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ViVOtech and DeviceFidelity (MPW 139, 143) have announced a joint solution that brings contactless mobile payment, loyalty, transit, ticketing and coupon redemption capabilities to leading Smartphone models. The joint solution can be deployed on most leading smartphones – including multiple Blackberry models, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3Gs – and is available to financial institutions and mobile [...]

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the latest upgrade to the firm’s Android mobile phone operating system will include NFC technology, enabling users to make contactless payments with their handsets. At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Schmidt demonstrated the latest version of the operating system, code-named Gingerbread, which will be released in a "few [...]

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China’s second largest mobile network operator is preparing to launch commercial NFC services in four cities from next month, according to reports in the Chinese media. Commuters in Beijing will be able to make payments using either an NFC phone or an add-on to their existing phone. China Unicom is to launch commercial NFC payments [...]

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Clinton Cards, the UK’s largest specialist retailer of greeting cards and related products has become the latest business in the UK to go contactless in partnership with RBS WorldPay and Visa payWave. The new contactless payment option will initially be available across 50 Clinton Cards stores in London and Liverpool from November onwards.  The contactless [...]

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Commidea has announced that 1 million contactless transactions with a total value of more than £4 million have been processed using Commidea solutions so far this year. This means that over 80% of contactless transactions in the UK are processed by Commidea.    As industry numbers indicate, contactless payments are on the rise. More consumers are [...]

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