Clik here to view.
Deutsche Telekom Plans Move into Payments Market with NFC Phones and PayPass
By: Dan Balaban Deutsche Telekom intends to make its move into the payments market at the physical point of sale in direct competition with banks, with an NFC payments commercial launch planned in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa Gearing Up For NFC Launches in UK, Working with Banks and Telcos
Feb 15 2013 By: Dan Balaban Visa is reportedly gearing up to support a “mainstream launch” of NFC mobile payments, along with a cloud-based digital wallet, according to Marc O’Brien, managing director...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samsung to Support Multiple Payment Brands on New Galaxy S 4
Mar 15 2013 By: Dan Balaban The embedded chip in Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 will eventually come preloaded with payment applications from other brands, in addition to Visa payWave, the device maker revealed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samsung Chooses Broadcom NFC Chip over NXP; Embedded Strategy Begins to Take...
By: Dan Balaban Samsung Electronics has changed NFC technology suppliers for its flagship Galaxy S 4, switching to an NFC controller from Broadcom and a large-memory embedded chip from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Market Spotlight: Banks Take Active Role in Coming Commercial Launches in...
By: Kiona Smith-Strickland and Dan Balaban Two of Hong Kong’s largest banks, HSBC and Hang Seng, have announced plans to launch NFC mobile payments on SIM cards with Hong Kong’s major mobile...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia’s Largest Bank Plans to Launch HCE; Continues to Pursue Embedded Chips...
By: Dan Balaban Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, said it plans to launch NFC-mobile payments with host-card emulation this fall, the first major bank to disclose plans for an HCE launch.Related...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa, MasterCard to Offer HCE Services to Banks, as They Seek to Expedite...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: Both Visa and MasterCard plan to offer their own HCE services to banks and other issuers to help the financial institutions launch host-card emulation, as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa: Other Device Makers Besides Apple to Support Tokenization for Mobile...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Visa today announced that other leading device manufacturers besides Apple would begin deploying its Visa Token Service this year, to “deliver secure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UPDATED: Visa, MasterCard Tout Tokenization as Android Pay Gears Up; Likely...
Jun 5 2015 By: Dan Balaban UPDATED: NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Relatively little noticed amid the widespread coverage of Google’s unveiling of its new Android Pay platform last week are the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa and MasterCard Change Strategy on Tokenization Fees; Observers See...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Visa maintains that its offer to waive tokenization fees for the long term is designed to simplify the connections between thousands of card issuers and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa Contends Move to Phase Out Alternate PANs Needed to Expand Range of...
Mar 8 2016 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Visa says its move to phase out bank-issued alternate PANs and promote tokenization as specified by EMVCo–including its own Visa Token...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exclusive: Visa Locks Out Third-Party Token Service Providers; Sets Dates for...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – Unlike at least some other major networks, including Mastercard, Visa has shown no intention of allowing third-party token service providers to tokenize...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exclusive: Group of Major U.S. Banks Presses Visa to Open up Tokenization
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – Some of the largest banks in the U.S. have been pressing Visa to allow them to tokenize their Visa-branded cards for mobile payments through a token service...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Despite Launch of Three Major ‘Pays’ in Taiwan, Visa Plans to Also Support QR...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Visa says it plans to support QR code-based mobile payments late next year in Taiwan–a market where all three major “Pays” wallets have launched...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa, MasterCard to Offer HCE Services to Banks, as They Seek to Expedite...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: Both Visa and MasterCard plan to offer their own HCE services to banks and other issuers to help the financial institutions launch host-card emulation, as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa: Other Device Makers Besides Apple to Support Tokenization for Mobile...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Visa today announced that other leading device manufacturers besides Apple would begin deploying its Visa Token Service this year, to “deliver secure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UPDATED: Visa, MasterCard Tout Tokenization as Android Pay Gears Up; Likely...
Jun 5 2015 By: Dan Balaban UPDATED: NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Relatively little noticed amid the widespread coverage of Google’s unveiling of its new Android Pay platform last week are the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa and MasterCard Change Strategy on Tokenization Fees; Observers See...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Visa maintains that its offer to waive tokenization fees for the long term is designed to simplify the connections between thousands of card issuers and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visa Contends Move to Phase Out Alternate PANs Needed to Expand Range of...
Mar 8 2016 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Visa says its move to phase out bank-issued alternate PANs and promote tokenization as specified by EMVCo–including its own Visa Token...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exclusive: Visa Locks Out Third-Party Token Service Providers; Sets Dates for...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – Unlike at least some other major networks, including Mastercard, Visa has shown no intention of allowing third-party token service providers to tokenize...
View Article
