French retail chain Carrefour has scheduled a series of large scale Near Field Communication trials that will enable consumers to use their mobile phones to make payments via the contactless MasterCard version of its own brand credit/loyalty card, known as Pass.

At the same time it has also signed a deal to install between 1,000 and 1,500 self-checkout machines, incorporating the ability to handle a wide range of payments technologies including NFC.

Carrefour and other large French retail chains are working with the country’s mobile operators, under the name Ergosum, to put in place the NFC trials scheduled to begin later this year.

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