Friday, 10 June 2011

France to launch NFC payments in 2012

France is all set to launch contactless payments in the Spring of next year. The French government has promised twenty million Euros to help promote the technology's adoption and four mobile networks (Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and NRJ Mobile) and four banks (BNP Paribas, Credit Mutuel, CIC and Credit Agricole) have all announced plans to roll out the technology nationwide.

The government has long been a financial supporter of contactless payments and the latest money has been made available to French cities to fund innovative ways in which NFC benefit citizens in their daily lives. the Association Européenne Payez Mobile (AEPM) has also worked to ensure interoperability and security for the emerging technology.

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