MAE2013 on the forum about the NFC ecosystem brought together experts from operators, financial institutions, equipment manufacturers, etc., NFC technology trends in the mobile equipment applications initiated discussion with NFC-based mobile payment technology has exceeded technical bottlenecks.
NFC technology is the most concern is the mobile payment application prospects, the NFC mobile payment ecosystem Forum brings together all aspects of the industry chain manufacturers, including payment platform (VISA, China UnionPay), operators (China Mobile, Korea Telecom) , mobile payment security solutions provider by solving (Gemalto).
Visa International Market Area Director Michael Middlemas mobile payments introduced in the field of mobile payments VISA efforts. Since 2006 the rise in the U.S. wireless payment, VISA and actively promote the development of related industry standards, currently VISA payment terminals are in the United States can implement contactless payment, the relevant technology can be licensed in order to promote the service in the global promotion.VISA has been with South Korea's Samsung Electronics launched a mobile payment business cooperation, Samsung Galaxy S series phones built VISA payment applications.NFC mobile payment devices need to continuously upgrade the coverage, offers a variety of products and to expand acceptance environment, the parties concerned should actively build an open platform.
Korea Telecom developments in the field of mobile payments is even more comprehensive, KT payment business manager Kim Doyoung revealed that in 2012 South Korean mobile provider has reached $ 1.7 billion, in 2013 is expected to exceed $ 4 billion, South Korea's per capita use of smart phones time has exceeded PC, mobile payment industry prospects, KT in Korea has launched a mobile wallet service, with 16 banks to achieve the whole territory of online payment. KT and Samsung to launch Q-Shopping application, to provide consumers with goods online parity. KT already has a complete electronic business platform, payment services, in Japan and China with the relevant operators, cross-border payments to provide services for tourists. KT also proposed to promote the development of NFC payment industry must strengthen cooperation with other industries manufacturers.
Mobile payment services currently lack a clear strategic plan and business model, involving banking, payment platform, operators, equipment manufacturers, retailers and other business areas, NFC payment services in China has just started to develop, China Mobile and China UnionPay selection cooperation and building cross-industry TSM platform to launch mobile wallet, China Mobile is using NFC-SWP GSMA in November 2011 to develop the NFC globally harmonized standards, the technical obstacles are resolved, how to achieve the unity of multiple platforms is the future development.
Forecast 2014 GSMA NFC-enabled devices worldwide will exceed 500 million units, the Asia-Pacific region will be the fastest growing mobile payment transaction volume in areas within three years the global proportion will rise 2% to 7%.
