More than six million customers have signed up for Visa Checkout since its launch last year, Visa reports... More
- Bank of China lets taxi drivers accept central bank digital currency payments on NFC mobile phones
- Juniper forecasts 25% increase in POS terminal transaction values by 2028
- STMicroelectronics launches NFC tag chip with elliptic curve cryptography
- NFC Forum survey finds majority of consumers now prefer making payments with their mobile phone
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Mobile payments market to reach US$1tn by 2017
About US$1tn will be spent using mobile payments services in 2017, up 124% from less than US$500bn expected in 2015, International Data Corporation says... More
Migros launches mobile payments
Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain Migros has launched a mobile payments service first mooted in January, allowing customers to make purchases using a Migros app linked to their Migros Bank account or credit card... More
Four in five Apple Watch owners use Apple Pay
Some 80% of Apple Watch owners that are eligible to use Apple Pay have already done so, research from Wristly has found, with 79% saying they prefer using the mobile payments service on their Apple Watch over their iPhone. More
Verizon Wireless cool on Samsung Pay support
Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the US, may not support Samsung Pay when it launches there next month... More
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Qiwi adds HCE payments to mobile wallet
Russian payment services provider Qiwi has integrated Visa payWave technology into its Qiwi Wallet app to enable host card emulation (HCE) payments at any contactless terminal... More
Synchrony Financial offers Samsung Pay support
Consumer financial services provider Synchrony Financial will offer its private label credit card holders the ability to access their cards through Samsung Pay when it launches in the US in September... More
Apple Pay adds 18 banks in US
Apple has added a further 18 banks and credit unions to its list of financial institutions in the US supporting Apple Pay, putting the total close to 500... More
MCX ‘will not rush’ CurrentC rollout
CurrentC, the mobile wallet offered by US retailer-led consortium MCX, may not launch widely this year as originally planned, CEO Brian Mooney has said... More
MasterCard begins Selfie Pay trials
MasterCard is testing a ‘Selfie Pay’ service in the Netherlands with International Card Services and Dutch bank ABN Amro... More
Android Pay launch date leak
Android Pay could be launching on Wednesday, August 26, a leaked memo from fast-food chain McDonald’s to its US employees suggests... More
US to get Samsung Pay in September
Samsung Pay will launch in Korea on 20 August and in the US on 28 September, the handset maker confirmed as it announced two new flagship devices in New York yesterday... More
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Join NFC World for a live Q&A with HCE pioneer Doug Yeager
The next event in NFC World’s free educational webinar series will be a unique opportunity to get answers to your technical, business and operational questions on mobile payments from host card emulation (HCE) pioneer Doug Yeager, co-founder and CEO of SimplyTapp. More
Ugo adds gift cards
Users of Canadian NFC mobile wallet Ugo will be able to store gift cards from today by scanning the card with their smartphone camera... More
TD Bank to pilot NFC payments with Nymi biometric wristband
More than 100 TD Bank customers in Toronto, Canada are to begin piloting an NFC version of Nymi, a biometrically authenticated wristband that uses the wearer’s unique cardiac rhythm to verify their identity. RBC Royal Bank and “other Canadian issuing banks” began pilot testing the Nymi Band in collaboration with MasterCard in November last year. More
Apple joins NFC Forum
Apple has joined the NFC Forum as a sponsor member as of August 11... More
Kona I unveils Kona Pay
South Korean smart card provider Kona I has unveiled Kona Pay, a platform that allows banks and credit card firms to develop mobile payment services based on NFC, QR and barcodes... More
CurrentC to be tested in Ohio
Mobile payments consortium MCX will test its CurrentC mobile wallet in Columbus, Ohio, in the coming weeks, The Wall Street Journal reports... More
MCX member Rite Aid to accept Apple Pay and more
US pharmacy chain Rite Aid, a member of the MCX retailer-owned mobile payments consortium, will accept Apple Pay and other mobile payment services in its stores from August 15, following its decision to stop accepting NFC payments in the wake of the launch of Apple Pay in October last year. More
LG U+ to issue UnionPay mobile credit cards in China
Korean mobile network operator LG U+ will issue UnionPay mobile credit cards and payment services in China, in partnership with KB Kookmin Card, from next month... More