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283 news stories about France


What's New in Payments

Visa reports 1bn extra contactless transactions in Europe since payment limit rises

By Tom Phillips • 7 April 2021 • Updated 7 April 2021 • nfcw.com
Smartphone making Visa contactless transaction

Visa has processed 1bn additional PIN-less, touch-free payments since 29 countries across Europe increased contactless transaction limits in response to the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the card network reports... More


What's New in Payments

Crédit Agricole du Languedoc pilots Dejamobile software POS solution

By Tom Phillips • 4 March 2021 • Updated 4 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Dejamobile software POS on Crédit Agricole Encaiss'Phone

PARTNER NEWS: French bank Crédit Agricole du Languedoc is trialling a payments acceptance solution that uses Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants technology to enable merchants to accept contactless transactions on a standard Android NFC smartphone... More


What's New in Payments

Mobile wallet transaction volumes overtake cash payments in stores

By Tom Phillips • 1 March 2021 • Updated 1 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Man using smartphone to make payment using mobile wallet in store

Contactless in-store payments made with a mobile wallet worldwide exceeded in-store cash payments for the first time during 2020, new research reveals... More


NFC World

Accor to let hotel guests access their rooms with their smartphone

By Tom Phillips • 8 February 2021 • Updated 8 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Accor access control digital key on smartphone

Guests staying at hotels owned by France-based hospitality giant Accor will soon be able to open their rooms and access other hotel facilities contactlessly using a digital key uploaded to their smartphone on check-in... More


What's New in Payments

BNP Paribas to offer biometric payment cards to premier card customers

By Tom Phillips • 26 January 2021 • Updated 26 January 2021 • nfcw.com
BNP Paribas biometric Visa credit card used to make contactless payment

BNP Paribas Visa Premier card customers will soon have the option of upgrading to a biometric payment card for an additional fee of €24 (US$29) a year, the French bank has revealed... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Paris adds support for iPhone transit card top ups

By Tom Phillips • 21 January 2021 • Updated 22 January 2021 • nfcw.com
iPhone transit card top up for Paris IDFM

Apple iPhone users travelling on public transport in the greater Paris region can now pay for daily, weekly and monthly travel passes and single-use tickets with Apple Pay and load them onto their physical Navigo transit card from their smartphone... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Paris to let Apple users add transit cards to iPhones?

By Tom Phillips • 7 January 2021 • Updated 7 January 2021 • nfcw.com
Île-de-France Mobilités logo on side of train

Passengers using public transport services in the greater Paris region could soon be able to store their Smart Navigo digital transit card on their iPhone and use it to make contactless fare payments... More


NFC World

Seed potato supplier pilots NFC smart bags

By Tom Phillips • 5 January 2021 • Updated 5 January 2021 • nfcw.com
HZPC smart NFC bag for seed potatoes

Netherlands-based seed potato supplier HZPC is piloting smart delivery bags that use an integrated NFC chip to enable customers to download information about the potatoes a bag contains with a tap of their smartphone... More


Transit Ticketing Today

French city lets passengers pay bus and tram fares via NFC and BLE tags

By Tom Phillips • 17 December 2020 • Updated 17 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Corduent Fil Bleu Seamless Transportation System on a bus supporting BLE and NFC contactless payment

Passengers using buses and trams on the Fil Bleu public transport network in the French city of Tours can now pay their fares by scanning either an on-board NFC tag with their Android device or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tag with an iOS smartphone... More


What's New in Payments

Ford lets commercial vehicle drivers process payments from their connected vehicle app

By Tom Phillips • 30 November 2020 • Updated 30 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Fordpass Pro connected vehicle payment processing app

Food and beverage suppliers, mobile florists, couriers and other small business owners in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK can now use their FordPass Pro connected vehicle app to accept card payments from their customers... More


What's New in Payments

Stocard rolls out mobile payments service in four more European countries

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Stocard Pay mobile payments on Apple iPhone and Apple Watch

Leading European mobile loyalty wallet provider Stocard has expanded its Stocard Pay service to users in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, enabling them to make in-store NFC payments in addition to using the wallet to access loyalty cards and redeem rewards... More


NFC World

NFC Forum reports on consumer attitudes and adoption trends across the world

By Sarah Clark • 29 October 2020 • Updated 29 October 2020 • nfcw.com
NFC Forum contactless usage infographic 2020

Seven in ten consumers are confident with the security contactless cards/mobile wallets provide and 88% report a consistently positive user experience with NFC contactless technologies, a survey of consumers in nine countries around the world has found... More


What's New in Payments

Monoprix pilots automated self-service store

By Tom Phillips • 15 October 2020 • Updated 15 October 2020 • nfcw.com
Monoprix automated self-service store

Employees of French retail chain Monoprix are testing an automated self-service store that uses AI-based product recognition technology to enable them to select and pay for their products without going through a checkout... More


Transit Ticketing Today

French city launches payment card ticketing for groups and individuals

By Tom Phillips • 28 September 2020 • Updated 28 September 2020 • nfcw.com
Bibus Brest contactless ticketing infographic

Users of the Bibus public transport network in the Brest Métropole area of France can now use their contactless payment cards to buy tickets on buses, trams and cable cars, transfer from one mode of transport to another at no additional cost, and pay for as many as six passengers with a single card... More


What's New in Payments

Antelop Solutions opens NFCW Expo showcase

By Mike Clark • 18 September 2020 • Updated 18 September 2020 • nfcw.com
Antelop Solutions at the NFCW Expo

NFCW EXPO: Card issuers looking to quickly and easily provide their customers with the latest mobile and digital card solutions can now visit Antelop Solutions’ showcase in the NFCW Expo hall to learn about the France-based fintech’s white label SaaS solutions... More


What's New in Payments

Digital payments specialist Dejamobile opens showcase in the NFCW Expo

By Mike Clark • 18 September 2020 • Updated 18 September 2020 • nfcw.com

NFCW EXPO: France-based fintech Dejamobile has opened a showcase in the NFCW Expo that provides readers with information on its white label digital payment and merchant acceptance solutions plus educational materials on host card emulation (HCE) security and contactless acceptance on standard NFC phones... 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

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

BNP Paribas to issue biometric payment cards to Premier and Gold cardholders

By Sarah Clark • 30 June 2020 • nfcw.com

BNP Paribas is to begin issuing payment cards with a built-in fingerprint sensor to its Premier and Gold cardholders later this year, the French bank has announced... More


What's New in Payments

Stocard picks Dejamobile to add payments to mobile loyalty app

By Sarah Clark • 16 June 2020 • nfcw.com
Woman using Stocard Dejamobile mobile loyalty and payments app

PARTNER NEWS: European mobile loyalty wallet leader Stocard has added support for NFC payments to its app as it looks to evolve its digital wallet into an all-in-one payments, banking and shopping service... More


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