The video below shows the Telefónica Wallet for BlackBerry NFC smartphones. BlackBerry users will be able to make payments with their smartphone as well as use their NFC device as an access-control device. At Contactless Intelligence we have posted this here in order to help clarify some mis-leading press announcements in the last few days.  [...]

NEAR FIELD SOLUTIONS, the UK-based NFC specialists have been working with FUJIFILM over the past months to develop an NFC enhancement to FUJIFILM‟s acclaimed SmartPix photo kiosks – a first for the UK market.  The technology, which FUJIFILM have trade marked as TAP‟N‟PRINT™, is the latest feature to be unveiled in FUJIFILM Imaging Support Services [...]

Turkcell and Research In Motion have announced the commercial availability of an NFC mobile wallet application, the Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan, for BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone customers in Turkey. The power of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 combined with the Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan application enables Turkcell customers to enjoy making payments in a simple, easy, safe and [...]

Visa Inc. and Visa Europe have revealed that NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Research In Motion (RIM) have been certified for use with Visa’s mobile application for payments at the point of sale, Visa payWave. The Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 and [...]

Telefónica Digital and Research In Motion have unveiled a pilot program of the Telefónica wallet for BlackBerry® smartphones. In collaboration with local banks and retailers Telefónica will roll out the Telefónica Wallet for BlackBerry to 350 employees at its headquarters in Distrito Telefónica, Spain. Those taking part in the trial will be able to pay [...]