Informa Telecoms & Media held its annual Mobile Financial Services conference on March 9-10 in London. The conference presented a good opportunity to hear views from leading industry experts on the status of the mobile banking and payments industry.
Telefonica’s UK mobile operation, O2, has pushed into the financial services space, teaming up with bank NatWest to launch a prepaid debit card.
Malaysian mobile operator Maxis launched what it claims to be the world’s first commercial mobile payment system based on NFC (Near Field Communications) technology on Thursday.
Mobile operator Orange UK said Monday that it has teamed up with Barclaycard to develop a range of mobile payment services based on NFC (Near Field Communications).
Austrian mobile operator, mobilkom, said Tuesday that it has developed a chip-based NFC (Near Field Communications) system for mobile ticketing in conjunction with OBB - the Austrian Federal Railways group.
The chip-based NFC application is based on the international standard VDV-KA, allowing train passengers and ticket collectors to buy and mange tickets in a user [...]
On Tuesday, a number of mobile operators from around the globe called on handset vendors to implement contactless payment functionality in devices from mid-2009 in a bid to drive adoption of mobile payment services.
At a GSM Association (GSMA) event held in Macau, China this week, the mobile carrier community called for full NFC (Near Field [...]
Mobile money transfer and NFC (Near Field Communications) transactions are predicted to account for 50 per cent of the global mobile payment market by 2013.
Industry analyst Juniper Research said this week that while the mobile payments market is currently dominated by purchases of digital content such as ringtones, music and games, it will in future [...]
A six-month study focusing on consumer acceptance of near field communications (NFC) carried out by the UK’s largest mobile network operator, O2, has come out strongly in favour of the contactless technology.
The O2 Wallet trial took place over six months between November 2007 and May 2008 and involved 500 triallists. It tested consumer demand for [...]
Londoners could be using their mobile handsets as electronic train tickets and credit or debit cards from as early as next year, as the UK’s first large scale trial of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology gets underway.
On Wednesday, mobile operator O2 UK revealed the details of its O2 Wallet application, which has already been much [...]
London Underground users are expected to be able to use mobile handsets as electronic train tickets in the very near future, as Transport for London (Tfl) and handset partner Nokia prepare to go commercial with a Near Field Communication (NFC) device.
An NFC handset would incorporate the Oyster ’swipe card’ used by millions of Londoners every [...]
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