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Mobile tickets launch for Houston buses
Bus users in Houston, Texas will be able to pay for and display tickets on their smartphones after the Metropolitan Transit Authority signed a contract with mobile ticketing specialist GlobeSherpa... More
PayPal buys money transfer provider Xoom
PayPal has bought digital money transfer provider Xoom for about US$890m... More
MasterCard to pilot biometrics for online shopping
MasterCard is to test a system that will approve online purchases with a face or fingerprint scan later this year... More
London buses get on board beacon rollout
Five hundred London buses have been equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons to send targeted messages to commuters, as part of out-of-home media owner Exterion Media’s beacon rollout across “major cities” in the UK in partnership with mobile marketing and NFC specialist Proxama... More
Beacons on menu for Cathay Pacific lounge guests
Guests using Cathay Pacific’s business and first class lounge at San Francisco International Airport will be able to receive information about food and beverage menus and other available amenities with their smartphone via beacons installed across the lounge... More
Facebook rolls out Messenger mobile payments across US
Facebook has made its Messenger mobile payments service available across the US following its launch in New York City in May... More
Apple Watch patent transfers data in a shake
Apple’s latest patent details how an Apple Watch could exchange information with another when wearers greet each other with a handshake... More
Mahindra Comviva and Pole SCS in European partnership
Mobile financial solutions firm Mahindra Comviva has signed a strategic agreement with Pole SCS, a south-east France technology cluster, to roll out new contactless and mobile services across Europe with a key focus on hybrid HCE and smart tokenization... More
NFC smartphone sales up 55% year on year in 2015
Global NFC-enabled smartphone sales will grow more than 55% year over year in 2015, research from Strategy Analytics has found... More
Beacons guide Hong Kong airport passengers
Passengers at Hong Kong International Airport are being guided by 50 beacons installed across Terminal 1 as part of a pilot with SITA Lab... More
Maple Leafs install beacons for draft party
Fans of Toronto Maple Leafs will be able to win prizes, interact with Legends Row and explore activities on their smartphones during the hockey team’s draft party via beacons from mobile proximity platform Rover... More
Sharp includes fingerprint sensor in flagship smartphone
Sharp is to include biometric provider Synaptics’ Natural ID fingerprint sensor in its latest flagship smartphone... More
US$2.7tn mobile wallet market by 2020
The global market for mobile wallets will reach US$2.7tn by 2020, “driven by the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, mobile internet, strong governmental support for cashless transactions and the convenience offered by mobile payments,” Global Industry Analysts says... More
Cale parking card readers to accept Apple Pay
US parking payment systems provider Cale will offer contactless card readers that accept Apple Pay as well as other NFC mobile wallets in July... More
Apple publishes UK contactless FAQ
Apple has published an FAQ explaining how the contactless limit will work in the UK for Apple Pay transactions... More
PayPal set to float on 17 July
Ebay’s board of directors has approved the completion of the separation of eBay and PayPal into two independent publicly traded companies... More
PayRange raises $12m for vending machine payments via Bluetooth
Digital payments enabler PayRange has secured US$12m in Series A funding to drive mobile payment acceptance in the vending machine industry with a plug-in dongle called BluKey... More
One in five Australians make in-store mobile payments
Three in ten Australians plan to use their smartphone for all their digital money and financial needs by 2017 and one in five (17%) are already using their smartphones to make in-store payments, research from lender Fair Go Finance reveals... More
Naver Pay launches in Korea
Korean internet portal Naver has launched its mobile payments platform Naver Pay following an unveiling in March... More