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BLE beacons to deliver 1.6bn coupons a year by 2020
Almost 1.6bn coupons will be delivered annually to consumers via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon technology by 2020, Juniper Research forecasts... More
Android Pay adds 47 banks
Google has added a further 47 banks and credit unions to its list of Android Pay supporting financial institutions... More
Apple granted patent for device-based car keys
Apple has been granted a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a service that would store vehicle keys on an iPhone... More
LG Pay to launch in September
LG is expected to launch its LG Pay mobile payment service in September, according to ETNews... More
Gemalto analyses success of SK Telecom’s NFC service
PARTNER NEWS: A case study of South Korean mobile network operator SK Telecom’s NFC-based mobile wallet which explores the reasons behind its success is now available from digital security giant Gemalto... More
Analyst predicts exceptional growth for Apple Pay due to secure element approach
Apple Pay will experience greater success than Android Pay and will “grow exceptionally based on a belief that Apple Pay using a Secure Enclave/secure element inside of iOS has an advantage over Android Pay’s host card emulation (HCE) in that it’s more secure, with a similar user experience,” according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster... More
50% of Americans use mobile banking
Half of US adults now use mobile banking, with the number of users increasing by 29m since last year, research released by Javelin reveals... More
MyPay to launch mobile wallet in Myanmar
Customers of mobile financial services provider MyPay in Myanmar will soon be able to make payments using their mobile phone through a new service based on technology from mobile wallet provider Cellum... More
Chili’s Grill & Bar to enable Android Pay at the table
Customers of Chili’s Grill & Bar across the US will soon be able to pay for orders through Android Pay by tapping their phone against a pay-at-the-table tablet from Ziosk... More
Wells Fargo to launch NFC mobile payments
US bank Wells Fargo is expected to launch an NFC-based mobile payment service this week, according to the Los Angeles Times... More
Starbucks to take mobile payments and rewards to India
Starbucks is to launch its mobile payment and loyalty app in India this year... More
TfL rolls out contactless on Thames river buses
UK commuters travelling on MBNA Thames Clippers River Bus services can now pay using contactless cards following an expansion of Transport for London’s (TfL) services... More
Inside Secure launches MatrixHCE solution
Financial institutions can now select Inside Secure’s Visa Ready MatrixHCE solution as a means of rolling out mobile payment solutions within a matter of weeks... More
One in 10 UK card payments were contactless in 2015
The average UK adult made 20 card payments per month in 2015, of which around one in 10 were contactless, research released by Payments UK reveals... More
Wirecard supports launch of Curve
German payments technology provider Wirecard is supporting the launch of Curve, a physical payment card that will let consumers store an unlimited number of bank cards and make contactless payments at POS terminals where MasterCard is accepted... More
Barclaycard reports on HCE service take-up
More than one in 10 (13%) of those using Barclaycard’s host card emulation (HCE) mobile payment service are over 50 years old, while 10% are aged under 25, Barclaycard has revealed... More
UK contactless spending totalled £1.5bn in March 2016
UK contactless payments in March totalled £1.5bn (US$2.19bn), The UK Cards Association has revealed, four months after monthly contactless spending hit £1bn in November 2015... More
Samsung Pay expected to enable support for Alipay
Samsung and Chinese internet giant Alibaba are to announce a collaboration on mobile payment systems this week, according to Yonhap News Agency... More
Google enhances APIs to take Android Pay in-app and to mobile websites
Google has enhanced its APIs to make it “easier than ever” for developers to integrate Android Pay for in-app and web payments with “just a few lines of code”... More