The funding will be used to build out an NFC transport ticketing infrastructure in Paris and other major French cities as national NFC standards are finalised and carriers prepare to rollout NFC payments services across France this year.

Read the rest of Seventeen cities shortlisted for €20m French government NFC grant at NFC World.

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