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
08 Sep, 2008First Smart Card Alliance, ETA payments webinar to focus on NFC
A series of Web-based seminars beginning Sept. 25 and co-sponsored by the Smart Card Alliance and the Electronic Transactions Association will feature the use of mobile phones for banking and payments. The first session with an NFC focus, will last 90 minutes with three other webinars covering various areas of smart card payments scheduled for […]
04 Sep, 2008Visa launches new mobile payment services
Visa has launched four new programs designed to deliver payments and services via mobile devices. Two commercial mobile payments programs in Brazil and Korea, along with two mobile offers and transaction notification pilots in the United States now add to more than a dozen pilot and commercial programs enabled by the Visa mobile platform. Visa’s […]
04 Sep, 2008Los consumidores quieren usar sus teléfonos celulares como monedero virtual
Una prueba realizada en Europa demostró que el uso del celular para hacer compras o pagar el transporte público tiene cada vez más demanda. Medio millar de personas participaron en el ensayo, llevado a cabo por el operador de telefonía móvil O2, filial de la española Telefónica, junto a Transport of London, Barclaycard, Visa Europa […]
04 Sep, 2008Barclaycard leads contactless payments in UK
Barclaycard announced it will have issued at least a million contactless cards in the UK by the end of this year. Including its O2 trial, which involves NFC payments, it now has 6,000 terminals that accept contactless payments as well. What has helped spark this growth are well-known merchants jumping on board with contactless payments. […]
03 Sep, 2008Juniper predicts 10-fold mobile payments growth by 2013
The mobile wallet may be a full-fledged reality in five years, according to the latest report from UK-based Juniper Research. Its new Mobile Payments Study projects that purchases using NFC-enabled phones coupled with money transfers could total $600 billion globally by 2013. The report’s author, Howard Wilcox, commented that this growth will be “driven by […]
03 Sep, 2008London NFC trial goes well
Seventy-eight percent of participants in London’s near field communication trial said they would use the technology again, according to a Finextra news report. The six-month pilot was run by mobile operator O2 with Transport for London, device manufacturer Nokia, and card issuer Visa and TranSys, the group that runs the Oyster card system. The conglomerate […]
02 Sep, 2008Glue4 Technologies rebrands as Proxama to drive smart card, NFC
Glue4 Technologies, a UK technology company, has rebranded as Proxama. The company provides solutions for contactless payments, ticketing and loyalty. The rebrand marks the company’s continuation in helping consumers get more from smart cards, NFC, mobile phones, the Web and interactive TV. Proxama makes its formal entry into the consumer technologies market with a number […]
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