FAMOCO, a French company specialising in Android NFC readers, has announced objectives of expanding in the Middle East market.
Intel, Visa partner on NFC payments
Visa and Intel have announced a partnership that should make it easier for consumers to make mobile payments via phones …
NFC-enabled phone sales top 35mn in 2011
35 million Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled phones were shipped in 2011, in what has been described as a “breakthrough year” …
RIM launches BlackBerry Curve 9360 in the UAE
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that the BlackBerry Curve 9360 is now available in the UAE from authorised partners. …
Etisalat, MasterCard and RIM to bring NFC payment technology to UAE
MasterCard Worldwide, in collaboration with Etisalat, a telecommunications provider in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and RIM recently announced …
Google Wallet goes live
At long last, Google has launched its Google Wallet mobile payment application on Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphones. Google Wallet, …
PayPal unveils mobile payments for in-store shopping
PayPal has unveiled a mobile payment initiative for shoppers that doesn’t require near-field communication (NFC) technology inside smartphones. The system …
MasterCard gives sneak peek into mobile payments future
MasterCard over the weekend gave a sneak peek into the near future of mobile payment systems and said that the …
Mobile payment security apps coming to NFC-ready smartphones
Four major credit card companies are working with the Isis mobile wallet venture to install mobile payment security applications on …
Commonwealth Bank rolls out new mobile, tablet apps
The Commonwealth Bank today rolled out a suite of new mobile banking applications including NetBank for iPad and Android tablets, …