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Articles tagged with: Near Field Communication and Visa
Visa Makes NFC Mobile Point-of-Sale Payments Commercially Available
Credit card merchant, Visa has announced the launch of the world's first commercial Visa mobile payments service for point-of-sale transactions using Near Field Communications (NFC) technology. The service marks the first time consumers can purchase an NFC-enabled mobile device off the shelf and use that device to make Visa payWave-enabled transactions at the point-of-sale instead of using their payment card. more
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ViVOtech Provided NFC Provisioning Software for Phones Enabled with Visa payWave
Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech announced today that its provisioning software for Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments is being used in the first NFC mobile payment trial in Latin America led by Visa, in Guatemala. This deployment marks Latin AmericaĆ's first NFC-based mobile payment pilot and use of Visa payWave-enabled mobile handsets at hundreds of merchants that have installed the ViVOpay 5000 contactless payment readers in Guatemala. more
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Motorola Invests in Near Field Chip Supplier
Motorola, through its strategic venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in INSIDE Contactless, a developer of contactless payment chips and near field communications (NFC) technologies for mobile devices. The company did not disclose the value of the investment. more
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O2 to Test NFC in London with 500 Trialists
UK network operator, O2 has confirmed plans to launch the UK's first large scale pilot of NFC (Near Field Communications) technology on mobile phones. The trial of the O2 Wallet paves the way for the mass market use of mobile phones to pay for purchases, access events or even be used as Oyster cards for travel around London, simply by touching the phone to a reader. more
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NFC: Technically Viable, but is it Desirable?
Near Field Communication (NFC) has tremendous potential for contactless ticketing, payments and passive door entry. The key benefits for consumers are reported to be faster transactions, no more carrying loose change, even a wallet can be discarded and everything in the future can be performed on one's mobile phone. more
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Mobile Contactless Payments to Facilitate $36 Billion Consumer Spending
Strategy Analytics has released a new report, which concludes that the conditions are finally right for growth over the next five years, projecting that mobile contactless payment will be used to drive sales of US$36 billion by 2011. more
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