ContactlessNews | Coles plans contactless rollout for 2012

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Australian supermarket chain Coles is gearing up to launch contactless payments in stores by mid-2012, according to CNET Australia.

Despite expressing misgivings about NFC security back in August, Coles says they will go ahead with a payment terminal roll out that will see customers making contactless purchases of $100 or less.

Coles, which opened its 150th store in Queensland last month, partnered with Visa to set up the system.

“Australian shoppers are clearly embracing contactless payments,” Visa Australia’s country manager, Vipin Kalra, told CNET Australia. “In fact, we’ve seen a 150 per cent increase in the number of Visa payWave transactions in the September quarter compared to the June quarter.”

The retailer will first test the contactless payment terminals, provided by Ingenico, in select stores in February ahead of a full rollout in July 2012.

Woolworths, Coles’ biggest competitor, announced in May its plans to roll out 30,000 contactless terminals across its retail empire, but has yet to set a completion date, notes CNET.

Sticking to its plan for a contactless rollout in 2012, Australian retailer Coles has selected Ingenico to provide its Ingenico iPP350 contactless payment terminals.

According to finextra.com, the Aussie retailer first piloted the technology in September 2011, and has since decided to expand. All business groups will deploy the new iPP350 across 24,000 lanes within the next few months, making the retailer one of the first in Australia to offer the contactless payment option.

Pepi Food Services gears up to accept contactless payment

Pepi Food Services, a vending and food service provider based out of Dothan, Alabama, has signed an agreement with USA Technologies to go 100% cashless by the end of 2012.

OTI to deliver 30,000 NFC readers in the U.S.

On Track Innovations (OTI) has received an order for 30,000 of its NFC and contactless payment readers for deployment in the U.S.

OTI did not reveal who will receive the readers, but assured that the devices would be used to support the migration towards contactless payments and NFC in the U.S.

Canadian carriers ready NFC payments for 2012

Canadians may be paying for items with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone by the end of 2012.

According to Reuters, Canadian banks, credit card companies and telecoms are reaching an agreement on an NFC payment service that will capitalize on Canada’s robust contactless infrastructure.

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