American National Bank and Guaranty Bond Bank in Mt. Pleasant, Texas are now offering tap and go mobile payment to their customers and the community through Bling Nation. Customers with a checking account at either bank can sign up for a BlingTag, a quarter-sized microchip sticker that adheres to the back of their mobile phone […]

China Unicom has signed a $1.5 billion contract with the Chongqing Municipal Government to turn the city into the world center for NFC technology, according to The Register. China Unicom, the country’s second largest network operator, will provide the $1.5 billion, while the Chongqing government will initiate a series of tax breaks and incentives to […]

Liza Landsman has resigned as Citigroup’s U.S. head of online and mobile banking after only a year of directing its consumer internet and mobile division, according to finextra.com. A Citi employee since 2000, Landsman helped Citi roll out a bevy of cutting-edge projects, including mobile banking apps, the Citi Shopper bargain-hunting app, and contactless payment […]

NFC enables artists to add rich media to exhibits By Ryan Clary, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Le Centre Pompidou, Paris’s goliath, industrial-chic contemporary art gallery, is looking to shake up the museum experience for Generation Z. By next year, visitors to Pompidou’s planned Teen Gallery, as well as the old city center of Nice, will […]

Tyfone, provider of NFC enabled Memory Cards for mobile financial services, today announced that their Managing Director, APAC, Prabhakar Tadepalli, will be presenting on the evolution and vision for mobile contactless payments at the first forum on alternative NFC mobile payment solutions held in Taiwan on Sept. 8-9. Tadepalli will address the current mindset in […]

Apple has hired NFC expert Benjamin Vigier as its new product manager for mobile commerce, suggesting that the next gen iPhone may feature mobile wallet capabilities, according to Computerworld. Vigier has been active in the NFC field since 2004, previously serving as product manager for mobile wallet, payment and NFC at mFoundry, where he developed […]

RBS-owned NatWest and Telifonica’s O2 have broken their partnership, calling into question the future of NFC payments in the UK, according to internetretailing.net. Datamonitor analyst Giles Ubaghs says, “NatWest’s move away from its joint venture with O2 is likely due to the wider difficulties with government-owned RBS. With austerity becoming a growing concern in the […]