Articles Archive for March 2006
Posted in Platforms, RFID on 16 March 2006
Source: Business Wire
To read more about it: Business Wire or Payments News
Posted in RFID on 16 March 2006
Some researchers in the computer science department at Amsterdam’s Free University tested the security of RFID tags. The study showed some important issues.
To read more about it : BBC News
Related post : Payments News.com
Posted in Switzerland on 16 March 2006
Giuseppe Melillo du quotidien gratuit 20 Minutes reporte que la Fondation pour protection des consommateurs (SKS), à Berne, recommande d’exiger des remises de 4% au cas d’un paiement liquide de plus de 100.-
Ce qui est surtout interessant, c’est la remarque finale:
La chaîne de produits électroniques, Media Markt, à Crissier n’accepte pas l’argent plastique, mais délivre [...]
Posted in Legal issues on 16 March 2006
Un document pdf que Services Mobiles distribue sur son site.
Les téléphones portables ne se limitent plus à offrir des services vocaux, ils sont devenus aussi le vecteur de nouvelles formes de commerce électronique : téléchargement de sonneries, jeux et concours, réservations de spectacles, services financiers etc. Les messages courts SMS, et plus récemment les MMS, [...]
Posted in NFC on 16 March 2006
An article published on December 10, 2005 in The Economist gives a very good picture of NFC and its potential applications.
NEW wireless technologies, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to 3G, generally promise to be faster, longer-range and more efficient than their predecessors. So a new technology, called near-field communication (NFC), is somewhat unusual. Compared with other, [...]
Posted in NFC on 15 March 2006
From Payments News.com:
Dylan McGrath reports for EE Times on comments by Frans van Houten, Philips Semiconductors’ top executive, in which he predicted that, by 2010, half of all new wireless handsets shipped will contain embedded near-field communication (NFC) technology, a short-range wireless connectivity technology that enables two-way interactions among electronic devices.
Read more at Payments News.com
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Posted in Japan, RFID on 14 March 2006
JCB, the only Asian-based international card brand, and MasterCard International have reached an agreement to share a common contactless communications protocol.
Japan Corporate News Network
Payments News.com
Posted in Discussions, General, Opinions, Platforms on 12 March 2006
Carlo Longino from MobHappy recently commented the opportunity of PayPal becoming a mobile payment service provider.
To read the post: MobHappy
Posted in Discussions, General, Opinions, Platforms, USA on 12 March 2006
Russell Buckley of MobHappy wrote an interesting post about mobile payments current issues. As an illustration, he used the Mobile Lime case.
To read more about it: MobHappy
Posted in Japan on 12 March 2006
Altivis propose 4 petits articles concernant le paiement mobile au Japon (ici)
Posted in Japan on 12 March 2006
Some info about NTT DoCoMo, JCB, UFJ, Edy, and Suica.
In English: here
En français: ici.
