Jamba Juice and restaurant data analytics provider Fishbowl have worked together to integrate Fishbowl’s Promotion Manager software into Android Pay, allowing guests to “save and use promotions while merchants will be able to process redemptions in real time,” the companies say... More
Archive: News in brief
Billing System brings OTI NFC readers to Japan
Payment service provider Billing System is to offer On Track Innovations’ (OTI) suite of NFC readers and devices to Japanese retailers, vending machine operators and taxi companies... More
Amazon gets ear authentication patent
Amazon has been granted a US patent that describes how a person’s ear could be used to authenticate them when answering a phone call or to unlock an audio file... More
ING to launch HCE in the Netherlands
ING is to launch a mobile payments service based on host card emulation (HCE) in the Netherlands this summer following a final test with a group of the bank’s employees... More
30 more banks add Apple Pay
Apple has added a further 30 US banks and credit unions to the list of financial institutions that support Apple Pay... More
Starbucks expands Mobile Order & Pay
Starbucks has rolled out its Mobile Order & Pay service to 21 more states in the southern and central United States... More
Netherlands museum deploys beacons
The Groninger Museum in the Netherlands has deployed beacons to send information about its exhibitions directly to a visitor’s smartphone running the museum’s mobile app, developed by startup Tapme Media... More
Galatea extends NFC jewellery range
US jeweller Galatea has unveiled Momento Gem and Momento Diamond, jewellery collections that come equipped with NFC, adding to the Momento Pearl range that was launched in December... More
UAE banks approve mobile wallet project
The UAE Banks Federation, a standards body representing 50 Emirates banks, has cleared its mobile wallet project for launch and is now awaiting final approval from the nation’s central bank following a pre-implementation phase completed in December... More
ClearXChange offers real-time payments
US bank-led digital payments network clearXchange’s real-time payments system is now available to all member financial institutions, allowing real-time transfers to take place within the same bank or bank to bank... More
MasterCard extends tokenization platform
MasterCard is to extend its tokenization services to merchants with in-app, ecommerce and recurring billing card-on-file programs as well as to private label credit cards... More
Sequent closes funding round
Secure NFC specialist Sequent Software has closed a funding round for an undisclosed sum that will be used to support its expansion into global markets... More
Gemalto predicts fast uptake of Apple Pay in the UK
PARTNER NEWS: The prevalence of EMV in the UK, lower interchange fees and the existing contactless infrastructure will lead to faster adoption of Apple Pay in the UK than in the US, Gemalto’s Rémi de Fouchier forecasts... More
Facebook expands buy button pilot
Facebook has extended its ‘buy’ button pilot to US retailers using the Shopify commerce platform... More
NFC inventors win award
NXP engineers Franz Amtmann and Philippe Maugars have won the European Patent Office (EPO) European Inventor Award in recognition of the role they played in the birth of NFC... More
Verifone to support Apple Pay loyalty schemes
Payments giant Verifone will support retailer loyalty and rewards programs, in addition to NFC mobile payments, via Apple Pay from the autumn with the release of iOS 9... More
Whole Foods to add loyalty card to Apple Pay
US grocery chain Whole Foods Market will be among the first companies to add their loyalty cards to Apple Pay later this year, alongside iOS 9 and the Passbook app to be renamed ‘Wallet’... More
SEQR mobile payments to launch in US
Mobile payment solution SEQR, developed by Swedish m-commerce software firm Seamless, is to launch in the US, making it the eleventh country where the system is available... More
Wells Fargo pilots face and voice authentication
US bank Wells Fargo is piloting a face and voice authentication system with 100 customers using its mobile app on their iPhones... More
TI opens NFC wearable design challenge
Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments is running an NFC wearable design challenge, inviting developers to use its RF430FRL15xH NFC sensor transponder to create wearable health and fitness applications... More