Scope:
Trial
The trial puts a MasterCard PayPass debit application onto SIM cards that run in the Samsung Galaxy S III.
NFC Times Take:
Westpac, one of Australia’s big four banks, is not committing to rolling out NFC yet, but Australia, with one of the highest penetrations of contactless POS terminals worldwide, is a likely hotspot for future NFC commercial launches. There have been perhaps 200 NFC trials held globally over the past five years, including many involving actual consumers. Yet, Westpac still feels the need to hold the small employee pilot.
* Trusted Service Manager: Defined loosely to include companies or other organizations securely distributing, provisioning and managing applications, generally over the air, on secure elements in NFC mobile phones; or licensing their platforms for this purpose.
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Last update: Aug. 2012
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