Nokia and the merchant acquiring arm of China UnionPay have announced the launch of a trial in Shanghai allowing users to download a loyalty application over the air to their contactless NFC phones.

China Mobile Guangdong branch and the local transport operator in Guangzhou plan to launch their pilot of contactless ticketing and payment using NFC phones later this month, according to Card Technology. This will be the second NFC trial in China, following the Xiamen’s test in late June.

Nokia, China Fujian Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., Xiamen Branch, Xiamen E-Tong Card Company Ltd., and Philips have announced the first NFC Mobile Payment Field Trial in China at Xiamen City, Fujian Province. During the trial, one hundred of volunteer consumers of China Mobile in Xiamen will experience first hand the conviniences of mobile payment enabled [...]

Japan’s largest mobile telco, NTT DoCoMo, plans to expand the market for its contactless wallet phones to Hong Kong, allowing subscribers there to tap their handsets to make purchases, spend tickets and use other services.