Anticipation is running high that Apple will incorporate NFC technology in one of its future iPhone versions for payment Devices.

Highlights by NFC Times.

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The In2Pay system is being tested in-house by two credit card firms, to determine if it can be used for sales transactions at NFC-enabled readers already installed at stores around the United States.

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This video shows us how it’s possible to pay with an iPhone at Starbucks. A barcode reader is at the back of a NFC reader. You pay your coffee on-line  and you receive a 2D barcode on your iPhone to pickup your coffee. We can suppose that both technologies will coexist for the payment in a near future.

McDonalds Japan has released Kazasu Coupon, an innovative mobile contactless solution including coupons download and payment card.

This is a nice first step as paper coupons is very popular in Japan. But the ultimate killer app’ for fast food is to enable “Order building” on the mobile, which is far more complicated as it requires total integration into the restaurant POS and ordering software.

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American Express has pulled its RFID-based key fobs off the shelf, but pundits say NFC-enabled phones hold better promise and RFID-based card usage should continue to grow…

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The 2nd European Near Field Communication Developers

Summit is the focus of WIMA 2008 and will present the latest developments in this rapidly evolving technology, its applications and services.

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McDonalds is offering customers an “RFID Dongle”. Once an application is downloaded, the dongle allows selection and payment to be made from an RFID menu at every table…

Read the entire article on NearField.org

 About 292 million of mobiles will be equiped of NFC technology. That’s why many partnerships are making at the moment.

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A new key for payment device is coming in San Fransisco. Customers can pay by simply with their Micro Tag…

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