PARTNER NEWS: Transaction technology provider Carta Worldwide, PayPal and Vodafone have won the ‘International Program of the Year’ award for Vodafone Wallet at the PX Payments Awards in Canada... More
Archive for April 2016
Visa amends financial details of Visa Europe acquisition
Visa has reached a preliminary agreement to amend the transaction details of its Visa Europe acquisition in response to feedback from the European Commission... More
Nearly one in four payments at US Starbucks made via mobile
Mobile payments now account for 24% of all transactions across Starbucks’ US locations, the company’s president and COO Kevin Johnson has revealed, with an average of 8m transactions per month taking place through the coffee chain’s Mobile Order & Pay service. More
42% of UK mobile users don’t trust NFC mobile payments
More than four in ten mobile users in the UK (42%) feel that NFC mobile payments are not secure, research from Ofcom reveals... More
Xiaomi to launch Xiaomi Pay in China
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is to launch an NFC based Xiaomi Pay mobile payment service in partnership with China UnionPay... More
Walmart Pay goes live for iPhone users
US retail giant Walmart has begun rolling out its Walmart Pay QR code-based mobile payment service for iOS devices... More
Fibank launches HCE in Bulgaria
Customers of First Investment Bank (Fibank) of Bulgaria can now make host card emulation (HCE) based payments through its mobile banking app using a digital card supplied by MasterCard... More
Joey Restaurants launches mobile payments
Customers at Joey Restaurants across the US and Canada can now pay with their iPhones using a new Joey Pay mobile app... More
UK restaurants and bars roll out Z-Beacon technology
More than 1,000 restaurants, bars and pubs across the UK are deploying Z-Beacon, a new platform developed by QR code-based mobile payments provider Zapper... More
Banco Santander launches HCE in Spain
Customers of Banco Santander in Spain can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using their NFC devices and the Santander Wallet mobile app... More
Micromax to launch NFC mobile payments with TranServ and Visa
Handset maker Micromax will soon begin offering its customers in India an NFC mobile payment service through a collaboration with Visa and payment solutions provider TranServ. More
G&D integrates Convego CloudPay with Visa Token Service
PARTNER NEWS: Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has integrated its Convego CloudPay solution with Visa Token Service (VTS)... More
Visa tech speeds up EMV checkout time
Visa has launched Quick Chip for EMV, a technology enhancement that speeds up the checkout time when paying with an EMV card... More
Bell ID white paper explores tokenization
A 26-page white paper that explores tokenization, how it is implemented and the role of token service providers (TSPs), token vaults and token domains is now available to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
Samsung Pay teams with POS makers to boost adoption
Samsung Pay has teamed up with global point of sale providers Verifone, Ingenico, First Data and Clover, PAX Technology, Equinox, ID Tech, MagTek, USA ePay and OTI Global to accelerate the adoption of the mobile payment service... More
Yandex.Money adds NFC to mobile app
Russian online payment service Yandex.Money has added NFC to its Android mobile app so that users can make mobile payments by tapping their smartphone on contactless terminals... More
Gemalto white paper explores South Korea’s T-money service
PARTNER NEWS: A case study taking a detailed look at South Korea’s T-money NFC transportation service is now available to download from digital security giant Gemalto’s website... More
NXP and HID Global to enable wearable devices to unlock doors
PARTNER NEWS: NXP has teamed up with HID Global to work on enabling consumers to open electronic locks at commercial buildings, hotels and workplaces with a tap of an NFC wearable device. More
Apple Pay adds more than 50 banks in the US
Apple has added more than 50 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, 9to5mac reports... More
Gemalto and Worldline simplify onboarding to OEM mobile wallets for banks and card issuers
PARTNER NEWS: Digital security giant Gemalto is working alongside European payment and transactional services provider Wordline to enable the “seamless onboarding” of banks and card issuers to mobile payment wallets provided by device manufacturers... More