“Taiwan has taken what can only be described as a major step toward implementing NFC as a broad platform for mobile commerce by bringing together a number of industry members in the Proximity Mobile Transaction Service Alliance, including international players such as MasterCard, Visa and Philips. … In the near future, consumers are expected to be able to use public transport, visit cinemas or concerts, or do their weekly shopping using an NFC-enabled mobile phone or PDA - something that many would view as the ultimate convenience for the connected consumer.”
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Acer is planning to launch NFC-enabled smart phones for mobile banking and contactless payments, according to Taiwan News. Acer product manager Vincent Chen told TN that the new phones will likely run on Windows 8, which is expected to support NFC technology. According to Chen, the roll out will depend on how quickly the five major mobile operators in Taiwan can agree upon a contactless mobile payments platform. read more »Taiwan’s HTC Corporation is now offering customers in Chongqing City of western China an NFC-enabled smart phone geared towards mobile payments, according to Focus Taiwan. read more »Taipei residents with contactless Easycards will be able to tap and pay for trips on Taiwan’s high speed rail by the end of the year, according to Focus Taiwan. read more »The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the second edition of its “White Paper on Mobile Payments.” According to EPC, the white paper focuses on the usage of the mobile payments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and explores how m-payment services can be delivered through cooperation between service providers in the payment industry and players within the mobile ecosystem. read more »A new survey from Euro Kartensysteme shows that Germans are starting to embrace the idea of contactless and NFC payments. Out of 1,040 Germans aged 18-59, 43% responded that they would like to make contactless payments if given the opportunity, of which 58% percent would make their payments with a debit card card, 41% with a credit card and 50% with an NFC phone. read more »The Asia Pacific region is one of the largest users of smart cards, so much that it now leads the world in using the cards to pay for travel, reports iTWire. read more » |
