Posts tagged mobile payment
Carrefour City launches mobile shopping service with NFC solution, ‘Mon Panier’.
May 18th
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 weeks.
‘Mon Panier’ offers ample convenience’s for Carrefour City’s customers, who can now place an order and pay for purchases from the convenience of a Smartphone.
All you need to do is:
- Place the order from your Smartphone
- Within two hours the Carrefour City staff will have prepared the order
- Upon store arrival, just go to the ‘Mon Panier’ kiosk to identify yourself by either tapping your NFC mobile device to the kiosk screen with a built in NFC reader, or by placing the phone beneath the QR code reader on the bottom right of the kiosk
In addition, the ‘Mon Panier’ service, has no minimum purchase amount and no delivery or pick-up fees! It is a 100% free service!
Read more about the Carrefour City ‘Mon Panier’ shopping service.
Mastercard responds to Visa’s digital wallet with the Mastercard PayPass.
May 11th
“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 of the smartphone,” according to Mastercard’s press release.
The wallet is said to be launched in the third quarter in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia first, before the PayPass technology is extended elsewhere around the ‘globe’.
The differentiating characteristics of Mastercard’s PayPass from Visa’s V.me wallet is that it enables banks and merchants to customize their own digital wallets, so that Mastercard’s branding is not the primary focus of attention.
Additionally, Mastercard’s contactless and online payments will be launched under one brand whereas Visa is going to offer two brands, V.me wallet and Visa payWave.
Because over spending is a concern for PayPass users, Mastercard’s wallet will offer a variety of pro-consumer services including; account look-up before purchases, spending control and alerts and delivery of targeted offers coupons and loyalty programs.
Read the full press release about the features and benefits of the Mastercard PayPass
Read more about the difference between Visa V.me and the Mastercard PayPass
Les trois opérateurs et Atos lancent une offre de paiement en ligne via le mobile : Buyster
Feb 3rd
Bouygues Telecom, Orange, SFR et Atos Origin, via Atos Worldline, leader européen dans les transactions électroniques et les paiements sécurisés, unissent leurs expertises télécom et monétique pour lancer Buyster, une solution innovante de paiement à distance, simple, rapide et sécurisée sur Internet fixe et mobile qui sera disponible en France mi 2011. More >
Apple fait-il un pas de plus vers le NFC ?
Aug 16th
C’est en tout cas la supposition du site américain Engagdet.com, site bien connu des technophiles. En effet, le site annonce l’arrivée du français Benjamin Vigier, spécialiste du NFC, au sein de la firme de Cupertino.
Sa source ? Le profil LinkedIn de cet expert du paiement mobile…
Ce débauchage suscite donc un émoi particulier chez tous les passionnés et professionnels du NFC… Apple serait-il vraiment sur le point de faire un nouveau pas dans le monde du sans-contact ?
Affaire à suivre !
Source : Engadget
The first NFC commercial Launch outside Asia in Nice France
Jun 2nd
NFC Times (www.nfctimes.com), details the NFC launch in Nice France:
Organizers of France’s “precommercial” launch of Near Field Communication services in Nice have made it official, kicking off what they say is the first project of its kind in Europe and a “rehearsal” for a national rollout of NFC next year in France. More >