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Gemalto announced that its UpTeq NFC SIM and AllynisTrusted Services Management (TSM) platform are at the core of Brazil’s first mobile NFC payment program. TIM Brasil, a mobile operator with  70 million subscribers, and Banco Itaú, one of the world’s largest banks, are using Gemalto’s technology to allow smartphones transact, its TSM platform will enable [...]

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Norway’s Telenor will next week announce plans for a commercial launch of NFC with the country’s largest bank. The operator plans to launch NFC-based mobile payments in summer 2013 with DNB. The two companies have previously staged trials with users of NFC-based equipment and services.  The feedback was positive although the companies said for a [...]

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Matthew Hudson, head of business development for fares and ticketing at Transport for London (TfL) is “not convinced” about mobile payments using NFC, according to Techworld who reported a speech he made at the Westminster eForum on the future of digital payments. TfL is behind the successful Oyster contactless card ticketing system. There are currently 52 million [...]

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According to de Telegraaf, a new NFC pilot program involving wireless carrier KPN, payment giant MasterCard and three Dutch banks — ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank — will launch this summer offering a select group of citizens of Leiden, Netherlands, a mobile wallet. It will be run by Mobile Payment Netherlands, a venture backed by [...]

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iZettle will now launch a new Chip & Pin device alongside its existing solution that currently uses a customer’s signature to interact with the iZettle app. It will also now accept all major cards, including Visa. Until now iZettle has been unable to allow Visa transactions (there was a workaround but it was too complex), [...]

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