China UnionPay has reportedly decided to launch a mobile payment service named "AndroidPay" for Android smartphones. According to reports in Chinese local media, several information sources confirmed the new service will reportedly be available in China in the third quarter of 2015. Several smartphone makers also confirmed the news. Cao Jingsheng, vice president of Coolpad […]

China Mobile, Japan's NTT DoCoMo, and South Korea's Korea Telecom announced that the three parties have reached an agreement for a series of mobile phone services, aiming to realize cross-border payment services with the near-field communication function on mobile phones. Under the agreement, users are able to use cross-border payments, ticket purchases, discount coupon collections […]

Germany's Original 1 has set up a subsidiary in Beijing named Original 1 Tech Beijing Corporation to provide near field communication mobile authentication services. A joint venture founded by Nokia, SAP and G & D, Original 1 was registered and established in February 2010 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Its key employees previously worked in […]

Chinese mobile phone maker Coolpad has formally joined the Near Field Communication Forum to distribute in near field wireless communication applications such as mobile phone payment.
Gu Yong, brand and market director for Coolpad, told local media that the company already started research and distribute in this sector a few years ago and it has invested […]