Wednesday, October 31, 2012

T-Mobile, Gemalto to offer NFC payments, services in Poland

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OTI Introduces the First Plug-In Solution to Turn Mobile Phones Into NFC Based ...
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The industry's first plug-in mobile payment solution that enables existing mobile devices to support Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality and contactless payments by simply adding a small accessory through the headphone jack will be unveiled ...
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T-Mobile, Gemalto to offer NFC payments, services in Poland
Mobile Payments Today
Today Gemalto announced it has been selected by T-Mobile to provide the trusted service manager platform for the mobile network operator's rollout of NFC services. Gemalto's TSM platform will manage provisioning and security of accounts on mobile ...
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GlobalPlatform publishes secure element implementation guide
Mobile Payments Today
In an NFC-based mobile payment or services scheme, the SE is the chip that holds payment and personal information on a mobile device for use across a number of applications. As the technology has developed, three main methods for deploying an SE ...
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China Mobile details NFC launch plans
NFC World
The world's largest mobile network operator is to begin its mobile payments rollout in February 2013 and will stock a range of NFC phones supplied by eight handset manufacturers. CHINA MOBILE: World's largest MNO aims to sell 10m NFC phones in 2013 ...
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Apriva President Paul Coppinger To Present At Social Mobile Payments ...
VendingMarketWatch
Apriva announced that Paul Coppinger, the company's co-founder and president, will speak at the Social Mobile Payments: Americas Conference, scheduled for Nov. 6 to 8 at the Biscayne Bay Marriott in Miami, Fla. Coppinger's presentation, "Paving the ...
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In a Fragmented Market, NFC Is More a Nuisance Than a Benefit

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In a Fragmented Market, NFC Is More a Nuisance Than a Benefit
Gotta Be Mobile
Near Field Communications, or NFC, technology promised to help make our lives easier by allowing us to quickly share information, pay for goods, and pair new devices wirelessly without complicated pass codes by merely tapping two items together ...
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Gotta Be Mobile



American Express launches first NFC credit card in S'pore

News4 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
American Express launches first NFC credit card in S'pore
ZDNet
Singapore has been pushing for contactless payments for some years now. In 2009, the government announced it would facilitate the development of an interoperable infrastructure for mobile payments using near-field communication (NFC) technology.
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Could Apple's Passbook serve as an interim mobile wallet solution?
Calgary Herald
The biggest issue facing NFC as a standard right now is that it requires the NFC chip to be built in to a device and it also requires merchants to install NFC readers that connect to the various databases. There are a number of variables that need to ...
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NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV : NXP Enables Mass Market Adoption of NFC Tag ...
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... as UID mirroring, specific NFC counter, and basic security with password based authentication, will generate additional momentum in major non-payment NFC applications," said Ivan Plajh, head of business line mobile and smart media at SMARTRAC.
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Smartrac produces 50µm chip NFC tags
electronicsfeed.com
"We are proud that we are the first NFC tag manufacturer to offer 50µm chip NFC tags in volume production together with Infineon Technologies," said Ivan Plajh, Head of Business Line Mobile and Smart Media. "The combination of ultrathin NFC chips and ...
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Could Apple's Passbook serve as an interim mobile wallet solution?

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News 1 new result for "Near Field Communications"

Could Apple's Passbook serve as an interim mobile wallet solution?
Calgary Herald
Near Field Communications (NFC) has been the overused and overhyped buzzword for a probable mobile wallet solution. To date, only a handful of devices from RIM, HTC, Samsung, Sony, Nokia, LG and a few others have shipped with NFC built-in. Owners ...
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T-Mobile Selects Gemalto's Trusted Service Manager for European Market

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News1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
T-Mobile Selects Gemalto's Trusted Service Manager for First pan-European ...
Financial Post
PTC customers will now be offered the convenience of using their mobile phone to enjoy a broad range of NFC services including payment, access to mass transit and parking systems, loyalty programs and stadium ticketing during major events. "Gemalto's ...
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Vodafone and Gemalto working together on NFC mobile payments

News3 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
Vodafone to launch Mobile Wallet in 2013
IT PRO
The service will allow users to store multiple payment card types and could eventually expand to add other applications such as travel cards, supermarket loyalty cards and building access cards. "Vodafone's customer base spans across more than 30 ...
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Vodafone and Gemalto working together on NFC mobile payments
The Fonecast
Vodafone has chosen digital security company Gemalto to help manage ts rollout of contactless mobile payments worldwide. Gemalto will provide and operate Vodafone's global Trusted Service Management platform and will help the operator deploy NFC ...
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NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV : NXP Delivers NFC to Microsoft's Windows ...
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"NFC enables the smart mobile life with applications such as ticketing, proximity marketing, access, identity or payments across a variety of devices. What NXP drives from an applications perspective is complemented by companies such as Microsoft ...
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What partnerships mean for the mobile wallet

News6 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
What partnerships mean for the mobile wallet
The Guardian (blog)
It's expected that one of the first products to be launched will be an near field communication (NFC)-enabled mobile payments service for those using the Everything Everywhere network. This is by no means the first partnership of its kind. Project ...
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The Guardian (blog)
FlockTag's NFC-Based (Yes, NFC) Loyalty Card System Expands: Now Reaches ...
TechCrunch
Yes, NFC. The same tap-to-interact/tap-to-pay technology which Apple has notably shunned in its iPhone devices, leaving others like Google Wallet and carrier-led Isis to try to push the technology forward as a mobile payment alternative here in the U.S ...
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DeviceFidelity introduces CredenSE, new product line enabling secure ...
Equities.com
On NFC smartphones, such as Samsung Galaxy S3, Sony Experia Ion, HTC Desire C, Motorola Razr M and other popular NFC phones that are arriving to the market CredenSE offers mobile wallet, tag reading and Peer 2 Peer NFC applications Secure credentials ...
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Smartphone card payments startup iZettle to expand its territory to Germany
PC Advisor
"Mobile payments as a whole is a very new and very small market that is extremely fragmented" he said, adding that the "real big focus" of the industry has been on mobile payments via NFC (near field communication), which equips phones with an NFC chip ...
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So, James Bond has a new NFC smart phone!
Finextra
Maybe he'd pay for a Martini at Geneva Airport by tapping his mobile on a payment terminal? Or maybe he'd download a file on a target from a bus shelter poster in Berlin? But with a heavy heart I have to report (plot spoiler alert) that he didn't use ...
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NFC Roundtable to be Hosted by Datacard Group at CARTES & IDentification ...
PYMNTS.com
"Given the increase in smartphone users and various discussions on where the industry is going, the discussion will highlight the diverse mobile technology applications on the market today and dive deeper into the impact that NFC technology will have ...
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26 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for Halloween

ePaymentNews 22 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Opera expands its mobile payment ecosystem in Latin America with Naranya deal
The Next Web (blog)
Opera has closed a partnership to integrate Naranya's content offering into the Opera Payment Exchange (OPX). In practical terms, this will make it easier for Opera Mini users in Latin America to buy digital goods and services from Naranya's portfolio ...
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The Next Web (blog)
Amex's Joanna Lambert on the Tiny but Mighty Mobile Payment Trend
Knowledge Wharton Today
As the number of mobile payment applications in the U.S. proliferates, it has gotten easier and easier to pay for goods and services using a smartphone. And as big companies like Google and Isis battle to control the digital wallet market, the future ...
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Knowledge Wharton Today
New mobile payment system coming from Brazilian central bank
Mobile Payments Today
Brazil's Central Bank will be offering a mobile payment system aimed at helping the unbanked. The news was announced yesterday by the bank's president, Alexandre Tombini. A report by Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paolo said the new payment method ...
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Lakala to Update 60000 Payment Terminals
Marbridge Consulting
Lakala has three main service categories at present: payment terminals, mobile payment, and enterprise billing. The company also offers value-added services through its network of physical terminals, in order to better expand payment channels and ...
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Commentary: Mediation's role in the mobile payments future
Mobile Payments Today
In a further significant development and in one of the largest mobile payment roll-outs, electronic payment service Square announced a deal with Starbucks that will put Square's small mobile-payment devices in 7,000 of the coffee maker's storefronts in ...
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NYC taxi commission revisiting its mobile app, payment ban
Mobile Payments Today
In a press release yesterday, the TLC said it will be reviewing the ban on "e-hail" and mobile payment applications next month. The decision is based on a recent survey the TLC conducted, the release said. According to the survey, 70 percent of ...
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Visa And MasterCard Earnings Will Gain On Increased Consumer Spending And ...
Seeking Alpha
[5] Visa and MasterCard are both aggressively expanding their mobile payment solutions. For more details on the payment industry in China, please read our article : MasterCard Is Ready To Break New Barriers In China, But How Successful Will It Be?
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Mobile Security Remains Question for Retailers
Supermarket News
"The cost associated with fraud is not acceptable to MCX merchants, and they see this as a chance to improve on security." In addition to MCX, several other entities are vying to come out with a mobile payment platform that will appeal to consumers ...
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How Starbucks Brews Its Mobile Strategy
PC Advisor
In some cases, it's the only platform, by definition, capable of doing things like mobile payment and geo-centric targeted communications." The company has been moving fast and furiously into a number of mobile applications and partnerships in recent ...
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GEMALTO : T-Mobile Selects Gemalto's Trusted Service Manager for First pan ...
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2d ago, GEMALTO: Vodafone Selects Gemalto to Setup and Manage Global NFC Mobile Pa.. 5d ago, DJ, SUBSCRIBERS: Gemalto to Sign Mobile Payment Deal With Vodafone Already Rep.. Summary · Quotes · Chart Analysis · News · Calendar · Company ...
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Analysts Debate: Is eBay Still a Top Stock?
DailyFinance
However, as a mobile payment system, it's receiving one heck of a challenge from multiple parties. Privately held Square, which offers card-swiping devices that easily attach to a mobile device, landed a whale of a client in Starbucks (NAS: SBUX) in ...
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Opera, Naranya partner on m-payments in Latin America
Telecompaper (subscription)
Opera Software and Latin American mobile marketing and commerce company Naranya have signed a partnership agreement that will bring mobile payment services to users of Naranya's content offerings and the Opera Mini mobile browser. Under the terms ...
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CARTES Present This Year's Innovations Live Demos
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobile payment, identification or urban mobility smart technologies are taking an increasing part of everyday life. Exhibitors from the smart technology industry will make the most of CARTES 2012 Exhibition and Conference and ...
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Validity Joins ARM TrustZone Ready Enablement Program to Support Common ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Validity's Natural ID fingerprint sensors provide a robust platform for addressing the explosive growth in mobile payment transactions and cloud-based services. Natural ID authenticates a user by their unique human characteristics such as fingerprint ...
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Wireless Innovation Council Identifies Three Transformational Technologies and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Mobile Payment Ecosystems The Mobile Payments (mPayments) market is growing but fragmented, and stakeholders find it increasingly difficult to make investment decisions. WIC conducted a planning exercise to provide a framework to validate and ...
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globalVCard® paysystems Debuting Patent Pending Payment Application
PR Web (press release)
The energy globalVCard® Mobile App brings to the payment systems world is contagious. globalVCard® Mobile App allows pilots to make safe and secure purchases wherever their travel may lead them" says Ryan Smith, CSI Director of globalVCard ...
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Consumers overwhelmed by new mobile web services - survey
Telecompaper (subscription)
The number one reason for customers discounting their use of a smartphone service or not taking the option is the fear of overspending. As a result, 38 percent of consumers have stopped using mobile web browsing, mobile payment at a point-of-sale (32 ...
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ASAP Transaction Processing Wins Best Innovation Award
ITNews
ASAP TP brings convergence to payment and technology, from point-of-sales, on/offline, mobile, payment and non-payment, all together onto a single platform. Please visit us at www.asaptp.com. Source: ASAP Transaction Processing Contact: Carol Ho ...
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BANK OF AFRICA banks on mobile with Clear2Pay
Bobsguide (press release)
Clear2Pay and TestPlant unveil unique solution enabling full automated Mobile Payment App testing. 18 Oct 12 · BNY Mellon to Provide Innovative Global Payments Platform - cooperation with Clear2Pay. 20 Sep 12 · Directory · News · Resources · Jobs ...
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12 Serious and Seriously Silly Complaints Against the iPhone 5
Business 2 Community
Apple took a pass at near-field communications (NFC) technology; instead, it chose to promote Passbook mobile payment software on iOS 6. Some say this is a good choice, since only a measly 2% of merchants are equipped with NFC reader terminals ...
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Customer retention key to revenue growth
Bizcommunity.com
It adds that rising costs and competition from non-banking institutions such as Google, which is wading into the mobile payment space, show that banks have major forces arrayed against them. South African bank executives admit as much, and recently ...
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New partners help iZettle enter Germany
Mobile Payments Today
Swedish mobile point-of-sale company iZettle is gaining ground in Europe. The company has announced that it will be launching services in Germany, and also that it has formed partnerships with DZ BANK and Deutsche Telekom to help it reach its goal of ...
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Blogs3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Opera and Naranya ease mobile payments in Latin America
Opera Software and Naranya today announced a partnership that will bring mobile payment freedom to users of Naranya's content offerings and the Opera Mini mobile browser. As part of this agreement, Naranya, the leading mobile marketing ...
Opera Press Room
iZettle moves to Germany – just in time for Christmas | Contactless ...
By krowne
With this cooperation we seek to offer customers of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network another innovative building block of our mobile payment portfolio that will be further developed with the contribution of our ...
Contactless Intelligence
Fortumo Brings Its Mobile Payments To Windows 8 — Carrier Billing ...
By Steve O'Hear
12.13.10 Fortumo cracks open the (Angry Birds) Piggy Bank to let… 12.13.10 Fortumo Cracks Open Piggy Bank To Let Android Devs Offer… 4.28.10 Mobile payment startup Fortumo targets the long tail of… All Articles for Fortumo ...
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Brazil Mobile Payment System to Aid Monetary Policy - Central ...
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil--A new system under preparation in Brazil to increase payments and commerce via mobile phone service will help increase the ...
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