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First Data Corporation, the Krakow Transportation and Infrastructure Authority, and City Parking Group announced the introduction of parking meters equipped with contactless payments functionality in the city of Krakow – the first contactless-enabled parking meters to be installed in Poland. Lack of spare change for parking meters can now be a concern of the past for drivers in Krakow, Poland.

DenizBank has added a new application in mobile payment among mobile banking products. By using NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, DenizBank offers contactless payment with mobile phones. With the project developed with the collaboration of DenizBank and Turkcell and support of MasterCard and Gemalto, customers are able to do pin code-free, fast and secure shopping at stores with contactless card scanner by using their mobile phones.

Paying for services through your mobile phone is closer to reality after Telecom, Auckland Transport and Westpac have announced plans to start trialling a mobile wallet system from May in collaboration with Gemalto, Thales and Paymark. In a major milestone for the development of mobile payments technology, the trial will involve some 30 staff from the six organizations. Trial participants will be able to use a mobile phone to make "tap and go" payments to access public transport in Auckland and make purchases at a small selection of retailers.

Thales will be using its near-field communication (NFC) application throughout Auckland Transport's final smart card ticketing system, HOP, before deploying it globally across all networks and banks. The trial, which utilizes Telecom's XT network, is expected to enable participants to pay for Auckland's buses, trains and ferries through their mobile phones. The phone will communicate with the HOP terminal to complete the transaction without having to swipe or insert a card.

Parents are encouraged to use Abu Dhabi Education Council's (ADEC's) "Parent Assistant" service to help enhance parental involvement in student education. Through the service, which displays the information for students from kindergarten to Grade 12, parents and/or guardians are granted access to student demographic information, medical information, citizenship details, parent/emergency contact/sibling details, attendance, calendar, school holidays, and academic progress. A messaging feature also allows parents to view the messages sent to them by the student's teacher or other staff users.