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Russian Bank Launches Delayed PayPass Service on Embedded Chips in Two...
By: Dan Balaban Russian Standard Bank launched its long-planned NFC-payments service on embedded chips in Samsung NFC devices, under an earlier partnership deal between Samsung Electronics and...
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NXP Reports Higher NFC Sales, Offers No Hints on NFC-Enabled iPhone
Jul 30 2014 By: Dan Balaban NXP Semiconductors said sales in its emerging ID business–mainly made up of its NFC chips–increased by 22% in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter, and CEO...
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Your Preview of Apple’s NFC Launch: Yes to SE, No to HCE, Tag Reading Unlikely
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: Apple’s scheduled announcement Tuesday of its next iPhone is expected to make it the last and also the most prominent of the major smartphone makers to adopt...
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Apple Announces Bold Move into Mobile Payments Using NFC Technology
Sep 9 2014 By: Dan Balaban Apple, as predicted, is taking the NFC plunge, adopting the technology in its next iPhones and Apple Watch to enable a mobile-payments service, Apple Pay, and disclosing...
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Lack of NFC Tag-Reading Feature in New iPhones Could Create Problems for Tag...
Sep 20 2014 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: Apple’s decision to exclude tag-reading functionality from its forthcoming NFC-enabled iPhones has caused disappointment among suppliers of tags and...
View ArticleU.S.: With Apple Pay Launch Imminent–a Rundown of Key Participants and Suppliers
Scope: Rollout U.S. 37.323 -122.032 Launch: Oct 2014 Main Application: Payment Mobile Operator: None Service Provider (application): American Express (ExpressPay) Service Provider (application):...
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Apple to Launch Payments Service on Monday in U.S., Shuns Support for NFC in...
Oct 17 2014 By: Dan Balaban Apple’s new tablets, the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, unveiled today, will support the Touch ID fingerprint sensor to enable users to make purchases in apps with Apple Pay,...
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NFC Booster Chip in New iPhones One Key to Apple Pay Performance, Though Not...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: In what is believed to be one of the first uses for NFC booster technology in NFC phones, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus feature an amplifier chip enabling a...
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Amid High-Profile Win with Apple, NXP Quietly Loses NFC Business for...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: While NXP Semiconductors won the coveted contract to supply NFC chips and secure elements to Apple for its new iPhone models, it has been cut out of the recent...
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Apple’s Seat on NFC Forum Board Rounds out Representation from Three Major...
By: Kiona Smith-Strickland and Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – With the addition of U.S.-based tech giant Apple on the board of the NFC Forum industry trade and standards association, the...
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Apple Strikes Back at Australian Banks Seeking to Bargain Collectively,...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple has responded to a request to regulators by four major Australian banks to jointly negotiate terms for their adoption of Apple Pay and to boycott...
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Source: Apple Plans to Support FeliCa and NFC in Japan, Like Other OEMs, but...
Aug 26 2016 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple plans to support proprietary FeliCa technology as well as NFC in its iPhones sold in Japan like other handset makers in Japan have been...
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Apple Pay Chief: Ensuring Consistent User Experience Prompted Apple to Lock...
By: Dan Balaban and Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – In case anyone is still wondering, Apple didn’t launch Apple Pay for the transaction fees it earns from banks, even if the iPhone maker...
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Analysis: Cook Touts Apple Pay's 'Phenomenal Traction,' but Figures–or Lack...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple CEO Tim Cook, with typical enthusiasm, touted Apple Pay’s “phenomenal traction” yesterday in a conference call with analysts. But with one...
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Apple Testing Loyalty Feature; Google Expected to Expand Payments for Home...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – As they struggle with low user adoption of their respective wallets in the U.S., Apple and Google are seeking to add more features, hoping to increase...
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Analysis: Apple Apparently Sees Need for Additional Pairing Technology with...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Nearly three years after embracing NFC technology for mobile payments but declining to support NFC’s tag-reading mode, Apple, in a surprise move, is...
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Apple Drops Requirement to Have App Open for Tag Reading
By: K.N. Smith NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple has relaxed its approach to NFC tag reading in its new iPhone Xs, Xs Max, and Xr models, removing the requirement to have a reader application open...
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NFC Booster Chip in New iPhones One Key to Apple Pay Performance, Though Not...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: In what is believed to be one of the first uses for NFC booster technology in NFC phones, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus feature an amplifier chip enabling a...
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Amid High-Profile Win with Apple, NXP Quietly Loses NFC Business for...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive: While NXP Semiconductors won the coveted contract to supply NFC chips and secure elements to Apple for its new iPhone models, it has been cut out of the recent...
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Apple’s Seat on NFC Forum Board Rounds out Representation from Three Major...
By: Kiona Smith-Strickland and Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – With the addition of U.S.-based tech giant Apple on the board of the NFC Forum industry trade and standards association, the...
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