Nearly six in ten US millennials (58%) say cash is their preferred way of paying and being paid by friends, followed by P2P payment apps (26%), cheque (8%) and electronic bank transfer (8%), GOBankingRates reveals... More
Archive: News in brief
Take part in our ‘NFC and the IoT’ webinar today
NFC World’s educational webinar on NFC and how it can be used to lift IoT adoption by bringing plug-and-play simplicity to smart homes and the internet of things will be held today at 15:00 GMT... More
GSMA reports on mobile money adoption
More than one billion transactions were processed through mobile money services globally in December 2015, the GSMA reveals, with registered accounts growing by nearly 100m — taking the total to 411m... More
US mobile payments at the POS to increase 54% this year
Mobile payments made at the point of sale in the US will increase 54% in 2016 compared to 2015, with continued growth expected through 2019, research from Packaged Facts predicts... More
Luxury winemaker integrates NFC into sherry bottles
Spanish winemaker Barbadillo has integrated NFC into its limited edition bottles of Versos 1891 rare sherry so customers can check the beverage’s authenticity with a tap of their mobile device... More
Swedish amusement park installs BLE beacons
Visitors to Liseberg amusement park in Sweden can now get information about its attractions on their smartphones via Bluetooth Low Energy beacons and a mobile app provided by CGI... More
148m consumers to make NFC mobile payments in 2016
Some 148m consumers will make NFC mobile payments this year, with Apple and Samsung accounting for nearly 70% of new customers, Juniper Research forecasts... More
MasterCard to support Apple Pay in Canada?
MasterCard could begin supporting Apple Pay in Canada this year, according to a MacRumors report... More
Join us tomorrow for a webinar on NFC and the IoT
Join NFC World and NXP at 3pm GMT on Wednesday 2 March to find out how NFC can bring plug-and-play simplicity to smart homes and the internet of things (IoT)... More
Visa simplifies Checkout sign-ups
Visa Checkout users will soon be able to scan an image of their credit or debit card with their mobile device to sign up to the service, rather than having to enter their information manually... More
White paper explores future of connected living
A 25-page white paper that explores how young adults expect mobile technology and connectivity to develop over the next ten years is now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre... More
MasterCard offers Apple Pay users free travel in London
MasterCard cardholders using Apple Pay can travel for free around London for the next three consecutive Mondays... More
Android Pay to make UK debut in March?
Android Pay will launch in the UK in March, according to The Telegraph... More
Apple Pay to launch in France this year?
A “small handful” of major French banks are now poised to sign deals to bring Apple Pay to France “by the end of the year”, Les Echos reports, following months of negotiations over the share of transaction fees Apple should receive from card issuers... More
WeChat Pay now available to overseas merchants
Chinese internet giant Tencent has made its WeChat Pay platform available to overseas vendors so they can serve Chinese consumers when they travel abroad... More
China UnionPay and Visa partner on payments innovation
Payment networks China UnionPay and Visa have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Shanghai to collaborate on “providing cardholders with more convenient, secure and highly efficient payment services” with a focus on security, innovation and financial inclusion... More
Nets FlashPay and AutoPass Cards get NFC phone top-ups
Commuters in Singapore can now top up their Nets FlashPay and AutoPass Cards by tapping them against an NFC Android smartphone running the FlashPay Reader app... More
US EMV adoption slower than expected
Some 37% of US merchant locations are now EMV-ready, according to management consulting firm The Strawhecker Group (TSG)... More
Gemalto’s Mobile ID gets GSMA approval
PARTNER NEWS: Digital security specialist Gemalto’s Mobile ID solution has been accredited by the GSMA’s Mobile Connect program, an initiative that aims to help mobile network operators provide a universal phone-based identity and authentication service to consumers worldwide... More
India’s Freecharge wallet signs another mPOS network
Indian closed-loop mobile wallet provider FreeCharge has partnered with mobile point of sale provider Ezetap to let its users make in-store mobile payments at “thousands of Ezetap service points consisting of small and mid-sized retailers across India”... More