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Archive: News in brief

3,006 stories filed under News in brief


What's New in Payments

Samsung Pay previews in Taiwan

By Rian Boden • 5 May 2017 • Updated 7 May 2017 • nfcw.com

Samsung Pay has launched in pilot in Taiwan ahead of an official roll-out expected on 23 May... More


What's New in Payments

Contactless proving popular with UK over 50s

By Rian Boden • 3 May 2017 • nfcw.com

Almost 12m UK consumers aged over 50 are actively using contactless payments today, with one in five doing so up to three times a week, research released by Saga Money reveals... More


What's New in Payments

UK consumers show concerns over new payment methods

By Rian Boden • 3 May 2017 • nfcw.com

Almost four in five UK consumers (77%) have concerns about using new payment methods, research released by law firm Paul Hastings reveals, with risk of fraud cited as the main reason by 59%, followed by data security incidents (49%) and risk of theft (45%)... More


What's New in Payments

PayPal applies for mobile wallet licence in India?

By Rian Boden • 2 May 2017 • nfcw.com

PayPal has applied for a prepaid payment instrument (PPI) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enter the mobile wallet space in the country, according to the Economic Times... More


What's New in Payments

Facebook tests in-store QR code rewards

By Rian Boden • 2 May 2017 • nfcw.com

Social media giant Facebook is testing a Rewards feature that lets users scan a personalised QR code to get discounts or bonuses when they make an in-store purchase... More


Gemalto completes 3M biometrics acquisition

By Rian Boden • 2 May 2017 • Updated 5 February 2019 • nfcw.com

PARTNER NEWS: Digital security giant Gemalto has completed the acquisition of 3M’s Identity Management Business, adding biometric technologies to its Government Programs offering... More


What's New in Payments

HSBC adds Apple Pay in Australia

By Rian Boden • 2 May 2017 • nfcw.com

HSBC has become the latest bank in Australia to add support for Apple Pay... More


What's New in Payments

Samsung Pay rolls out to Gear S3 in Korea as Samsung Pay Mini launches

By Rian Boden • 2 May 2017 • nfcw.com

Samsung Pay is now available on the Gear S3 smartwatch in Korea and Samsung Pay Mini — the pared-down version of the mobile payment service — has also gone live in the country... More


What's New in Payments

Customer satisfaction high for banks offering mobile payments

By Rian Boden • 2 May 2017 • nfcw.com

Customer satisfaction, overall brand image and retention metrics for banks are higher among customers who have a mobile payment service linked to their bank account, findings from the J.D... More


What's New in Payments

Meet NFC World partners at Seamless Middle East

By Rian Boden • 28 April 2017 • Updated 28 April 2017 • nfcw.com

PARTNER NEWS: NFC World partners Antelop Solutions, Gemalto, Mahindra Comviva and Rambus will be attending the Seamless Middle East 2017 expo in Dubai from 1 to 2 May... More


Goode reports on growth of biometric authentication

By Rian Boden • 28 April 2017 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com

Revenues for mobile and wearable biometric authentication will exceed US$6.2bn by 2022, Goode Intelligence predicts... More


What's New in Payments

Apple to launch P2P payments and debit card this year?

By Rian Boden • 28 April 2017 • nfcw.com

Apple is working to launch a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service later this year, according to Recode... More


What's New in Payments

Apple marks Earth Day with Apple Pay donations

By Rian Boden • 26 April 2017 • nfcw.com

Apple is celebrating Earth Day by donating US$1 to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) whenever a customer makes a purchase in an Apple store using Apple Pay... More


What's New in Payments

Visa EMV transactions pass 1bn in the US

By Rian Boden • 25 April 2017 • nfcw.com

US consumers made more than one billion Visa chip transactions for the first time in March 2017, an increase of 330% compared to a year previous... More


What's New in Payments

US Bank ties credit card points to mobile payments

By Rian Boden • 25 April 2017 • Updated 25 April 2017 • nfcw.com

Customers of US Bank will be offered a high-end credit card from 1 May 2017 that will award them triple points per dollar spent through a mobile payment made using Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay or Microsoft Wallet... More


What's New in Payments

Amazon gets approval for digital wallet in India

By Rian Boden • 24 April 2017 • nfcw.com

Amazon India has been granted a payment license by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate its own prepaid wallet in the country... More


What's New in Payments

Bank of Korea signs up retailers for coinless society trial

By Rian Boden • 20 April 2017 • nfcw.com

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has signed up retailers including CU, 7-Eleven, E-Mart, Lotte Mart and Lotte Department Store to begin trialling a service that will give customers change in the form of a top-up to a prepaid card... More


What's New in Payments

Kiwi millennials want biometrics for payments

By Rian Boden • 19 April 2017 • nfcw.com

Some 62% of New Zealand’s millennials would like to use a fingerprint or retina scan to make payments, viewing biometrics as “secure and convenient and having the cool factor”, research released by Visa reveals... More


What's New in Payments

Zelle processed 170m P2P payments in 2016

By Rian Boden • 19 April 2017 • nfcw.com

Banks offering Early Warning’s Zelle P2P payments platform processed more than 170m P2P payments in 2016, totalling US$55bn in aggregate transaction value... More


What's New in Payments

Meet NFC World partners at Seamless Asia

By Rian Boden • 19 April 2017 • nfcw.com

PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions and Rambus will be exhibiting at the Seamless Asia expo in Singapore from 19 to 20 April... More


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