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Articles tagged with: Nfc
European Contactless payments grow 46% in three months
Visa Europe has confirmed that contactless usage has reached a critical point of adoption across Europe. Monthly transaction numbers across Europe reached more than 19 million in March 2013. Over EUR1 billion has now been spent on contactless cards and smartphones equipped with a Visa payWave app. more
Oberthur Technologies' dragonFly NFC SIM card certified by MasterCard and Visa
Oberthur Technologies says that it has obtained certifications from MasterCard and Visa for its dragonFly nfc SIM card. more
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Google Kills Off Physical NFC Card for Google Wallet
Google is reported to have scrapped, or at least delayed significantly, plans to launch a nfc enabled credit card that would have been tied into its own mobile payments platform, Google Wallet. more
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SmartMetric Introduces NFC Biometrics
Smartcard vendor, SmartMetric says that it has incorporated nfc (Near Field Communication) into its fingerprint activated Biometric Chip card for use by financial institutions. more
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McDonalds Location for Canadian NFC Payment Trials
A McDonald's restaurant in Canada has been the venue for the country's first nfc based payment direct from a customer's bank account. more
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NFC Installed Base to Exceed 500m Devices Within 12 Months
The number of nfc-enabled devices in use will exceed 500 million in 2014, according to a new report. ABI Research calculated that a minimum of 285 million mobile and consumer electronics devices will ship in 2013 as OEMs continue to drive the market for nfc as mobile operators struggle to gain control and bring their services to market. more
Related Tags: ntelos-wireless, alcatel-lucent, USA
NFC Forum validates latest Clear2Pay Test Solution
Clear2Pay says that the nfc Forum has validated the latest release of its nfc conformance test suite. The test solution enables chip and device manufacturers to verify the digital conformance of devices to the latest nfc Forum Device Requirements. more
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PayPoint Deploys 4,000th Contactless Payment Terminal
UK based PayPoint has passed the milestone of 4,000 nfc based contactless payment terminals within its retail network. The PayPoint/Lloyds TSB Cardnet network accounts for half of all contactless terminals in the retail sector. more
Related Tags: singtel, amdocs, Israel
Samsung to Preload Visa Mobile Wallet into NFC-Enabled Smartphones
Samsung has agreed to load Visa's payWave applet onto its mobile devices featuring nfc technology. Visa payWave is the credit card firm's mobile payment applet that enables consumers to make "wave and pay" contactless payments using mobile devices. more
China Unicom Selects Gemalto in China's First NFC Payment Service
Gemalto says that its UpTeq nfc SIM card has been selected by China Unicom to secure its mobile wallet program. more
Related Tags: carrier-billing, app-store
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