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Author archive: Sarah Clark


What's New in Payments

Mercedes to secure in-car payments with biometrics

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com

The new Mercedes S-Class will come with fingerprint, voice and optional face biometrics integrated into its infotainment system, enabling “verification of digital payment processes from the vehicle”, the luxury car maker has announced... More


Transit Ticketing Today

LA Metro to let passengers add their TAP transit card to Apple Pay ‘this year’

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com

Public transport users in Los Angeles will be able to add their TAP transit card to their iPhone or Apple Watch “this year”, LA Metro has announced... More


What's New in Payments

Visa moves into the instalment payments market

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Visa instalment payment solution

Visa is piloting an instalment payments service in Russia and is moving towards a commercial launch in the US, the payments network has announced... More


What's New in Payments

Amazon unveils self-checkout shopping trolleys

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Amazon Dash Cart self-checkout

Amazon has unveiled Dash Cart, a smart shopping trolley that automatically tracks the items shoppers place in their trolley as they shop — and then lets them simply exit the store when they have completed their shopping, with no need to visit a physical checkout... More


What's New in Payments

Coca-Cola lets consumers dispense drinks with their mobile phones

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Coca Cola Freestyle contactless qr code dispenser

Diners in fast food restaurants and convenience stores equipped with Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensers can now use their mobile phone to select their preferred drink and instruct the machine to pour it for them, enabling a completely contact-free experience... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Turin rolls out contactless payments on bus and subway services

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Gruppo Torinese Trasporti contactless travel

Travellers using the subway and selected bus services in the Italian city of Turin can now pay for their rides by tapping on and off public transportation using a Visa or Mastercard contactless card or their NFC phone... More


What's New in Payments

Carrefour integrates its loyalty card with Apple Pay

By Sarah Clark • 14 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Carrefour loyalty programme points via Apple Pay

Supermarket giant Carrefour has become the first retailer in Europe to integrate its customer loyalty programme with Apple Pay, enabling shoppers both to pay for their purchases and collect loyalty points with a single tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch... More


What's New in Payments

Afterpay lets US consumers pay by instalments with their NFC mobile phone

By Sarah Clark • 14 July 2020 • Updated 14 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Afterpay app for NFC payments in instalments

Australia-based buy now, pay later specialist Afterpay is launching a service that lets US consumers make NFC payments in stores — and then pay for their purchases in four equal instalments... More


What's New in Payments

Card networks begin global Click to Pay rollout

By Sarah Clark • 8 July 2020 • Updated 8 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Logos of Amex Visa Mastercard and Disover

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have announced that “they are each beginning technical preparations for global expansion” of Click to Pay, the single buy button solution for online merchants based on the EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) standard... More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay to add support for QR mobile payments in iOS 14?

By Sarah Clark • 8 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay logo

Apple is preparing to add support for both merchant-presented and consumer-presented QR mobile payments to Apple Pay later this year, a hidden feature in the second developer beta of iOS 14 suggests... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Chinese city rolls out face verification ticketing on bus and subway services

By Sarah Clark • 7 July 2020 • nfcw.com

A new face verification ticketing system has been introduced in the city of Guiyang, capital of China’s Guizhou province, enabling public transportation users to board buses and subway services without having to show their ticket or tap a card or smartphone... More


What's New in Payments

Orange Bank introduces mobile-first debit card in Spain

By Sarah Clark • 7 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Orange Bank digital debit card

Customers of Orange Bank in Spain will now be automatically issued with a digital debit card that they can use to instantly begin making mobile payments both online and in-store — and can also request a companion physical card that comes without a printed card number, CVC code or expiration date... More


Transit Ticketing Today

STIB switches on contactless payments across Brussels

By Sarah Clark • 7 July 2020 • Updated 7 July 2020 • nfcw.com
STIB CEO Brieuc de Meeûs using Mobib contactless system

Public transportation users in Brussels can now use their contactless bank card, NFC mobile phone or smart watch to pay for their fares on any of the city’s bus, tram and metro services... More


What's New in Payments

US Bank lets companies instantly send a corporate card to employees’ mobile phones

By Sarah Clark • 6 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Woman using US Bank digital corporate card on her smartphone

Corporate customers of US Bank can now send a digital corporate card directly to an employee, contractor, volunteer or customer’s mobile phone, enabling them to instantly begin charging online and in-store purchases to the company — subject to a strict spending limit and expiration date... More


What's New in Payments

Nedbank to roll out support for contactless payments on standard NFC smartphones

By Sarah Clark • 6 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Nedbank tap on phone contactless payments

South Africa’s Nedbank has become the first bank in Africa to enable merchants to accept contactless payments on standard NFC phones... More


What's New in Payments

NatWest lets online merchants accept instant payments from shoppers’ bank accounts

By Sarah Clark • 6 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Natwest Payit instant payments logo

The UK’s NatWest bank has launched Payit, an online payments service that uses open banking to make it possible for merchants to accept payments directly from consumers’ bank accounts... More


What's New in Payments

European banks to create cross-border instant payments system

By Sarah Clark • 3 July 2020 • Updated 5 July 2020 • nfcw.com

Sixteen major European banks have announced plans to jointly create a new company that will be tasked with delivering “a seamless, competitive and unified payment solution” for in-store, online and P2P payments across Europe... More


What's New in Payments

7-Eleven lets drivers pay at the pump with their voice

By Sarah Clark • 1 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Person using 7-Eleven voice command mobile payment app

7-Eleven is running a pilot of a new mobile payments service that includes an option for iPhone owners to use Siri to pay for their fuel from their vehicle using only their voice... More


What's New in Payments

Visa reports on tokenization adoption

By Sarah Clark • 30 June 2020 • nfcw.com
Visa

Visa has announced that it has now issued more than 1bn tokens through its Visa Token Service (VTS) and there are now more than 8,200 issuers using the service in 150 markets around the world... More


What's New in Payments

KBC rolls out support for wearable payments

By Sarah Clark • 30 June 2020 • nfcw.com
KBC contactless NFC wearable payment devices

Customers of Belgium’s KBC bank can now add their debit card to their choice of a range of wearables and then use their new ring, watch, keyring or bracelet to make payments at any merchant equipped to accept contactless payments... More


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