Barclays has unveiled an Apple Watch app which will let customers check their current account balance when the watch goes on sale in the UK on April 24... More
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Jameson serves up 25,000 NFC stubby holders
Jameson Irish Whiskey is distributing 25,000 NFC bottle holders that allow drinkers to enjoy online content and competitions, to promote its links with an Australian comedy festival. More
SaskTel plans mobile payments
Canadian communications provider SaskTel will soon unveil a mobile payments service for its customers, the company has said on Twitter... More
Bulgari unveils luxury NFC smartwatch
Italian jewellery brand Bulgari will enter the luxury smartwatch market next year when it launches the NFC-enabled Diagono Magnesium watch – allowing users to make contactless payments, access personal data, as well as unlocking doors at home, at work, or on their own car or yacht... More
Facebook rolls out payments with Messenger app
Facebook users in the US will soon be able to make and receive secure mobile payments for free via the social network’s Messenger app... More
CaixaBank lets drivers speak to mobile banking app
Spain’s CaixaBank has launched an app which allows customers to use voice commands to perform simple online banking operations, opening the way for drivers to check balances and initiate transfers as they travel... More
Qkr! payments at Wagamama
Diners at UK restaurant chain Wagamama can now pay for their meals at their tables using MasterCard’s Qkr... More
Fibank to launch HCE mobile payments
Bulgaria’s First Investment Bank is joining forces with MeaWallet to provide the bank’s customers with a mobile payments service which uses cloud-based security and host card emulation (HCE) technology... More
Morgan Stanley joins Apple Pay
Morgan Stanley customers in the US can now add their debit cards to Apple Pay... More
Diageo unveils smart whisky bottle with ‘game-changing’ NFC tags
“Smart bottles” that know when they have been opened and then deliver relevant, personalised messages directly to a consumer’s smartphone will be showcased by printed electronics specialist Thinfilm at Mobile World Congress 2015... More
Moto Stream connects with NFC
Motorola has launched a portable wireless adaptor to allow people to stream music from their mobile devices to their home stereo systems... More
iOS 8 to include location-based app promos
The latest edition of Apple’s iOS operating system, unveiled at WWDC this week, will provide a way for apps relevant to a user’s location to be promoted on their iPhone home screen, MacRumours reports... More
iKaaz takes mobile payments to Kenya
Bangalore-based iKaaz is to expand its NFC payments platform to Kenya... More
Finnish banks call for real-time payments
Finland’s banks are inviting proposals to replace their existing urgent payment system with a real-time system operating 24 hours a day, every day... More
John Lewis backs tech startups
Upmarket UK department store chain John Lewis has chosen iBeacon, smart label and in-store digital engagement start-up firms to join JLAB, its first technology business incubator... More
Burger chain gets mobile payments
Customers of Finnish hamburger chain Hesburger can today pay for food, connect their loyalty card and redeem offers using Swedish mobile wallet app SEQR... More
NFC detects fake wine
An NFC-based solution to the growing threat of counterfeit wine sold worldwide has been launched by embedded mobile security firm Inside Secure and object identification specialist Selinko... More
mPOS use to soar
The number of installed mobile point-of-sale devices is set to grow fivefold to reach 51m by 2019, or 46% of the overall POS market, ABI Research says... More
SMEs ready to embrace mPOS
The use of mobile point-of-sale solutions by small businesses in Europe will take off dramatically in 2014, according to a survey of 2,000 SMEs commissioned by Visa Europe... More
German savings banks begin move to NFC
The German Savings Banks and Giro Association (DSGV) is to convert all its customers’ debit cards into contactless payments cards, as a forerunner to the introduction of NFC payments, Der Handel reports... More