Contactless

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

MasterCard has brought its near field communications (NFC)-based mobile payment service to Taiwan, in collaboration with mobile operator Chunghwa Telecom and four local banks, and is expected to be operational... read more

06 Jun 13 @ 00:00

MasterCard Worldwide announced record growth of its contactless payments technology,MasterCard PayPass, across the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region in 2012, citing a 28% (YoY) increase in merchant locations. MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment network... read more

06 Jun 13 @ 00:00

The new service enables keys, certificates and NFC credentials to be stored securely in a remote location, rather than in the mobile device, is fully compatible with standard EMV contactless... read more

06 Jun 13 @ 00:00

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, in-store mobile wallet payments in EU27+2 is forecasted to grow from less than €0.1 billion in 2012 at a compound annual... read more

30 May 13 @ 00:00

Morpho (Safran) announced its participation in the Portuguese MobiPag project, the first results of which were publically demonstrated on April 10. The project aims to develop the dematerialization of payments... read more

29 May 13 @ 00:00

 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest network operator with over 70 million subscribers is to deploy Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC high-end SIM cards for a mobile phone-based public transport ticketing solution in the... read more

17 May 13 @ 00:00

Public transport companies TPER (Transport Passenger Emilia-Romagna), ANM Napoli, START Romagna, Telecom Italy and SIA Group have signed an agreement to develop and test a “mobile ticketing” platform enabling all... read more

14 May 13 @ 00:00

A survey conducted by Compass Plus has revealed that the reality of the mass adoption of contactless payments is much further behind industry expectations. The survey, in which UK residents... read more

07 May 13 @ 00:00

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has now completed the roll out of contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores, including its railway and airport franchise stores. The move cements M&S’... read more

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Large numbers of Brits are still wary of new ways to pay for goods such as contactless pay, with a quarter stating they find the idea of it ‘scary’. According... read more

24 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Mobile billing and messaging aggregator txtNation and Europe’s largest supplier of NFC tags and products, RapidNFC have partnered to become the first to offer direct operator billing via NFC technology.  Using NFC... read more

08 Apr 13 @ 00:00

C-SAM and StarHub, Singapore’s fully integrated info-communication company announced the newest update to the SmartWallet mobile app which will enable near field communication (NFC) peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile ticketing services. The mobile ticketing... read more