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256 news stories about Spain


More than 160,000 stores worldwide will support contactless mobile self-scan shopping by 2027

By Tom Phillips • 3 August 2022 • Updated 3 August 2022 • nfcw.com
Retail Banking Research graph over 160,000 stores worldwide will support mobile self-scan contactless shopping by 2027

The number of stores worldwide that enable customers to self-scan their purchases on their own smartphone or a device provided by the merchant rose by 10,000 during 2021 to reach a total of 46,000, but that total is set to more than triple and exceed 161,000 globally by 2027, according to Retail Banking Research (RBR)... More


NFC Forum reports surge in worldwide use of contactless NFC technology

By Tom Phillips • 28 July 2022 • Updated 28 July 2022 • nfcw.com
NFC Forum graph showing worldwide familiarity with contactless NFC technology

More than eight in ten consumers have used “an NFC contactless card or mobile payment wallet” (85%) and contactless payment card usage has increased by 30% over the past two years, according to a survey of consumers in nine countries around the world that has been conducted for the NFC Forum... More


Google begins rolling out its new multifunction mobile wallet to 39 countries

By Tom Phillips • 20 July 2022 • Updated 20 July 2022 • nfcw.com
Smartphones at an angle showing Google Wallet

Google has begun rolling out a multipurpose digital wallet that enables users to store, use and present digital credentials such as identity cards and health passes as well as payment cards, transit and event tickets and hotel keys in 39 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia... More


Samsung combines payments, digital keys, boarding passes and IDs in single mobile wallet app

By Tom Phillips • 17 June 2022 • Updated 17 June 2022 • nfcw.com
Samsung Wallet showing payment, digital key, boarding pass and ID

Samsung Galaxy users in the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK can now store their digital payment, loyalty and membership cards as well as digital keys, boarding passes and Covid-19 vaccination certificates on their smartphone using the Samsung Wallet app... More


Ireland tops survey of contactless and cashless payments usage across 14 markets

By Tom Phillips • 8 June 2022 • Updated 8 June 2022 • nfcw.com
BOI graphic showing Ireland tops survey of contactless and cashless payments usage

Nearly two-thirds of consumers in Ireland now make contactless payments with a mobile phone, smartwatch or other device (65%) at least once a month compared with an average of just over half of consumers in other countries (55%), a survey has found... More


Correos lets postal delivery staff in rural Spain accept contactless payments on Android devices

By Tom Phillips • 13 April 2022 • Updated 13 April 2022 • nfcw.com
Correos postal delivery staff accepting contactless payments on Android device in Spain

Postal delivery workers in rural Spain can now accept contactless payments on an Android NFC smartphone or tablet, enabling residents to pay for a range of goods and services as well as deposit and withdraw cash from their own home without needing to visit a bricks-and-mortar post office or bank... More


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Spain sees highest growth rate in contactless payments in Europe

By Tom Phillips • 28 February 2022 • Updated 28 February 2022 • nfcw.com
Report page graphic showing Spain has highest growth rate in contactless payments in Europe

The total number of contactless card payments made in Spain increased by 10% during 2021, the highest growth rate recorded in Europe, according to payment services provider Minsait Payments... More


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BIS finds consumers worldwide are switching to digital and contactless payments at ‘unprecedented rate’

By Tom Phillips • 18 February 2022 • Updated 18 February 2022 • nfcw.com
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)

Consumers in key markets around the world have switched from physical cash to digital and contactless payment methods at “a rate unprecedented” since the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) launched its Red Book of payment and settlement statistics in 2004, BIS says... More


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Researchers develop smart facemasks that alert wearers to high carbon dioxide levels using NFC

By Tom Phillips • 8 February 2022 • Updated 8 February 2022 • nfcw.com
Smart facemask with NFC sensor that alert wearers to high carbon dioxide levels via a smartphone app

Researchers at the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain have developed and tested a facemask fitted with an NFC tag that alerts the wearer via their smartphone when the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) they have breathed out into the mask exceeds recommended limits... More


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Majority of Europeans would be happy with contactless transaction limits of up to €150

By Tom Phillips • 8 December 2021 • Updated 8 December 2021 • nfcw.com
Illustration of two Europeans carrying out contactless transactions

The majority of European consumers would feel comfortable with contactless transaction limits of up to €150 (US$169), three times the current European Union limit of €50 (US$56), according to Payments Europe research... More


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NFC digital car keys go live for Android users

By Tom Phillips • 6 December 2021 • Updated 6 December 2021 • nfcw.com
Woman using Android NFC digital car key to open BMW

Android users with a Samsung Galaxy 21 or Google Pixel 6 series smartphone can now lock, unlock and start compatible vehicles using an NFC digital car key stored on their mobile device... More


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Market Pay acquires Dejamobile

By Sarah Clark • 28 September 2021 • Updated 28 September 2021 • nfcw.com
Dejapay joins Market Pay announcement

PARTNER NEWS: Dejamobile has been acquired by Market Pay, the France-based international payments platform founded by supermarket giant Carrefour... More


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Survey: ‘Growing number’ of Europeans support creation of national digital currencies independently of EU

By Tom Phillips • 16 September 2021 • Updated 17 September 2021 • nfcw.com
Survey graph showing growing number’ of Europeans support creation of national digital currencies independently of the EU

A “growing number” of Europeans would support the creation of national digital currencies with the specific aim of asserting “some monetary independence” from the European Union, according to a survey commissioned by Euronews... More


Germany and Spain to test cross-border digital identity ecosystem

By Tom Phillips • 9 August 2021 • Updated 9 August 2021 • nfcw.com
German minister for digitisation Dorothee Baerrr

The governments of Germany and Spain have signed a memorandum of agreement to cooperate on the design, development and piloting of a cross-border digital identity ecosystem that will enable citizens to verify their identity and access digital services in both countries... More


What's New in Payments

Estonia’s central bank tests blockchain-powered digital euro solution

By Tom Phillips • 28 July 2021 • Updated 28 July 2021 • nfcw.com
Estonia central bank Eesti Pank

Eesti Pank, the central bank of Estonia, has tested a blockchain-powered technical solution for the use of a digital euro central bank digital currency (CBDC) that it says is capable of handling more than 300,000 simultaneous payments a second and enables payees to receive a payment in less than two seconds... More


What's New in Payments

CaixaBank to let customers access all digital banking services at ATMs

By Tom Phillips • 1 June 2021 • Updated 1 June 2021 • nfcw.com
CaixaBank digital banking at ATM

Customers of CaixaBank in Spain can now use the bank’s ATMs to access the same online digital banking services and features as those available to them on its mobile app and website... More


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ANA invites passengers with NFC phones to pilot IATA digital travel pass

By Tom Phillips • 17 May 2021 • Updated 17 May 2021 • nfcw.com
IATA travel pass on smartphone

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to trial the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass app, enabling passengers on selected flights between Japan and the US to verify their identity and their Covid-19 test results at check-in on their NFC-enabled smartphone... More


What's New in Payments

European banks invest €30m in EU rival to Visa and Mastercard

By Tom Phillips • 6 May 2021 • Updated 10 May 2021 • nfcw.com
EPI chair Joachim Schmalzl

The banks and other institutions backing the development of a unified payment systems for merchants and consumers across Europe have so far invested €30m in the European Payments Initiative, EPI chair Joachim Schmalzl has revealed... More


What's New in Payments

Aion Bank onboards personal and business customers via NFC

By Tom Phillips • 5 May 2021 • Updated 10 May 2021 • nfcw.com
Aion Bank NFC digital onboarding process

Consumers, retailers and other business customers can now remotely verify their identity when opening an account or applying for a loan with Belgium-based Aion Bank by scanning the contactless chip embedded in an ID document with their NFC smartphone or other mobile device and validating the information via a facial recognition check... More


What's New in Payments

Opera chooses Antelop to enable NFC digital card payments for Dify users

By Tom Phillips • 20 April 2021 • Updated 20 April 2021 • nfcw.com

PARTNER NEWS: Opera has selected Antelop Solutions as a long-term digital payments partner, enabling users of its new Dify in-browser cashback and digital wallet app to activate a Dify digital debit card in Google Pay and use it to make NFC payments in stores... More


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