Germany to develop state-run European digital identity wallet
The German government is developing a digital wallet in which the country’s citizens can store their national identity card and official documents... More
Archive: Other news
Coach and Poshmark leverage NFC for sustainable product resales
Owners of handbags, wallets, clothes and shoes from Coach’s sustainable Coachtopia brand can now resell these items on the Poshmark secondhand platform and have the details uploaded automatically, thanks to an NFC tag or digital ID embedded in each product. ... More
Ski jumpers to be required to have NFC jump suits
NFC chips are to be added to competition-level ski jump suits to monitor whether competitors are adhering to regulations... More
Google Wallet to add support for digital passports
“Starting soon, we’ll begin beta testing a new type of digital ID in Google Wallet, giving more people in more places a way to create and store a digital ID, now with a US passport,” Jenny Cheng, Google Wallet’s VP and GM, has revealed... More
Apple turns on support for Tap to Cash NFC peer-to-peer mobile payments
Apple Watch and iPhone users in the US can now use Apple’s Tap to Cash peer-to-peer money transfer service to transfer money to each other via NFC... More
Google to use digital driver’s licenses to verify the age of website users
A new Digital Credentials API that will allow visitors to a website to verify their identity using a driver’s license or a national identification card stored in their digital wallet has now entered testing... More
EMVCo adds reduced range testing process for contactless payments acceptance on standard NFC devices
EMVCo has introduced a dedicated testing approval process designed to “promote a more seamless experience when smartphones and other handheld mobile devices are used to accept contactless payments”... More
MBTA reports on adoption of contactless payments on Boston’s transit network
“As of September 3, riders have tapped a contactless card, phone, or watch over a million times to pay their fares since we launched our contactless payment system on August 1,” the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) reports... More
PayPal CEO sets out vision for PayPal Everywhere with NFC
PayPal will “quickly” take advantage of Apple’s opening up of access to the iPhone’s NFC capabilities as part of its new omnichannel payments strategy, President and CEO Alex Chriss has revealed... More
NFCW to dive deep into the future of NFC and contactless with new research service
Ten years ago today, the NFC industry collectively popped open the champagne to celebrate Apple’s launch — finally — of the first iPhone to include support for NFC... More
MBTA to switch on contactless payments across Boston’s public transportation network
Public transportation users in the Greater Boston area will be able to use a contactless debit or credit card to pay for their fares on buses, Green Line trolleys, Mattapan Line trolleys, and at all gated subway stations from 1 August 2024, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has announced... More
Metrolinx brings Presto transit cards to Apple Wallet
Public transportation users in Toronto can now add their Presto transit card to Apple Wallet and then use their iPhone or Apple Watch to tap in and out of transit services across Canada’s Greater Toronto and Hamilton region... More
EU accepts modified version of Apple’s open NFC proposal
The European Commission has agreed to accept Apple’s proposal to open up access to the iPhone’s NFC functionality via Host Card Emulation (HCE) — with modifications that will also make it possible for iPhones to support person-to-person and merchant transactions via SoftPOS... More
Visa launches digital emergency card replacement service
Visa has rolled out a Digital Emergency Card Replacement service that makes it possible for cardholders to instantly receive a digital replacement for a lost or stolen card, via text or email, anywhere in the world. ... More
Alipay adds support for NFC mobile payments
Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments provider and the pioneer of QR mobile payments, has launched a new service that adds support for NFC contactless payments, marking the first time the technology has been adopted by a major player in the world’s largest mobile payments market... More
Smart Payment Association reports on growth in contactless payment card shipments
Nine in ten of the 3.2bn smart payment cards and modules shipped in 2023 included support for contactless payments “as consumers in all markets embrace touch free payments and tap-to-pay goes mainstream”, the Smart Payment Association reports... More
Venice goes live with contactless payments across its fleet of water buses, trams, ferries and more
Visitors to Venice can now use a contactless debit or credit card to pay for fares on any of the city’s public transportation services, including water buses, speedboats, motorboats, ferries, buses and trams... More
Fashion industry to issue 62.5bn Digital Product Passports a year by 2030
The apparel industry alone will be responsible for issuing more than 62.5bn Digital Product Passports a year by 2030, ABI Research predicts, generating annual revenues of US$1.59bn for suppliers of supporting IT and software... More
Evian pilots mineral water refill stations at Wimbledon
Sports fans attending this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament can purchase a QR refill pass that gives them the ability to refill their water bottle at any of a number of Evian mineral water refill stations located around the All England Lawn Tennis Club, rather than buying their mineral water in a plastic bottle or using a free tap water refill station... More
NFC Forum sets out vision for Multi-Purpose Taps
The NFC Forum has detailed its vision for its planned introduction of Multi-Purpose Taps, which will enable multiple functions to be actioned via a single tap of an NFC device, in a new paper which is available to download from the standards body’s website... More