New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has released a public bid for a contactless ticketing system that would let commuters pay bus and train fares with a tap of a contactless card or NFC device. More
Archive for April 2016
ShopKeep reports on mobile payment adoption
Nearly nine in ten US merchants using ShopKeep technology (87%) have seen little-to-no adoption of mobile payments at their business in the past six months, research released by the POS system provider reveals... More
Orix to push Alipay in Japan
Financial services provider Orix is to promote Ant Financial’s Alipay mobile payment platform in Japan and encourage more stores to accept the service... More
US brewery installs BLE beacons on beer taps
Drinkers of Schlafly Beer in St Louis, Missouri can now receive information about drink specials, tasting notes, new beer releases and customised campaigns on their smartphone via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons attached to the craft brewery’s beer taps. More
Apple Pay adds 32 banks in the US
Apple has added a further 32 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, 9to5mac reports... More
Nationwide explores behavioural biometrics
Customers of Nationwide Building Society in the UK may soon be able to access their mobile banking accounts using behavioural biometrics that recognise how they interact with their smartphone, from the way they hold their device to how they type... More
61% of US Apple Watch owners use Apple Pay
Nearly two thirds of Americans with an Apple Watch (61%) use the device to make payments with Apple Pay, research from Fluent reveals... More
Tourists in Japan to get fingerprint payments by 2020
The Government of Japan is to pilot a system that would let tourists verify their identity and make in-store payments using their fingerprint... More
Mobile wallet transactions to increase 61% by 2021
The number of mobile wallet transactions across Europe will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 61.8% from 2016 to 2021, Smart Insights predicts... More
Adobe prototype store uses RFID shopping bags
Shoppers at Adobe’s prototype “store of the future” in Las Vegas are being given RFID chip-enabled shopping bags that allow them to purchase items simply by putting the bags on a checkout counter... More
Ingenico buys Think&Go
POS terminal maker Ingenico has acquired NFC specialist Think&Go... More
38% of payments in Europe will be digital by 2020
More than a third (38%) of all payments made across Europe will be digital by 2020, MasterCard predicts... More
NAB Pay signs up 18,000 users since launch
More than 18,000 Australians have downloaded National Australia Bank’s NAB Pay host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service since it launched in January 2016, with more than 60,000 transactions registered to date... More
One in three UK consumers don’t trust contactless payments
Nearly one third (31%) of UK consumer never pay by contactless because “they don’t trust it”, research from Future Thinking reveals... More
Australian banks gearing up to support Apple Pay?
Australia’s ANZ Bank, Suncorp Bank and Bank Australia may soon begin supporting Apple Pay, with iPhone In Canada reporting that a reader successfully registered an ANZ Visa card for use on the mobile payment service... More
NFC payments to reach $95bn by 2018
The global value of NFC mobile and wearable payments is expected to reach US$95bn annually by 2018, up from less than $35bn last year, according to Juniper Research... More
Priorbank launches HCE payments in Belarus
Customers of Priorbank in Belarus can now make mobile payments using a new HCE service that supports MasterCard and will be extended to include Visa cards later this year... More
Android Pay to expand into Europe ‘soon’
Google is actively working towards launching Android Pay in Europe, director of emerging platforms Spencer Spinnell has revealed at Money20/20 Europe... More
Samsung Pay looks to “next generation” biometric security
Samsung is developing new biometric sensors for mobile phones with the aim of adding additional security to Samsung Pay... More
Alipay to expand to Europe this summer
Chinese mobile payments platform Alipay, which has 450 million active users, is to be made available in Europe this summer, enabling Chinese shoppers to make payments in stores, receive offers and view nearby shops and restaurants that accept the mobile payments service. More