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Google has finally launched an NFC-less version of its mobile Wallet app for Apple's iPhone.
19 September 2013
A collection of heavyweight banks, card firms and telcos have joined forces in Austria to build an open, nation-wide standard for NFC-based mobile wallets.
Germany's Volkswagen Bank and Visa Europe are handing out plastic NFC-enabled iPhone cases to 500 customers for a contactless mobile payments trial.
18 September 2013
Taking advantage of Apple's decision to embrace Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), US start-up Estimote has been showing off its Beacon technology, which allows retailers to communicate and interact with customers in-store.
12 September 2013
Zapp has struck a deal with WorldPay that will see its mobile payments system made available to thousands of merchants, including big names such as WH Smith and McDonald's, from next year.
Continuing its mission to re-invent the high street shopping experience, PayPal has unveiled Beacon, a Bluetooth plug-in for merchants that automatically checks in consumers for hands-free cashless payments at the point-of-sale.
10 September 2013
SmartPass, the mobile contactless payments service developed by telco giant Vodafone with Visa will make its debut in Spain by the end of year ahead of a wider rollout.
04 September 2013
MasterCard has struck a deal with Blue Label Telecoms to bring point-of-sale devices to 22,000 small traders and rural shops across South Africa.
03 September 2013
Banco Santander and telco Movistar Chile have brought in Oberthur Technologies as their trusted services manager (TSM) for a mobile NFC payments project.
02 September 2013
Artist Heidi Hinder has developed wearable technology that allows its users to transmit money using physical gestures - hugs, high-fives, handshakes and even tap dancing.
30 August 2013
Spain's CaixaBank has jumped on the mPOS bandwagon, teaming up with Global Payments on an app and chip and PIN-based system for accepting card transactions.
29 August 2013
Telco Telefónica is set to pilot an app and card reader-based mobile point-of-sale system that supports NFC payments in the Czech Republic.
28 August 2013
Brits foresee the demise of cheque books and some coins in the near future as payments goes hi-tech thanks to mobile phones and biometrics.
Israel's financial services industry has been given three-and-a-half years to migrate their customers from mag-strip to EMV chip credit cards.
23 August 2013
British e-commerce and mobile payments outfit Powa Technologies says that it has secured a $76 million investment which will be used to create 250 UK jobs.
21 August 2013
Coupon giant Groupon has stepped up its assault on the payments market, striking a deal to integrate its Breadcrumb service with Ingenico and VeriFone point-of-sale terminals.
15 August 2013
Square has been hit with a $507,000 fine by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation for operating in the state without a money transmitter license.
British m-commerce firm CloudZync has signed up 280 merchants for the launch of its mobile wallet, which will let customers pay for items straight from their phones, as well as integrate loyalty cards and access special offers.
13 August 2013
Canadian credit union association Desjardins Group has inked a deal with telco-owned mobile commerce venture Enstream that will see members able to download payments cards to their NFC-enabled phones.
12 August 2013
Isis has moved to extend its upcoming mobile wallet beyond NFC payments by striking a deal with American Express to integrate the card giant's Serve platform.
09 August 2013
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