Coffee chain Starbucks is to make its Mobile Order & Pay service available across the US so customers nationwide can place and pay for orders in advance using their iOS and Android devices... More
Archive: News in brief
CTIA visitors get NFC badges
PARTNER NEWS: Visitors at CTIA Super Mobility Week 2015 in Las Vegas and IBC 2015 in Amsterdam were able to capture and exchange business cards with other attendees using NFC badges powered by NXP’s Mifare DESFire EV1 chips... More
HTC lists devices supporting Android Pay
Handset maker HTC has released a list of its Android Pay supporting devices following the mobile payment service’s launch across the US earlier this month... More
Six in ten US consumers yet to receive an EMV card
Close to six in ten US consumers (59%) have not yet got an EMV card and only 32% of those who have are aware that the US is moving to EMV payments, ABI Research has found... More
Webinar today: How to develop a mobile payments roadmap
Join NFC World and Gemalto at 3pm BST today to find out how issuers and processors can draw up a mobile payments strategy that combines a winning customer service today with a long-term roadmap for the future... More
One in four US merchants will be EMV-ready by October deadline
Only 27% of US merchants will be EMV-ready by the October liability shift, representing a seven percentage point decline from a 34% estimation in March, research from The Strawhecker Group (TSG) reveals... More
Tascent raises $18.5m for mobile iris ID
Biometric identity solutions provider Tascent has announced a US$18.5m Series A funding round to build out its biometric technology platform... More
Apple Pay nears China launch?
Apple has reportedly set up a new company called Apple Technology Services (Shanghai) to bring Apple Pay to China... More
Macy’s adopts PayPal in-store mobile payments
US department store chain Macy’s will enable PayPal as a payment option for in-store, online and mobile purchases by the end of September 2015... More
Best Buy begins support for Apple Pay and Android Pay
US retail chain Best Buy has begun rolling out its planned support for Apple Pay as well as Android Pay... More
iPad Mini 4 includes NXP NFC chip
A teardown conducted by iFixit shows that Apple has included an NXP 65V10 NFC controller chip in its new iPad Mini 4 tablet... More
Future Group to launch mobile wallet in India
Indian retail conglomerate Future Group is in the process of launching its own mobile wallet, CEO Kishore Biyani has revealed... More
500,000 Koreans sign up for Samsung Pay
Samsung Pay has signed up more than 500,000 users since its introduction in Korea in August 2015... More
iOS 9 adds loyalty cards to Apple Pay
Apple has begun rolling out its latest software update, iOS 9, which brings store credit cards and reward cards to Apple Pay... More
Pittsburgh Penguins fans get BLE offers
Fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey team will receive exclusive content on their mobile device when attending games at the Consol Energy Center throughout the 2015-2016 season via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons... More
Chase redeems rewards in stores
Chase has introduced Android and iOS apps for Chase Freedom cardholders that allow them to redeem cashback rewards at the register on their mobile phone... More
Gemalto talks Android Pay
PARTNER NEWS: In a blog published this week, digital security giant Gemalto discusses the launch of Android Pay and the impact it will make on the industry... More
Canadian contactless transactions grow 150%
The number of contactless transactions conducted in Canada has increased by almost 150% over the past year, fuelled in part by the rapid roll-out of Interac Flash cards, research from Technology Strategies International shows. “The mobile payments landscape in Canada will change dramatically within the next five years, with about two thirds of the smartphones in Canada having NFC capability by 2019,” the company adds... More
TfL records 180m contactless journeys
More than 180m journeys have been made using contactless payments on London’s transport network in the first year since its launch, Transport for London (TfL) has revealed... More
Apple Pay now supported by 500 US banks
Apple has added 46 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, taking the total to more than 500... More