Dear Readers,
Only one more week to go and the Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference is upon us. As you may expect, we here at the Contactless Intelligence offices are working at a feverish pace (kind of…) to get everything in order and just right for the day.
We have a lot of speakers covering interesting and relevant topics, ranging from the question of security within contactless and NFC chips, modules and elements, to loyalty modules and the opening up of the whole market for tags and smart posters. We are talking about generally enriching the purchasing experience. We are also looking at the field of do-it-yourself tagging and will hopefully discover what it takes to build a great wallet service through mobile marketing. The afternoon will see working groups covering Tagging, Security, Social Media Campaigns, Wallet Partnerships and learning from the 2012 Olympics. Not to mention such cool items as a contactless vending machine - NFC fobs will be given out - and a really cool competition from O2! You can see a pre-curser to the machine in the video section on the right.
We will also be unveiling the winners of the Contactless & NFC Country League 2012. Announced by MasterCard's James Davlouros the conference attendees will be the first to learn who ranked number 1 in the League for the 2011-2012 season. The results may surprise you!
And if that wasn't enough - come the evening, we move over to the Contactless and Mobile Awards Show. We have 12 categories and some big names within those categories battling it out to claim the awards. Now, I'm not supposed to do this but I have seen some of the results that have been coming in and let me tell you - there are going to be some surprises on the night, some upsets and some fantastic winners! The winners are chosen by a panel of their peers from the industry so when we have a winner - we have a winner chosen by the industry - and that's a great thing! Enough of this now, I look forward to seeing you there on the night.
Until next week.
Steve Atkins
Contactless Intelligence
PS - We have as the lead video on the right, the new film from the OSPT Alliance. Shot in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress this video gives the partners a chance to speak out about the Alliance and explain why they thing it is important for companies to get involved in the specification.
View now: http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-wA
Featured on C-ITV this week
Payments & m-Commerce
Mobile Payments: Why The Cloud Life is More Insecure http://onforb.es/HN6PIT
Isis takes the slow road to mobile payment success http://bit.ly/HXG7jy
PayPal Makes Play for More Mobile, POS Transactions http://bit.ly/HXG07m
Do We Even Need NFC For Mobile Payments? PayPal, Google Weigh In (Video) http://tcrn.ch/HXFA15
Google Wallet Co-Founding Engineer Departs Google for Square http://bit.ly/HbVVlZ
Google Writes Check to Acquire Payments Technology Company TxVia http://dthin.gs/HQrxJH
Contactless Payments Take Their First Steps In Russia http://bit.ly/Hd8TKw
Calpian invests in Indian start-up My Mobile Payments http://bit.ly/HdOSbO
Spar, Mace, XL to accept contactless card payments http://bit.ly/Hlc7Ss
Starbucks app has processed 42 million payments since launch http://vrge.co/IEeCfH
Should Canadians embrace the digital wallet in a future without cash? http://bit.ly/HN6XbA
NFC & Mobile
Nokia launches first NFC Windows Phone http://reut.rs/Hxq4LH
Citigroup's Alberto Jimenez on NFC's 'flow influencers' http://bit.ly/HXFsyC
Comarch and Nokia bring art closer with NFC technology http://bit.ly/HWcEZw
Grenoble builds NFC system http://bit.ly/HaIPkL
Samsung, NRJ tie up with Skyboard for in-store info via NFC http://bit.ly/HaIQoH
Another Entrant into the Mobile Payment Wars http://bit.ly/HaINcp
HTC Australia Taps It http://bit.ly/HaII8E
Nokia backs vote delay in Apple nano-SIM battle http://bit.ly/HbVUi1
New Zealand Telcos and Bank-Owned Processor Plan NFC Joint Venture http://bit.ly/HbVR5P
NFC and EMV face ambivalence, uncertainty http://bit.ly/HbW09m
NFC Forum partners with GlobalPlatform on NFC standards http://bit.ly/HIah95
VeriFone makes bold statement on NFC future. http://bit.ly/HcK7MX
Danone delivers information to new moms via NFC http://bit.ly/HdOTwp
Sprint Announces Availability Date for Second Google Wallet Phone http://bit.ly/HdOWZe
University gets NFC canteen http://bit.ly/HaJ3It
New security flaws detected in mobile devices http://usat.ly/IenvOp
Orange turns Android phones into credit cards http://tgr.ph/HN6BBL
Transportation, Ticketing & Loyalty
TapMeTags opens in Canada http://bit.ly/HaIVsA
MacKay Meters Partners with UIC for Contactless/NFC Payments in Parking Meter http://bit.ly/HdP0rY
Bucharest Public Transport Company to pay EUR 1 mln for contactless cards http://bit.ly/HdOXMR
Demand for mobile coupons high yet only 10% have ever received one http://bit.ly/HbVNCX
Smart Posters are ‘The next big thing’ in retail technology http://bit.ly/HbVMiu
Siemens and Streetline Join Forces to Make Finding and Paying for Parking Easy http://bit.ly/HaJ4vU
Printer of NFC Lexus Ad: Other Advertisers Interested, Though Waiting for Apple http://bit.ly/IEeNYm
Mobile Tickets Quadruple to 23 billion Globally by 2016 http://bit.ly/HN6JBa
Other News & Opinion Articles
GlobalPlatform Discussions with NFC Forum to Focus on Security as Part of MOU http://bit.ly/HXFx5g
No PIN required in new Visa deal http://bit.ly/HaJ7I6
I just sold my phone number to Google for the price of a latte http://bit.ly/HaJ0fI
Royal Canadian Mint Announces Digital Currency http://bit.ly/HaIVZA
Product Safety and Testing Company UL Buys Consultant for Isis, Project Oscar http://bit.ly/HaIRZU
Will We Learn Authentication Lessons From Global Payments Breach? http://bit.ly/HQrFsv
Global Payments stands by view of card breach http://reut.rs/HQrBZM
Up to 1.5m MasterCard, Visa account details hacked http://bit.ly/HQrAVL
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