Posts tagged ireland
Visa Europe to invest €200m in development of contactless payments by card and mobile
Feb 4th
From Near Field Communication World (article here)
“M-commerce is a strategic priority,” says Visa Europe’s head of UK and Ireland, “we are working and talking with all the mobile operators and handset manufacturers to develop standards for payment on mobile phones.”
Visa Europe is to spend €200 million on R&D for low-value contactless payments by card [...]
Irish town to be an experiment in Near Field Communication
Nov 13th
The fastest town in Ireland – Tuam! – is to be the first entire town in Europe to see the deployment of Near Field Communication, a technology that is set to transform the world of retail and mobile commerce.
Next week will see the citizens of the Galway town become leaders in next-generation consumer loyalty technology [...]
