Contactless

18 Dec 13 @ 13:21

Transport for London (TfL) has celebrated its first successful year of accepting contactless payment cards on all of the Capital’s 8,500 buses. Since it was launched on Thursday 13 December... read more

11 Dec 13 @ 12:27

A survey conducted by Compass Plus has revealed that though popularity for the mobile channel continues to grow, NFC support is in decline. The annual survey, which was carried out at... read more

10 Dec 13 @ 09:18

Visa Europe, Garanti Bank and Turkcell have announced a partnership that will enable Garanti Bank’s Visa credit cardholders in Turkey to make mobile contactless payments via a Turkcell Wallet. Garanti... read more

05 Dec 13 @ 18:15

China Telecom is ready to launch a mobile wallet service by putting on standby 30 million NFC-enabled UIM cards for its CDMA network, according to Marbridge Consulting. The actual launch is... read more

29 Nov 13 @ 12:34

A US start-up, SimplyTapp, which has created the ‘Host Card Emulation’ (HCE) approach to mobile HCE-based NFC payments recently embraced by Google, has raised its series a funding round. Most of... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 15:22

As the global leader in NFC payments, it comes as no surprise that The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) has issued Best Practice for NFC Mobile Payment in Hong Kong,... read more

26 Nov 13 @ 16:33

Bank of East Asia says it will launch a mobile NFC payment service for its credit card customers in Hong Kong early next year. BEA’s i-Pay system will utilize Near... read more

25 Nov 13 @ 16:03

Vodafone has selected Gemalto to provide and operate its global Trusted Service Management (TSM) platform and deploy NFC mobile payments and other services. This multi-year global contract will provide the foundation... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 09:43

Gemalto has been selected to supply its Optelio contactless payment stickers to UniCredit Bank in Russia. UniCredit Bank is a member of a leading European financial group in banking services with... read more

20 Nov 13 @ 08:04

Eurosmart, the voice of the Smart Security Industry, has released its forecasts for the worldwide shipments of microcontroller-based Smart Secure Devices and contactless smartcards in 2013 and 2014. With an estimate... read more

19 Nov 13 @ 09:58

Gemalto is providing TSM Nordic, a company owned by Telenor and DNB, with mobile contactless technology for Norway’s first mobile NFC payment service. Telenor is Norway’s leading mobile operator with... read more

12 Nov 13 @ 15:20

GB retailers are failing to keep up with consumer demand for new payment methods, a study has found. Almost two thirds (64%) of consumers say debit/credit card is their preferred... read more