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NFC technology based boarding system tests starting at Air France

Stephanie Beck
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The airline is allowing passengers with enabled smartphones to take part in this trial service. Certain passengers on specific flights with Air France and who own smartphones that are NFC technology enabled will be able to take part in a trial boarding system for a span of six months as the airline tests the program. The near field communication boarding will be available only on flights between Toulouse-Blagnac and Paris-Orly. The service will take advantage of the Touch&Pass app from the airline that will use NFC technology to make it…

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NFC technology payments based on HCE launched by BBVA

L. Green
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The bank claims to be the first one to have created a service based on these specifications. BBVA, from Spain, has now launched a mobile payments service based on the brand new cloud based specification from Visa for NFC technology transactions that use host card emulation (HCE) tech. Customers of that bank who have NFC enabled Android smartphones will be able to download a new wallet app. If those customers download the updated version of the BBVA Wallet app, then they will be able to use the NFC technology in…

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QR codes taken on by Suncorp Bank because of Apple

Jorge Gonzalez
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Though the direction that the financial institution had been taking was NFC technology, this has changed. Suncorp Bank has now announced the official launch of a new mobile banking app feature for both iPhones and Android smartphones, which is a service that uses QR codes called QuickShare. This new feature will allow users to use quick response codes or SMS for account detail transmission. This will make it possible for users to take advantage of the simple and familiar technology of SMS and QR codes in order to scan a…

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Mobile payments technology is becoming mainstream

Stephen Vagus
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Mobile commerce technology is beginning to become more common with businesses Mobile commerce technology is beginning to enter the mainstream. This technology had once occupied the fringes of the retail industry and business in general, but is becoming more widely accepted as companies begin to understand how much consumers are relying on mobile technology. Many consumers are using their mobile devices in their daily lives, whether for entertainment or social purposes, and this trend is not likely to dissipate within the foreseeable future. If businesses do not engage mobile consumers,…

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Mobile payments using NFC technology will reach 300 million users in 3 years

John Montgallo
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This data is according to a recent report that has been issued by Juniper Research regarding near field communication transactions. The new Juniper Research report has suggested that the number of smartphone users that will be making mobile payments through the use of NFC technology, worldwide, will have broken the 300 million mark by the close of 2017. This will represent considerable growth for the transactions as a whole, as well as for this specific contactless tech. To put this figure into perspective, last year, it was estimated that there…

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