about 6 months ago - 1 comment
A recent statement that caught the AIRTAG teams attention was MasterCard’s announcement last week of a new partnership with ING to offer online payments as part of the PayPass based platform in the Netherlands. PayPass more than a service but a platform, includes an online payment system, branded services and an API giving developers a…
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
AIRTAG is very excited to have announced yesterday, the launch of the AIRTAG Kit; a set of smart tools designed to make the deployment of NFC Mobile Payment applications easier and more accessible than ever. We have been working together with MasterCard for more than a year with a goal of providing something truly relevant…
about 9 months ago - Comments Off
“Consumers will happily make NFC mobile payments if the opportunity arises.” (NFC Payments Report, 2012) The NFC Payments Report 2012, gives some interesting perspective insight leading up to the predictions for mobile payments in 2012. After interviews and surveys with more than 3,000 consumers and 500+ industry experts and executives, conclusively 2012 should be the…
about 11 months ago - Comments Off
A recent quarterly survey conducted by the eDigital Research organization in March 2012 surveyed 2,078 UK residents, both Smartphone and non-Smartphone owners, on their general knowledge and NFC technology usage. The survey had a number of stimulating findings indicating that mainly there are still a high percentage of people who are not aware of what…
about 11 months ago - Comments Off
The shortcomings of the Google Wallet have been a recent discussion topic of bloggers and other publications and according to Bloomberg, Google is now reconsidering its Wallet strategy. The adoption of the Google Wallet system has been less than expected and now Google may be considering using an incentive to entice carriers to adopt the…
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Carrefour City has launched a mobile shopping service ‘Mon Panier’ that is based on the retail NFC solution, Airshop by Airtag. This service is up and running at the St. Lazarre Carrefour City location in Paris, the first of several stores to be equipped with the ‘Mon Panier’ retail NFC solution, in the next few…
about 1 year ago - Comments Off
“On May, 7 2012 Mastercard announced PayPass Wallet Services, a new global offering for banks, merchants and partners that will make it faster and easier for their customers to make purchases in stores or online by allowing them to securely pay with a simple click of the mouse, touch of the tablet screen or tap…
about 2 years ago - Comments Off
Chip Vendors Still at Odds over Android NTT Docomo partners with Korea’s KT to switch to NFC at end of 2012 KDDI, Softbank, SK Telecom begin testing joint NFC services for Japanese and Korean consumers Google Nexus S : chez SFR le 18 février
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
BMW étudie la possibilité de transformer la clé du véhicule en support sécurisé grâce à l’ajout d’une interface NFC et d’un secure element. L’ajout d’un composant NFC dans les clés de voiture (dont certaines sont déjà RFID) devrait permettre aux conducteurs de pouvoir réaliser des achats, d’acheter un billet d’avion ou de train ou encore…
about 2 years ago - Comments Off
L’écosystème du NFC se développe de plus en plus. Aujourd’hui c’est au tour d’LG Electronics d’annoncer préparer des terminaux de paiement NFC dédiés pour les entreprises que le fabricant pourrait intégrer dans ses équipements électroniques grand public. L’objectif pour le fabriquant Coréen est de contrôler l’ensemble de la chaîne de valeur. Selon Jin Yong Kim…