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SPONSOR MESSAGE Want to test? Clear2Pay delivers flexible Integri Test Solutions for your mobile world: • Provide your customers with interoperable, trusted mobile solutions • Guarantee compliance with standards including NFC Forum, EMVCo, 3G, ETSI, ISO and more For the complete mobile testing experience visit www.integri.com/NFC and www.integri.com/mobileor email info@integri.com French bank and carrier team up to bring mobile payments to market The new BNP Paribas Mobile service combines a mobile network subscription, a range of innovative mobile banking products plus a choice of phones — including three with NFC — and is being promoted to customers via the bank's network of branches across France. Full story » Telefonica begins BlackBerry NFC trial "We look forward to seeing the launch of commercial wallet services in several markets next year," says the CEO of Telefónica Digital. Full story » Art lovers rate exhibits with NFC Visitors to the STRP Festival in the Netherlands can use NFC phones to tag exhibits with keywords, share their experience via social media, rate individual exhibits and create a personalised poster incorporating their favourite experiences. Full story » SIMalliance releases new version of Open Mobile API The new version of the Open Mobile API is designed to enable app developers to work easily with the secure elements in mobile phones — without needing specialist knowledge of how the technology works. Full story » PayPal UK: Mobile wallets won't become mainstream until 2016 "2016 will mark the real start of money’s digital switchover in the UK," says the boss of PayPal UK. "Children born today will become the UK’s first 'cashless generation'. It will be completely natural for them to pay by mobile." Full story » Handheld NFC terminal packs a printer The Casio IT-9000 is designed for applications that require on the spot printing, such as receipts for mobile retail transactions, receipts and tickets for public transportation, as well as for meter reading, proof of delivery and queue busting operations. Full story » Survey reports on consumer attitudes to next-gen loyalty "There is undoubtedly consumer appetite for using new technologies when the benefits are made clear," says Ipsos Mori boss Simon Atkinson. "For consumers who are worried about embracing technology changes, and the older generation in particular, the answer is likely to lie in offering existing services in tandem with new." Full story » NFC Calendar: Conferences, meetings, exhibitions and events • Wima NFC USA | 30 Nov-1 Dec | San Francisco, USA • Create 32 NFC Hackathon | 30 Nov-1 Dec | San Francisco • The Nordic NFC Symposium 2012 | 25-27 January 2012 | Stockholm Please tell your colleagues about us If you know anyone who would benefit from getting our free NFC industry news by email please take a moment to let them know about us now (perhaps forward them this email, or let them know they can sign up to get their own copy by entering their email address athttp://www.nfcworld.com/email). Your support is always appreciated! Get your copy of NFC Business Models Hundreds of your peers are already benefiting from the insights found in our NFC Business Models research report as they plan their NFC offerings. Inside this 170-page report you'll find all the latest thinking on how to build NFC services, how to structure your offering and how to make sure you have the best chance of success. Of course, the report also comes with our 100% money-back guarantee. Find out more and order your copy of NFC Business Models today. NFC news in brief • Vivotech powers Cubic EMV reader • Zapa returns with €1.1m investment • Kimtag adds NFC tag scan alerts • Galaxy Nexus NFC bug found • UK gets Acer Liquid Express • Foursquare adds NFC check-ins • Dubai cinemas get NFC promos • EU raises m-payments concerns • NFC serves up badminton game • NXP launches NFC reader chip • Inside ranks in Tech Fast 500 • Reply adds 'tap to buy' payments • NFC medical device wins award • BlackBerry 7.1 adds NFC P2P • Bank of New Zealand tests NFC More » NFC trials, pilots, tests and live services around the world Links to NFC World's vast archive of NFC trials and commercial deployments around the world, organised by country * including details of more than 200 trials, tests and live services in over 50 countries. Check out our comprehensive list of NFC programmes » NFC phones list NFC handsets: Find out which phones are available now, what's coming soon * and what's around the corner. Check out our comprehensive list of NFC phones »