Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has reportedly issued 300,000 of its T-series NFC-enabled phones to subscribers, according to NFC World. Turkcell’s T11 and T20 phones, along with the BlackBerry Bold 9900, are compatible with Turkcell’s Cep-T Cüzdan mobile wallet, which enables contactless mobile payments, ticketing, loyalty, ID and, most recently, road toll payments. Cep-T Cüzdan […]

NXP Semiconductors has been selected to take part in the implementation of Germany’s nationwide ticketing standard, VDV Kernapplikation (VDV-KA). NXP’s SmartMX family of secure microcontrollers enables an interoperable public transport ticketing scheme. More than five million contactless card based on NXP’s SmartMX technology has been supplied to the cities of Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg in […]

The City of York Council has announced plans to introduce a new transit card scheme, according to squidcard.com. The city is set to apply for £2 million in government funding to support the installation of a new electronic transit card system, enabling local residents to pay for their travel by simply holding their card against […]

Digital communications agency Isobar and mobile operator O2 have teamed up to host a London event aimed at driving the development of new NFC applications. “Isobar Create London” will offer developers from around the UK the opportunity to create their own NFC apps and win a kick-starter development fund plus marketing support from O2’s global […]

Collis has announced the availability of its Mobile MasterCard PayPass Test Suite for functional testing of the UICC or Secure Element application based on MasterCard Mobile MasterCard PayPass – M/Chip 4 Technical Specifications. UICC or Secure Element vendors can use the new Test Suite to perform pre-certification on their products, ensuring that the Secure Element […]

Google has begun issuing prepaid cards to Google Wallet again, following a brief suspension last week over PIN security concerns. Osama Bedier, vice president of Google Wallet and Payments, issued this notice last night on the company’s Commerce blog: “Yesterday afternoon, we restored the ability to issue new prepaid cards to the Wallet. In addition, […]

Sybase 365 has announced a partnership with Telefonica Digital to provide mobile wallet services to Telefonica subscribers around the globe. Developed by Sybase 365, the “mWallet” will enable users to store prepaid, debit, credit and loyalty cards for simplified online purchases, peer to peer transfers, and NFC-enabled contactless payments at the point of sale. Telefonica […]

While 2011 was a big hype year for NFC payments, 2012 may see the technology challenged by cloud-based solutions that use existing mobile infrastructure, according to Mobile Commerce Daily. So far 2012 has been somewhat of a down year for NFC – particularly thanks to Google Wallet’s recent security woes. Meanwhile, PayPal has made its […]

Mobey Forum released a white paper analyzing how the rollout of the mobile wallet will be dictated by the various stakeholders involved in its development and deployment. The second in a series of mobile wallet white papers from Mobey Forum, “Control Points in Mobile Wallets” identifies seven key areas (“control points”) within the mobile wallet […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced that it will provide its Trusted Service Manager (TSM) solution to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for its commercial rollout of NFC contactless payments. According to G&D, Commbank is now giving iPhone 4 and 4S owners the opportunity to transfer their MasterCard PayPass card accounts onto their handsets to make […]