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Orange and Barclays unveil Quick Tap mobile wallet

...an Orange credit card. Payments will be accepted anywhere that displays the contactless payment sign. This encompasses Wembley Arena and 50,000 stores around the... Read more

20 May, 2011 by David Meyer

TfL promises '100-percent safe' contactless payments

...to the London Assembly transport committee about TfL's plans to introduce contactless payment to London's transport network, he answered yes when asked by... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Sade Laja

Vodafone, 3 and O2 pick up BlackBerry Bold 9900

...runs BlackBerry OS 7 and supports near-field communication (NFC), which allows contactless payment.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see BlackBerry 9900... Read more

5 May, 2011 by Rich Trenholm

London targets contactless travel payments by 2012

...become the first city in the world to allow passengers to use contactless-payment credit and debit cards to pay for journeys across its entire... Read more

25 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

RIM readies BlackBerry Tag sharing feature

BlackBerry Tag is a tap-to-share feature that will be rolled out to all NFC-enabled BlackBerry phones, Research In Motion has said Read more

11 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

TfL plans contactless payment system

...said the first phase of 'future ticketing' will involve the availability of contactless payment in partnership with Visa, Mastercard and American Express on the bus... Read more

4 October, 2010 by Kable

O2 wallet app paves the way for contactless payment

The mobile phone operator has announced plans to launch mobile wallet app later in 2011, which will eventually incorporate near-field communications technology for contactless payments Read more

4 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Starbucks serves up contactless payments

Coffee shop chain signs contactless payment deal with Barclaycard... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Google prepping NFC-based phone payment system

Google is preparing a phone-based contactless payment system that could debut this year, a report has suggested. In... Read more

5 January, 2011

Barclays pushes out Pingit phone-based payment app

...Orange to introduce the first mobile wallet scheme in the UK. The contactless payment scheme made it possible for people with certain handsets, such as... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Barclaycard's PayTag aims to sidestep NFC handsets

...Barclaycard has introduced PayTag, a small contactless payment card that can be stuck to a phone or any other... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Take two tablets? Why owning more than one slate is the future

...base of older retail POS terminals, which have not been enabled for contactless payment use, could hold down NFC transactions levels until 2013. It also... Read more

17 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

Nokia unveils N9 as Symbian 'Anna' gears up for release

...N9 is also enabled for near-field communication (NFC). NFC is a contactless payment and identification technology found in several recent handsets, and is seen... Read more

21 June, 2011 by David Meyer

RIM takes BlackBerry 7 Java SDK into beta phase

...the BlackBerry 7 OS is support for near-field communication (NFC), the contactless payment and authorisation system that is making its way into many new... Read more

1 June, 2011

STMicroelectronics and Gemalto partner for secure NFC

...boost the adoption of NFC services, specifically in consumer applications such as contactless payment, transportation ticketing, personal data protection and device integrity, the companies said... Read more

21 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

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