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
10 Nov, 2010TX grocery store chain adopts Bling Nation’s m-payment platform
Bling Nation announced that Brookshire Grocery Co., one of the largest regional grocery chains operating in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, will pilot Bling’s mobile payment platform in its Mt. Pleasant, Texas stores. With Bling Nation, Brookshire customers will be able to tap-and-pay for their purchases using mobile phones equipped with a contactless BlingTag. Users will […]
09 Nov, 2010Bling Nation taps Merchant360 for new Facebook-based rewards platform
Merchant360 Inc. announced an agreement to support Bling Nation’s contactless mobile social media technology platform. According to Bling Nation, the company’s solution enables tap-and-connect capabilities at checkout, providing businesses with social media connectivity, viral loyalty programs with actionable analytics and mobile payments. The system works by tapping a mobile phone equipped with Bling Nation’s BlingTag […]
09 Nov, 2010Nokia’s future Symbian phones will be NFC-enabled
Nokia’s Senior Vice President Jo Harlow has revealed that the company’s future Symbian smart phones will be equipped with NFC technology, according to bloomberg.com. Nokia’s C7 phone, now in stores, is already NFC-enabled, and can be used by customers for contactless payments and identification at the point of sale, says Harlow. Harlow added that Nokia […]
09 Nov, 2010SCA Payments Council expands charter, elects new co-chairs from MasterCard, Visa
The Smart Card Alliance Payments Council has expanded its charter to include all chip-enabled payments and payment applications in the United States, including EMV, contactless payments, NFC-enabled payments and applications, mobile payments, and chip-enabled e-commerce. The Council has also announced its new officers and steering committee, including new co-chairs Simon Hurry from Visa and Oliver […]
08 Nov, 2010ACI survey reveals slow adoption for EMV in North America
In a recent survey conducted by ACI Worldwide, an international provider of payment systems, 76% of respondents do not currently issue payment cards with EMV technology, and of that group only 15% have plans to do so within the next 24 months. However, 94% of respondents believe that EMV will reduce fraud on card-based transactions, […]
04 Nov, 2010Swedish hotel trials NFC room keys
The Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden is partnering with ASSA ABLOY, Choice Hotels Scandinavia, TeliaSonera, VingCard Elsafe and Venyon to test the use of NFC-enabled mobile phones as room keys. Guests using the new system will be able to check into the hotel and receive the hotel room key directly onto their mobile phones prior […]
03 Nov, 2010Waspit, Yates’s pubs to launch new NFC payment service in UK
Waspit has announced the launch of its open-loop BuzzPay contactless mobile payments system in the UK with the help of pub chain Yates’s. BuzzPay, which works with NFC capable handsets as well as with contactless stickers that can be affixed to non-NFC phones, can be used to conduct purchases anywhere MasterCard PayPass is accepted. According […]
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