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New partnership seeks to expand mobile commerce in Australia

12/17/201312/14/2013 Sam Lambert

Commonwealth Bank, Samsung, and MasterCard form new partnership Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has partnered with MasterCard and Samsung Electronics Australia in order to provide consumers with new mobile commerce services based on NFC technology. The partnership is meant to further encourage the adoption of mobile commerce throughout the country as well as increase the focus on Samsung’s line of NFC-enabled devices. NFC devices are needed if consumers want to make use of services that are based on this technology. Thus far, Samsung is one of the very few device makers that…

New mobile commerce service to be launched by NTT Docomo in 2014

11/05/201311/02/2013 Stephen Vagus

Launch date set for NTT Docomo mobile commerce service NTT Docomo, one of the largest telecommunications and mobile network operators in Japan, has been working to enter into the mobile commerce field for some time. The company has taken note of the rising demand for mobile commerce services. More consumers are becoming interested in mobile commerce because of the simplicity and convenience that it represents. NTT Docomo is set to launch a new NFC-driven mobile commerce service with the help of MasterCard, and the companies plan to launch this service…

Mobile payments in Japan set to expand through MasterCard DoCoMo partnership

10/12/201210/12/2012 L. Green

The credit card giant and the largest Japanese wireless operator have announced their new deal. The largest wireless operator in Japan, NTT DoCoMo, has just announced its new partnership with MasterCard, which will soon be broadening the world of mobile payments with the new iD system that will be able to combine with the PayPass solution that is already widely in place around the world.. The service is expected to be launched during the first half of 2013’s fiscal year, which begins in April. The new mobile payments service will…

MasterCard released PayPass SDK for app developers

09/30/201209/29/2012 Stephen Vagus

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MasterCard continues to show support for NFC technology Most of the world’s major financial institutions have shown their support for NFC technology. MasterCard is no different, but the credit giant has been more conservative in its approach to the technology than its competitors. NFC technology is most commonly associated with mobile commerce, a growing industry that has the potential to change the way consumers make payments for goods and services. The popularity of the technology has been marred by concerns regarding safety and efficiency, causing many in the financial services…

Mobile payments make a splash in New Zealand

06/15/2011 Stephen Vagus

MasterCard and ANZ, an Australian-based financial services company offering in-depth online banking, have launched a new initiative in New Zealand to test the waters of so called mobile payments. NFC technology is making its way to New Zealand for the first time in the form of a sticker or memory card called “PayPass.” The technology exists in two forms to expand its use amongst owners of mobile devices. The sticker will be used for older phone while the memory card will be used for smart phones, such as Blackberry. A…