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Citi has launched ‘Citi Tap and Pay’ in the city of Bengaluru, bringing to India next-generation contactless credit card payments based on NFC technology. The launch of the Citi Tap and Pay pilot service will be one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive pilots ever undertaken and is part of Citi’s ongoing efforts to [...]

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Consumer reaction to trials of handsets enabled for contactless payments have scored some of the industry’s highest ever positive results, says France Telecom Orange. The operator claims that over 90% of those involved with the mobile payment trials have been upbeat about the technology and its benefits. “I don’t understand why it’s not available now,” [...]

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Telecom Italia (TIM) has partnered with Miroglio Fashion to launch a loyalty card campaign. TIM customers can now use their mobile phones to collect loyalty points via NFC technology-enabled phones. Service users can also check their balance directly on the display, and receive their rewards via SMS. The service will initially be available at five [...]

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AcCells and mChek have announced "a patent-pending breakthrough for contactless payments". According to the two companies, by "combining service initiation by AcCells mID and transaction authorization with the mChek SIM Toolkit, the solution presents a new level of user experience, transaction cost and efficiency. Most importantly the solution works with all existing mobile phones, does [...]

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More than 750 merchant locations across Singapore are participating in the three-month pilot, which was launched in May 2009. Up to 300 selected Citi M1 Visa Platinum card members have been invited to join. They are able to purchase items at Visa payWave merchants simply by waving their NFC-enabled phones in front of a contactless [...]

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