Articles in the RFID Category
Posted in NFC, RFID on 16 June 2006
This article talks about the convenience that NFC and RFID could bring for the hotel industry.
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Posted in Platforms, RFID, Statistics, USA on 7 May 2006
Cathleen Conforti, a senior vice president at MasterCard and PayPass global product manager, reports some promising first results of the introduction of PayPass.
Customers are using their contactless MasterCard PayPass as intended, with over 60% of transactions under $25, suggesting consumers are keeping their cash in their wallets and paying instead with the tap-and-go cards.
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Consumers using [...]
Posted in China, Discussions, General, Platforms, RFID, Statistics on 3 May 2006
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Thad Rueter from Card Technology reports interesting facts about contactless payment schemes deployed in the public transport industry. Moreover, some recent statistics are given about the Octopus card in Hong Kong. There is also a discussion about the interest of the banks to work with transit companies.
To read more about it:
- Card Technology
Posted in Platforms, RFID, Statistics, USA on 2 May 2006
From Payments News:
MasterCard has announced updated numbers for PayPass cards and acceptance locations saying that, to date, “approximately seven million PayPass cards and devices have been issued to consumers and PayPass is now accepted at approximately 30,000 merchant locations around the world.”
To read more about it:
- Payments News
- Yahoo Finance
Posted in Platforms, RFID, Ticketing, UK on 2 May 2006
Rhys Blakely (Times online) explains that the Transport for London (TfL) have ambitious plans to extend the use of their Oyster card to other types of purchases (small items such as newspapers).
However, they “admitted that technical and financial partners had not yet provided an acceptable blueprint that would make the system acceptable to retailers without [...]
Posted in Discussions, Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 1 May 2006
Yukako Ono writes for Japan’s Asahi.com about NTT DoCoMo’s new DCMX contactless mobile payment service phones containing Sony Corp.’s Felica contactless IC chip.
More at: Payments News
Original source: asahi.com
Posted in Korea, Platforms, RFID on 1 May 2006
South Korea’s major mobile telcos plan to roll out contactless payment to their subscribers and intend to later put the payment application on SIM card.
Read more at: Card Technology
Also on: Payments News
Posted in Other Asian countries, Platforms, RFID on 1 May 2006
Visa in collaboration of a bank (Maybank), a telco (Maxis) and a technology provider (Nokia) started a NFC trial in Malaysia.
To read more about it:
- Payments News
- Visa Asia
Posted in Japan, NFC, RFID, Videos on 21 April 2006
Wireless Watch Japan provides a video about the NTT DoCoMo mobile phone DCMX credit card function.
To see the video: Click here
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 12 April 2006
From Payments News:
Digital World Tokyo reports on plans by three of the largest taxi fleet operators in Tokyo to begin accepting payments made by cell phones equipped with Sony’s Felica chip and using either BitWallet’s Edy system or East Japan Railway’s Suica system.
Read more:
- Payments News
- DigitalWorld Tokyo
Posted in NFC, RFID on 10 April 2006
MoreRFID:
Wireless Dynamics Inc., a leading provider of NFC and RFID SD products, announces the SDiD 2010, the first NFC (Near Field Communications) and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Reader/Writer in mini-SD Card form factor.
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Related website: Wireless Dynamics Inc.
