SK Telecom and Hana launch SIM-based mobile contactless payments and...
Korean consumers who sign up for a Hana SK Card credit account and pick up a new '13.56MHz RF SIM' via a retail partner will then be able to store multiple credit, loyalty and membership cards and...
View ArticleRetail partnerships are the key to a new NFC business model
OPINION: Korean mobile network operator SK Telecom's new T Smart Pay service comes with more than one twist to the 'standard' NFC business model. Not only has SKT bought its way into a card issuer for...
View ArticleNFC news in brief • 4 Oct 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond, featuring wrist-based NFC • Polish trial declared a success • NFC Forum meeting for developers • Opening doors at a Bahamas hotel • Clinton adviser visits...
View ArticleOne in five UK consumers ‘eagerly awaiting’ the arrival of NFC
A poll of 17,000 UK consumers has revealed high levels of readiness for NFC services among certain demographics and details of the kind of services they are most keen to use the technology for.Read the...
View ArticleTesco Korea points to the future of mobile grocery shopping
A test conducted by Home Plus, Korea's second largest supermarket chain and 95% owned by UK-based grocery giant Tesco, highlights the potential for mobile proximity technologies to transform the way...
View ArticleBarclaycard expands Quick Tap NFC service and offers PayTag stickers to Visa...
The UK-based financial institution has announced two enhancements to its mobile payments offering, increasing the reach of the Quick Tap NFC service it runs with Orange and announcing plans to provide...
View ArticleO2 Wallet launches in the UK: NFC to be added “in time”
Amid on-going delays for the UK mobile network operators' Project Oscar NFC joint venture, O2 has moved ahead with the launch of a mobile wallet that offers a suite of payments and marketing services...
View ArticleTesco: NFC payments are too complex and offer too few benefits
"NFC was revolutionary 10 years ago but I think it just might have passed its sell-by date", the retail giant's Lyndon Lee told attendees at a mobile payments conference in London this week. "We are...
View ArticleMasterCard blames carriers for NFC payments delays
"The telcos keep on doing the same thing, they get arrogant and then they get disintermediated,” MasterCard's Jorn Lambert has told The Australian Financial Review.Read the rest of MasterCard blames...
View ArticleHas NFC missed the mobile payments boat or will the industry rise to the...
In the April issue of Mobile Wallet Outlook the NFC World team examines why NFC is failing to gain traction in the mobile payments market, analyzes the range of cloud-based options available for those...
View ArticleSES ships 4m NFC tags to retailers
France-based Store Electronic Systems has deployed more than four million NFC electronic shelf-edge labels to a dozen retailers — and expects to sell a total of 5m this year and at least another 10m...
View ArticleGiraffe restaurants offer NFC treats
London branches of Tesco-owned restaurant chain Giraffe have begun offering customers daily giveaways through NFC table tents as part of an online advent calendar campaign. Customers can retrieve a...
View ArticleTesco-backed coffee chain Harris+Hoole introduces mobile payments
Tesco-backed coffee chain Harris+Hoole has updated its mobile app to enable customers to order and pay at any of its 36 outlets without having to touch, tap or scan at a counter. Customers download...
View ArticleIPC Media promotes magazine sales via convenience store beacons
Publisher IPC Media is using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons installed in 740 One Stop convenience stores across the UK to offer discounted copies of its Chat, Pick Me Up, Woman and TV &...
View ArticleTesco pilots QR payments
UK-based supermarket giant Tesco is trialling a mobile payments service based on QR codes, Marketing Week reports. “The PayQwiq service is currently available at 16 of Tesco’s smaller Express stores in...
View ArticleTesco tests PowaTag mobile payments
UK supermarket giant Tesco is conducting a one week test of Powa's PowaTag mobile payments technology at its Dean Street store in London. To promote the service, a free lunchtime Meal Deal was offered...
View ArticleHarris+Hoole reports 200,000 mobile payments
Tesco-backed UK coffee chain Harris+Hoole’s mobile ordering and payments app has now been downloaded more than 22,000 times and has been used by customers over 200,000 times since its launch in June...
View ArticleTesco puts beacons in 270 London stores
UK supermarket giant Tesco has launched its “biggest trial” of Bluetooth beacon technology to date in partnership with consumer goods company Unilever. BLE beacons have been installed in 270 stores...
View ArticleGoogle to acquire Tesco’s Clubcard division?
Google is reported to be considering acquiring the Tesco-owned loyalty agency that is responsible for the development of the supermarket giant’s Clubcard rewards scheme. “Google would like to use...
View ArticleFrance’s Teleshopping network tunes into PowaTag mobile payments
More than 400,000 viewers of France’s largest television shopping network will soon be able to buy products featured on the TV channel by holding up their smartphone to the screen to scan audio tags...
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