Pictures of a circuit board believed to be part of the next iPhone show the device includes a different NFC chip from NXP... More
Archive for July 2015
“Highly interested” Canadians ready for mobile payments
Some 14% of Canadian consumers say they are highly interested in making in-store mobile payments and 11% are also interested in using a wearable device such as a smartwatch to do so, research from payment services supplier Tsys has revealed... More
Ant Financial valued at US$45bn
Chinese e-commerce giant Ant Financial has completed a Series A financing round that values the company at more than US$45bn and makes the Chinese government a stakeholder, New York Times reports... More
ING adds biometrics to mobile banking app payments
Users of ING’s mobile banking app in the Netherlands can now use their voice or a fingerprint to authorise payments... More
38% of Americans back biometrics
More than a third (38%) of Americans believe biometrics will increase their smartphone security, while 25% are skeptical and 37% don’t know, research from Unisys Security Insights finds... More
Apple files P2P via NFC patent
Apple has filed a US patent application for a payments service that would enable peer-to-peer money transfers via NFC and Bluetooth... More
Koreans claim Apple Pay talks
Apple has reportedly held meetings with Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Group, as it looks to launch Apple Pay in the country... More
Researchers unveil breakthrough in weaving NFC chips into clothes
Researchers from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have invented a method of embedding NFC chips into yarns which are then woven and knitted to make fabrics for clothing... More
Cab:app taxis to accept NFC mobile payments
More than 7,600 taxi drivers in 90 cities across the UK and Ireland can accept NFC mobile payments from passengers using the taxi-hailing app Cab:app through an mPOS gateway provided by Payworks... More
Rémy Martin to launch NFC bottle in China for authentication and rewards
French spirits brand Rémy Martin is to launch a connected cognac bottle equipped with an NFC tag that will let consumers check the product is authentic and whether it has been opened and resealed, as well as allowing them to retrieve rewards and special offers after it has been purchased. More
Las Vegas gets park and reward meters
Drivers in Las Vegas can pick up offers from local businesses via 16 interactive on-street parking meters... More
Mobile tickets launch for Houston buses
Bus users in Houston, Texas will be able to pay for and display tickets on their smartphones after the Metropolitan Transit Authority signed a contract with mobile ticketing specialist GlobeSherpa... More
PayPal buys money transfer provider Xoom
PayPal has bought digital money transfer provider Xoom for about US$890m... More
MasterCard to pilot biometrics for online shopping
MasterCard is to test a system that will approve online purchases with a face or fingerprint scan later this year... More
Fido Alliance adds authentication support for NFC and BLE
The Fido Alliance has added new NFC and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transport protocols to its Universal Second Factor (U2F) authentication specification... More
London buses get on board beacon rollout
Five hundred London buses have been equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons to send targeted messages to commuters, as part of out-of-home media owner Exterion Media’s beacon rollout across “major cities” in the UK in partnership with mobile marketing and NFC specialist Proxama... More
Beacons on menu for Cathay Pacific lounge guests
Guests using Cathay Pacific’s business and first class lounge at San Francisco International Airport will be able to receive information about food and beverage menus and other available amenities with their smartphone via beacons installed across the lounge... More
25% of British consumers fear mobile payments will make them spend more
A quarter of UK consumers fear that using mobile payment services over cards and cash will see them spend more and make more impulse purchases, research from price comparison service uSwitch has revealed... More
Facebook rolls out Messenger mobile payments across US
Facebook has made its Messenger mobile payments service available across the US following its launch in New York City in May... More
Apple Watch patent transfers data in a shake
Apple’s latest patent details how an Apple Watch could exchange information with another when wearers greet each other with a handshake... More