Electric vehicle (EV) charging network ChargePoint has integrated with Apple Maps, allowing US drivers to view EV charger points through the map service and pay for charging time using Apple Pay... More
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App offers order ahead restaurant service
US consumers using the Chase Pay QR code-based mobile payments service can now order ahead, pay for food and access special offers at participating Boston restaurants using the app... More
NFC clothing range connects US Ski Team with winter sports fans
Ski and performance brand Spyder is to add NFC technology to its US Ski Team clothing collection, allowing skiers to connect with team members via social media and share location-based information with a tap of an NFC device against the company’s logo... More
Apple Pay adds US and Australian banks
More than 30 banks and credit unions in the US have added their support for Apple Pay, as well as five more in Australia... More
Apple Pay targets US retail and transport expansion
Apple Pay is now accepted by 35% of US retailers, representing about 4m locations across the country, Apple VP Jennifer Bailey has revealed during the Re/code Code Commerce event in San Francisco... More
Amazon Go store will let customers shop and go without checkout queues
Amazon employees in the US are testing a physical grocery store format that will use technology developed for self-driving cars to allow consumers with a dedicated mobile app to walk in, pick up the items they want and leave without going through a traditional checkout... More
Battery-less smartwatch powered by body heat
Devices such as smartwatches could be powered by little more than the heat of the wearer’s body, if the promise of a California-based startup is delivered, EE Times reports... More
Android Pay launches with single bank support in New Zealand
Android Pay is launching in New Zealand initially only for customers of BNZ bank who own a Visa Flexi debit card... More
Mastercard biometric service rolls out to Latin America
Mastercard has launched its biometric Identity Check Mobile service in Brazil and Mexico, the payments giant has confirmed... More
USAA Bank adds insurance cards to digital wallet
USAA Bank has updated its digital wallet offering to enable users to add their auto insurance card and medical insurance card to the app... More
In-store mobile payments take 0.6% Black Friday share
In-store mobile payments accounted for 0.6% of transactions made on Black Friday in the US, research released by payment technologies provider Cayan reveals... More
Mastercard blockchain patent applications
Mastercard has filed patent applications describing systems and methods for authorising and securing blockchain transactions using existing payment networks... More
Growth in millennials’ mobile commerce use
Eighty-eight percent of US millennials are conducting transactions from their mobile device with 15% doing so multiple times a day, research from mobile capture and identity verification firm Mitek shows... More
Visa reports EMV increase in US
There are now 388.8m Visa EMV cards circulating in the US, 180.6m of which are credit cards and 208.3m debit cards, the payment network has revealed... More
Chase Pay goes live at Starbucks and Best Buy
Chase Pay has launched across 7,500 Starbucks and nearly 1,400 Best Buy locations across the US, allowing shoppers to make payments by scanning a QR code at the point of sale... More
Apple Pay advertising sparks strong rise in contactless payments at vending machines
Digital advertising promoting the availability of Apple Pay at unattended vending machines has resulted in a 36.5% increase in overall sales for cashless vending machine technology provider USA Technologies (USAT) as well as a 135.2% increase in NFC mobile payments, a six-month study now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre reveals... More
Android Pay launches in Poland
Android Pay has begun rolling out across Poland, allowing consumers with compatible devices to make payments at more than 400,000 retail locations in the country that accept contactless payments... More
Apple Pay adds banks in Australia, China, Russia and the US
Apple has updated its list of Apple Pay-supporting financial institutions in Australia, China, Russia and the US... More
US Payments Forum to study mobile and contactless payments
The US Payments Forum is creating the Mobile and Contactless Payments Working Committee, to explore mobile and contactless payment opportunities and challenges, identify solutions, and share guidance and best practice... More