StarHub Pilots Mobile Payments Using Near Field Communications

StarHub Pilots Mobile Payments Using Near Field Communications

One thing is clear as ecosystem participants begin to maneuver for a secure position in the "near field communications" part of the mobile payments business. Each type of participant is looking for ways to secure a position that is less reliant on the approval or cooperation of some of the other participants.

For example, StarHub is working witha bank and a transport company to create its own mobile payments capability, without directly requiring handset manufacturers to approve.

StarHub will be running a trial of NFC payments in Singapore with DBS Bank, featuring ticketing from EZ-Link. But the most interesting aspect of the trial is the way it cuts out the handset manufacturers, using Gemalto's N-Flex technology to slide between the SIM and the phone and provide an NFC antenna.

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