Episode 144: Implanting an NFC chip
Credential Convergence Takes Hold in Key Industries
Health, finance lead charge to unite PACs and LACS
Ticketless, cashless Lollapalooza
NFC wristbands replace tickets and cash at mega music fest
Non-payment use cases for NFC
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
21 Dec, 2010Belgian publisher pilots contactless payment & loyalty scheme for magazine readers
Alcatel-Lucent has launched a contactless payment and loyalty points program with Sanoma Magazines to help the Belgium-based publisher gain insight into the buying habits of its non-subscription customers, according to destinationcrm.com. In the pilot, customers use prepaid NFC stickers affixed to their mobile phones to buy Sanoma’s ‘HUMO’ and ‘Flair’ magazines by holding the mobile […]
21 Dec, 2010‘Explosive’ growth in store for NFC, says iSuppli
California-based market research group iSuppli predicts “explosive” growth for NFC technology over the next few years, according to The Wall Street Journal. iSuppli says that this year’s worldwide shipment of 52.6 million NFC-equipped phones will quadruple to 220.1 million units in 2014. This means that 13.1% of all phones shipped in 2014 will feature NFC, […]
21 Dec, 2010Walmart bringing EMV to the U.S.A.?
Retailer pushes for chip and PIN while first domestic EMV issuance begins
Last year there were 944 million EMV cards in circulation worldwide, according to EMVCo, virtually none of which were issued in the world’s largest payments market: the United States. With the rest of the world now upgraded to a higher security standard, the U.S. has a critical decision to make on when, how and if […]
20 Dec, 2010Tempo to launch NFC payments trial
California-based Tempo Payments is planning to pilot mobile contactless payments tied to “decoupled” debit cards, according to paymentssource.com. The pilot will involve tagging consumers’ phones with NFC stickers to conduct contactless mobile payments at the point of sale. Mike Grossman, Tempo’s CEO, says the company plans to eventually move the pilot to microSD based NFC […]
20 Dec, 2010HTC to launch NFC phone for 2011
HTC CEO Peter Chou says that the Taiwan-based company will introduce NFC into its LTE smart phones and tablets late next year, according to androidcentral.com. Similar to the recently announced Google Nexus S, HTC’s new phones will feature integrated NFC chips for contactless mobile payments, identification and more. In a conference with GSMA, Chou commented […]
17 Dec, 2010Bank Asya, Watchdata launch microSD payment solution in Turkey
Turkey’s Bank Asya is partnering with smart card technology solutions provider Watchdata to launch a microSD-based mobile payment solution in Turkey. The solution, called DIT Mobil, enables customers to conduct transactions at the point of sale by simply tapping their mobile phone against a MasterCard PayPass compatible reader. The new solution is the latest member […]
17 Dec, 2010Orange announces major NFC launch for 2011
France Telecom’s Orange has announced a large-scale commercial deployment of NFC-enabled SIM cards and handsets to facilitate the development of mobile contactless services in Europe. The new SIM cards will be introduced to Orange subscribers in the second half of 2011, and the operator says it will try to equip at least 500,000 of its […]
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