Orange and T-Mobile sign with MasterCard for NFC mobile payments

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Orange and T-Mobile sign with MasterCard for NFC mobile payments ZDNet The shift to mobile is a very big deal for the payments industry. Not only can people pay using near-field communications (NFC), the contactless technology being used in the deal announced today, but companies such as Square and iZettle are racing to ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet

New Apple patent may offer clues to future mobile payment solution Apple Insider 8,255,323 for "Motion based payment confirmation" may seem innocuous at first glance, but the invention could very well be implemented into an NFC-driven mobile payment solution. The '323 patent basically describes a graphical user interface for ... See all stories on this topic »

Knowledge and use of contactless payment increasing amongst consumers MoneyExpert ... with recent research revealing that 84% now recognise the contactless payment symbol. The findings from Barclaycard show that the number of those who can identify the symbol for NFC mobile phone or paying via contactless card has doubled compared ... See all stories on this topic »

Is South Africa ready for cashless? BusinessTech Near-field communication (NFC) technology has also started making appearances in the country in various forms. In December 2011, Absa initiated internal trials for NFC-enabled mobile transactions, embedding the bank's Paypass Tap and Go payment card ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessTech

The changing SME payment landscape Director of Finance online One innovative move supporting mobile payments is the rise of near-field communication (NFC). NFC technology allows contactless payments to occur, and ever-more mobile phone manufacturers and operators are beginning to include NFC technology into ... See all stories on this topic »