Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been selected by China Mobile to offer its UpTeq NFC Multi-tenant SIMs to protect consumer credentials used for mobile contactless applications, starting with mass transit services in Beijing. China Mobile is the largest operator in the world with a total subscriber base of close to 800 million.
MasterCard has announced that it is establishing contactless acceptance as standard by 2020 for merchants accepting MasterCard and Maestro in Europe, ensuring that, consumers will be able to pay with their contactless cards and NFC enabled devices at all point-of-sale terminals in Europe by 2020. “Europeans can already use contactless cards or NFC enabled mobile payments
South Africa’s retailers, financial institutions and brands are gaining pace with international competitors in adopting technologies such as near-field communication (NFC) for mobile and cashless payments. Two years ago, it was predicted that the high cost of installing point-of-sale terminals and other enabling infrastructure would hamper adoption. However, several companies have implemented such systems so
Following a successful entry into the Nigerian market with contactless mobile payments, Bangalore based iKaaz is now ready to offer its popular NFC and bluetooth powered cloud based payments platform to consumers in Kenya. Announcing a strategic alliance with Family Bank, one of Kenya’s leading banks, iKaaz along with its local partner EDGE financial systems
Continuing its innovation stride and complementing the Bank’s many technology-led achievements, UAE’s leading financial institution Mashreq pioneers another UAE first with the launch of Tap n Go. This is the country’s first NFC (Near Field Communication) Sticker solution. The Tap n Go Sticker makes low-value purchases exceedingly simple by converting any mobile phone of any
There’s a new kid on the block in the payments environment that promises to deliver even greater convenience and practicality. It’s called ‘Bluetooth Low Energy’, or BLE, and it’s based on technology which is over a decade old. Be that as it may, BLE promises to revolutionise the way consumers and retailers interact – but
Oberthur Technologies, a provider of digital security solutions for the mobility space and Ingenico a provider of payment solutions, have announced that they will jointly showcase a couponing value added service on an NFC SIM card. In line with the mobile NFC Value Added Services proposal for point of sale (POS) terminals from the GSMA,
MasterCard has announced it will publish a specification that leverages Host Card Emulation (HCE) for secure near field communication (NFC) payment transactions. The approach will enable consumers to easily use their MasterCard-branded cards on their NFC-enabled phones to make contactless payments. Today, there are two million contactless-enabled merchant locations in 63 countries around the world.
ABI Research has forecast that over 34 billion tickets will be delivered to mobile devices over the next five years. The combined number takes into consideration the multiple technologies used to present a mobile ticket at time of authentication, including QR codes, NFC, SMS, mobile wallets, Bluetooth Smart, and dedicated apps. In terms of the
Proxama PLC a mobile marketing, loyalty and mobile wallet company, has delivered the first major retail Near Field Communication (NFC) capability for leading UK online and high street retailer, Argos. From 18th January and in 40 Argos stores throughout the UK shoppers are able to tap their NFC-enabled smartphones to engage with store staff who
