Nice to show-off NFC for Management World in May

Just in time for this year’s TM Forum Management World in Nice is the news that travelers will be able to pay for low-value tickets on the city’s bus and tram network directly via their mobile phone bills. However, mobile operators say they are offering the payment service for consumer convenience, not to compete with [...]

TagAge supports NFC pilot in Frankfurt

RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH) and VGF (Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main GmbH) are launching a new service for Frankfurt’s public transportation. By using a combination of QR codes and NFC technology, passengers can find real time schedules, online information about connections, special events or points of interest. Hansaprint with its TagAge service has supported this innovative six-month [...]

Inside Contactless, TazTag and Sagem Orga partner on new NFC payment device

Inside Contactless, Sagem Orga and TazTag have announced the joint development of a new method of delivering near field communication, or NFC, payment functionality.
Inside Contactless said that based on TazTag’s TazCard, the new device is currently in prea-alpha testing and shows the feasibility of an option that facilitates NFC contactless payment transactions while providing full [...]

CASSIS TSM Platform Powers Alliance Bank’s You:nique Picture Card Service

SINGAPORE – (AllPayNews) CASSIS International, a leader in trusted services for smart payments, mobile commerce and near field communication (NFC), today revealed its role in helping Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad achieve success with its ground-breaking You:nique Picture Card which received a special mention for product innovation at the recent IDC 2010 Financial Insights Innovation Awards. [...]

Mobey Forum – Mobile Financial Services Business Ecosystem Scenarios & Consequences (Executive Summary)

Mobey Forum carried through an extensive evaluation on the future development of the mobile financial services business ecosystem. In the analysis, Mobey Forum identified three main scenarios for successful contactless payments with mobile devices and other mobile financial services requiring Security Element – the platform on which sensitive information is stored. In each scenario, a [...]

(It) Circuiti di pagamento

Il circuito di pagamento, associato alla carta di pagamento, non è altro che la compagnia che si occupa di propagare, attraverso una propria rete di comunicazione, le richieste di spesa, e le rispettive autorizzazioni, dall’esercente all’istituto emittente, e viceversa. Il circuito si occupa anche di verificare le operazioni di saldo, ovvero di contabilizzazione e parificazione [...]

(It) Le nuove regole per l’offerta di servizi di pagamento

Dal sito di Banca d’Italia
Il 1° marzo 2010 entra in vigore il decreto legislativo 27 gennaio 2010, n. 11 – pubblicato sul Supplemento ordinario alla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 36 del 13 febbraio 2010 – che recepisce in Italia la direttiva 2007/64/CE sui servizi di pagamento nel mercato interno (Payment Services Directive – PSD).
Gli obiettivi di [...]

CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE POPAI : Ordine & Extra-Vaganze 2010

[ March 4, 2010 to March 5, 2010. ] L’edizione 2010 del Convegno Internazioanle di POPAI Italia “Ordine & Extra – Vaganze 2010” sarà un nuovo momento di confronto e di dibattito, rivolto alla Business Community con lo spirito d’apertura che contraddistingue POPAI, da sempre osservatorio privilegiato e laboratorio di idee sul Retail, nonché centro di competenza di tutto quanto ruota attorno al Punto [...]

NFC handsets missing ? Where is the problem ?

In the last GSMA myself almost 400 trialists experienced a good representation of ecosystem, it was possible to buy any good (full coverage here).
The follow pictures show the device used during the trial made by Samsung; it is very impressive how Samsung (and LG) are recovering time lost during last couple of years.
Trial NFC Package
The [...]

Apple Getting Serious About Near Field Communication on the iPhone

Near Field Communication seems to be on the cards for Apple’s next gen iPhone looking at the new Apple patents.
Imagine being able to use your iPhone to open doors, as a travel card or to unlock your Macbook.
Late last year there was hinatge in another Apple patent that RFID and their Grab and Go app [...]