nationals Parks, home for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball, has initiated a pilot program where season ticket holders will each have their tickets delivered in the form of a smart card embedded with an RFID chip, according to Sports Business Daily. The ballpark has been equipped with twenty four RFID-enabled turnstiles, which allow […]

PayByPhone has announced that the city of Ottawa is now offering an NFC payments option on parking meters. According to PayByPhone, every Pay & Display machine in Ottawa has been outfitted with an NFC-enabled PayByPhone sticker, which users can tap with an NFC phone to set up and pay for parking time. Once tapped, the […]

UK mobile operator O2 has announced the launch of its O2 Wallet mobile money service. O2 Wallet enables users transfer funds up to £500 to any UK mobile phone number, compare the prices of goods via bar code scan, receive coupons and offers, link credit and debit cards to their accounts, and shop online with […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a $65 million deal, through its Australian division, to provide for passenger rail operations in Sydney. The three-year contract includes expanded operations, maintenance of ticketing equipment, infrastructure and delivery of associated services by Cubic to RailCorp (Rail Corporation New South Wales). The contract includes provisions to be extended within […]