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What's New in Payments

More than one in three in-person payments in Latin America and the Caribbean are now contactless

By Tom Phillips • 24 February 2022 • Updated 24 February 2022 • nfcw.com
Visa logo 400w

More than a third of in-person payments made using Visa credentials across Latin America and the Caribbean in December 2021 were contactless (“close to 35%”), a two-fold increase on the same period in 2020, according to Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA)... More


Apple reports on mobile payments and ticketing adoption

By Tom Phillips • 11 January 2022 • Updated 11 January 2022 • nfcw.com
Apple Card Family on iphone for mobile payments

Apple Pay is now available in 60 countries and regions worldwide, with support from nearly 9,000 partner banks, following the service’s expansion to nine new markets — including Colombia, Israel and Mexico — during 2021, Apple reports... More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay goes live in Azerbaijan, Colombia and Costa Rica

By Tom Phillips • 4 November 2021 • Updated 4 November 2021 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay logo behind smartphone with Colombia Visa card

Apple Pay has rolled out in Azerbaijan, Colombia and Costa Rica with support for cards issued by Bank Respublika, Unibank, ABB and Kapital Bank in Azerbaijan, Bancolombia and Nu Colombia digital bank in Colombia, and Banco de Costa Rica, Banco Promerica, BAC Credomatic and Scotiabank in Costa Rica... More


What's New in Payments

BBVA begins global rollout of mobile-first credit cards

By Tom Phillips • 22 October 2020 • Updated 22 October 2020 • nfcw.com
BBVA mobile first credit cards

Customers of BBVA bank in Spain can now apply for a ‘blank’ physical and digital payments card with ‘hidden’ credentials and a dynamic CVV code that can be used in credit, debit or prepaid mode... More


What's New in Payments

Mastercard adds bar tab feature to Qkr! mobile payments app

By Christopher Brown in Barcelona • 27 February 2017 • nfcw.com
Qkr! payments app

Mastercard has unveiled a new feature for its Qkr... More


What's New in Payments

Grupo Aval introduces in-store mobile payments and offers in Colombia

By Rian Boden • 23 September 2015 • nfcw.com
Grupo Aval

Grupo Aval, Colombia’s largest financial services group, has launched a mobile payment and offers service that lets customers of its Av Villas, Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente and Banco Popular banks make in-store payments using a code generated on their mobile phone... More


What's New in Payments

Colombia festival visitors first to use Plazez mobile payments service

By Rian Boden • 28 July 2015 • nfcw.com
Plazez

Thousands of visitors at last weekend’s Zona Picnic Club festival in the Colombian capital Bogota have become the first to use a mobile payment service developed by payment processor Paymentez and MasterCard to pay for food and drink at stalls throughout the event... More


What's New in Payments

Visa signs up 2,300 financial institutions for Visa Token Service

By Rian Boden • 24 July 2015 • nfcw.com
Visa

More than 2,300 financial institutions and banking partners have now signed up for Visa’s tokenization service with international expansion set to happen “in the fall”, Visa has revealed during a third quarter earnings call... More


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