Dear Readers,
Despite it being a fairly slow week for contactless and NFC news, last week got off to a bang of a start, thanks to The Sun - the UK red-top tabloid. Opening the Monday morning salvo was a piece that claimed contactless payments were unsafe and that consumer's card details could be "stolen out of thin air" (http://bit.ly/IsesW8). The UK's Daily Mail (who had run similar pieces a month back) was quick to pick up the vibe and jump into the fray (http://bit.ly/JVEbcK). A very typical piece of 'investigative' scaremongering using pre-arranged evidence as reported facts.
Unsurprisingly, a couple of articles came out later in the week that pointed to mobile payments being safer than contactless card payments (notice I said 'safer' - not 'more secure') (http://bit.ly/IFRYqv) and other researchers called for a change in legislation to alleviate privacy fears on mobile payments (http://bit.ly/IKLm7u). As this editorial has pointed out before, there needs to be a combined effort to educate the general public on such security concerns in regards to contactless payments. Although the industry feels that the contactless revolution has begun, Contactless Intelligence advises all players not to overlook these security fears, lest they become a serious and stubborn blocking point to mass adoption.
At least calling it a revolution sounds as though things are finally moving, but if you believe a couple of reports out last week, consumers are either uneducated on contactless payments (http://bit.ly/IKKJdm) or simply apathetic to contactless payments (http://bit.ly/KdFZ0b ). Of course, we put this down to another case of headline grabbing - this time through the medium of the survey. And we all known how to play that game, don't we? I'm sure this is a topic we will continue to return to for the rest of the year.
On another note, I would like to point out to our readers that this is the last day for those interested parties to attend the Samsung CIO Forum (http://bit.ly/Ax4C3y) on the 8th May at the Sofitel Bayerpost in Munich, Germany. If you are involved in Green IT or environmental concerns then I urge you to click on the link and book your place ASAP!
If you are one of those lucky winners of a Contactless and Mobile Award then you can find your picture on the C-ITV site here (http://wp.me/P1Jrjn-A3). If you want a large format of the picture for your own press work and have not yet spoken to Karen Brindley - drop me an email and we'll sort a picture out for you. Talking of winners - those of you at the Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference are of the winning country in the 2011-2012 Contactless & NFC Country League. Those of you who are not aware can find out who won this coveted title by reading the right hand sidebar.
And finally, you may have heard that Contactless Intelligence is about to start a summer campaign called, unsurprisingly, The Intelligence. More details will be given next week but in the meantime we have put together a C-ITV Facebook page. Soon it will become more apparent why we have set this up. The page can be found here (http://on.fb.me/J6m30u) and if you Facebook (is that a verb?) we would love you to visit and 'like'. Please.
Until next week.
Steve Atkins
Contactless Intelligence
PS: European Payments Council Newsletter Comments on Latest Developments in the Single Euro Payments Area
The free online EPC Newsletter, published quarterly by the European Payments Council, is a leading source covering latest developments in the Single Euro Payments Area – SEPA. The April 2012 edition offers information supporting, in particular, payment service users such as corporates, public administrations and government agencies to become ready for SEPA by February 2014. Read more.
Featured on C-ITV this week
Payments & m-Commerce
Was today 'Knock Contactless Payments Day'? More misguided reporting from the Mail http://bit.ly/JVEbcK
How Safe Are Mobile Payments? http://bit.ly/IFRYqv
Adapt laws to allay mobile payments privacy fears - Berkeley researchers http://bit.ly/IKLm7u
Public apathetic towards contactless payment http://bit.ly/KdFZ0b
Only 5% of people have made a contactless card payment, reveals new research http://bit.ly/IKKJdm
Denizbank adds NFC payments http://bit.ly/InMPTM
Ovum says operators face uncertainty in the expanding mobile payments value chain http://bit.ly/InMOiF
ViVOtech president: Google Wallet can be more than just mobile payment http://zd.net/InN94V
Delineating the Mobile Value Chain: A Holistic View of Mobile Payments http://bit.ly/InN4OO
Movilway launches m-commerce products for LatAm market http://bit.ly/InNbtK
Zain launches iCard exclusive mobile payment services http://bit.ly/InNhBF
The rise of mobile payments, continued: Emerging Payments in Emerging Markets: http://bit.ly/JDQgSZ
Paying With Square’s New Mobile-Payments App http://dthin.gs/KpTbMW
Report: Google and PayPal Challenge UK Joint Venture Plans http://bit.ly/KpT4RA
Mozido and Tata Consultancy Services Establish Strategic Alliance
to Globally Launch Mobile Payment Platform http://prn.to/IpNF1M
2degrees launches mission to replace wallet http://bit.ly/IFS4OX
Nokia powers PagSeguro NFC P2P payments service in Brazil http://bit.ly/IKLfJ0
Considering the Impact of Contactless Payment Technology http://bit.ly/IKLbZN
NFC & Mobile
Tap it out: Foursquare for BlackBerry updated with NFC support http://bit.ly/InN1Cz
'Rayman Legends' leaked trailer shows Wii U toy functionality http://bit.ly/InMWyH
Latest HTC DROID Incredible 4G leak shows NFC http://bit.ly/InMXTo
Wave and communicate: the possibilities of NFC and email http://bit.ly/InMTmr
IEEE Fellow: Don't expect NFC payments to have a major mobile impact http://bit.ly/InN7tY
Webinar: NFC: Not For Commerce? http://bit.ly/KtZEHm
Barnes & Noble CEO: NFC coming to the Nook http://bit.ly/KtZBLM
Apple patent suggests NFC for iPhone 5 http://bit.ly/KtZz6u
Intralot introduces “Tap’n’Play” NFC-powered games http://bit.ly/ItgdHC
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S III, Supporting NFC Payments and Enhanced P2P http://bit.ly/IKLl3h
MasterCard Certifies NFC Phones from HTC, Intel, LG Electronics,
Nokia, RIM, Samsung Electronics and Sony http://bit.ly/IKLeET
Transportation, Ticketing & Loyalty
Mobile City offer m-parking in Garmisch-Partenkirchen http://bit.ly/InNh4l
Airline to Introduce NFC App Following Successful Sticker Launch http://bit.ly/KtZXly
Beeline plans NFC payments for St Petersburg metro tickets http://bit.ly/KtZTlG
NZ Bus Considers Removal of Cash on Buses http://bit.ly/KtZOP3
SkyCash launches mobile parking services in Wroclaw http://bit.ly/KtZM9L
Encore now guarantees checks on location http://bit.ly/Itg6Ml
Canada: Change in fare system to halt transit users from digging for change http://bit.ly/IFS9C0
Other News & Opinion Articles
Contactless EMV - What is the value to retailers? http://bit.ly/IKLpA5
Pictures of winners at the Contactless and Mobile awards 2012 http://bit.ly/IEpt9J
VeriFone Reaffirms Organic Growth Estimates http://bit.ly/KpT18n
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