Vodafone Italy to Launch Branded Payment Application as Part of NFC Rollout
By: Dan Balaban Vodafone Italia is the latest operator to disclose plans to launch its own payment application, with its announcement Tuesday that it will commercially launch NFC in 2013, starting...
View ArticleTelecom Italia launches Multiapplication NFC Trial
By: Dan Balaban Telecom Italia has launched a multiapplication NFC trial, enabling 1,000 users to make retail payments, to pay for bus, tram, metro and train tickets and taxi fares and redeem coupons...
View ArticleItalian Bank Launches NFC Trial; Plans NFC and Remote Payment App
By: Dan Balaban Italy’s Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, or BNL, has launched an NFC trial in Rome, with plans to expand to both online and offline mobile payments and loyalty.Related stories,...
View ArticleItaly: Bank Launches Mobile-Payment Trial with Two Telcos and PayPass
Scope: Trial Rome Italy 41.9015 12.4608 Launch: Oct 2012 Main Application: Payment Mobile Operator: Vodafone Italia Mobile Operator: Three Italy Service Provider (application): Banca Nazionale del...
View ArticleGemalto Announces TSM Contract with Telecom Italia, as Italy Gears Up for NFC
By: Dan Balaban France-based Gemalto has announced its trusted service management contract with Telecom Italia, as Italy's largest telecom gears up for the launch of its NFC mobile wallet.Related...
View ArticleItalian Payments Processor Seeks to Launch Independent TSM ‘Hub’
By: Dan Balaban Large Italian payment card processor SIA plans to launch what it hopes will become an interoperable trusted service management hub for Italy to connect banks to telcos.Related...
View ArticleItaly: TIM Wallet Remains Small, Though More Projects By Italian Telcos,...
Scope: Rollout Status: In progress Milan Italy 45.4635 9.188 Launch: Mar 2013 Main Application: Payment Mobile Operator: Telecom Italia Service Provider (application): Intesa Sanpaolo (Visa...
View ArticleVodafone Finally Ready to Take Plunge into NFC and Mobile Payments in Europe
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: Vodafone Group today announced the launch of an NFC mobile-wallet and payments service in Spain and timetables for similar launches in four other European...
View ArticleIntesa Sanpaolo Expands HCE Mobile Payments Services to Five Countries
By: István Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest retail bank, launched its HCE-enabled mobile wallet service in a fifth market, Serbia, in October through its local...
View ArticleSerbia's KomBank Seeks to Increase Mobile Banking Users with HCE Service
By: Istvan Fekete NFC TIMES Exclusive – Komercijalna banka Beograd, known as KomBank, one of Serbia’s largest banks, incorporated a host-card-emulation-based mobile payment service into its mobile...
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