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What's New in Payments

Contactless payment and instant credit ecosystem rolls out in UAE

By Tom Phillips • 1 December 2020 • Updated 1 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Empay NFC and QR mobile payments

Residents of the United Arab Emirates can now make in-app and in-store NFC and QR code-enabled contactless payments, international remittances, utility bill payments and P2P financial transfers and apply for instant credit using a single mobile payments app... More


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Hyundai includes fingerprint payments sensor in new Genesis GV70 vehicles

By Tom Phillips • 1 December 2020 • Updated 1 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Hyundai Genesis CarPay in car digital payments

Drivers of Hyundai’s Genesis GV70 SUV will be able to make in-car payments for fuel and parking simply by touching a biometric sensor integrated with the vehicle’s infotainment system... More


What's New in Payments

McKinsey and EBA identify threats to European banks’ payments revenues

By Tom Phillips • 1 December 2020 • Updated 1 December 2020 • nfcw.com
EBA and McKinsey report graph showing payments services as a proportion of European banking revenues

The central role traditionally played by banks in the European payments ecosystem “may be coming under challenge” as some specialist payments providers reach double-digit growth rates in payment revenues, according to a report jointly published by the Euro Banking Association and McKinsey & Company... More


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Payconiq rolls out cross-border QR mobile payments service in Europe

By Tom Phillips • 1 December 2020 • Updated 1 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Digicash by Payconiq interoperable mobile payments app

Users of Payconiq-supported mobile payment apps in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg can now make QR-enabled mobile payments and P2P transfers across all three Benelux countries... More


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What's New in Payments

SBI Card integrates NFC payments into mobile app

By Tom Phillips • 1 December 2020 • Updated 1 December 2020 • nfcw.com
SBI Card logo

SBI Card Mastercard holders in India can now make NFC payments at any contactless point-of-sale terminal from their mobile device after registering their credit card on the latest version of the payment service’s app. More


What's New in Payments

Japanese airline turns to mobile payments to boost revenues during Covid-19

By Tom Phillips • 30 November 2020 • Updated 30 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Tail of All Nippon Airways aircraft

Frequent flyers with All Nippon Airways (ANA) will soon be able to make in-store purchases and accumulate air miles by using a QR code-enabled mobile payments service that the Japanese airline is to launch “amid shrinking travel demand due to the coronavirus outbreak,” Japan Today reports... More


What's New in Payments

Ford lets commercial vehicle drivers process payments from their connected vehicle app

By Tom Phillips • 30 November 2020 • Updated 30 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Fordpass Pro connected vehicle payment processing app

Food and beverage suppliers, mobile florists, couriers and other small business owners in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK can now use their FordPass Pro connected vehicle app to accept card payments from their customers... More


What's New in Payments

Central Bank of Iceland rolls out instant payments platform

By Tom Phillips • 30 November 2020 • Updated 30 November 2020 • nfcw.com

The Central Bank of Iceland (CBI) has implemented a new real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) and instant payment platform that will allow it to manage up to 5m interbank, P2P, P2B and B2B payments a day... More


What's New in Payments

Digital greeting cards giant Evite adds contactless gifting

By Tom Phillips • 27 November 2020 • Updated 27 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Evite digital egift cards

Senders of Evite digital greeting cards can now also send the recipient a gift card, via an integration with Blackhawk Network‘s eGift service... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Snapper lets transportation users top up their travel card with their iPhone

By Tom Phillips • 26 November 2020 • Updated 26 November 2020 • nfcw.com

Passengers travelling on buses and cable cars in Wellington, New Zealand, can now use their iPhone to instantly top up their Snapper transit card, check their card balance, collect refunds and view concessions and travel passes... More


What's New in Payments

UBS launches sustainable credit card made from corn

By Tom Phillips • 25 November 2020 • Updated 25 November 2020 • nfcw.com
UBS Optimus Foundation eco credit card

Customers of Swiss bank UBS can now opt for an environmentally friendly credit card made from a corn-based plastic substitute — and will soon be able to apply for a digital-only card that they can start using immediately upon acceptance... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Tyne and Wear Metro launches mobile ticketing on Android phones

By Tom Phillips • 24 November 2020 • Updated 24 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Nexus Pop Android app for Tyne and Weir Metro

Passengers on the Metro light railway network in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England can now buy and store electronic tickets on their Android smartphone without needing a physical ticket or a smart transit card... More


What's New in Payments

OP Financial to pilot biometric payment card in Finland

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
OP Financial logo

Finland’s OP Financial Group is to pilot a biometric payment card that will allow users to authenticate payments over the contactless transaction limit with their fingerprint rather than with a PIN. More


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What's New in Payments

Stocard rolls out mobile payments service in four more European countries

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Stocard Pay mobile payments on Apple iPhone and Apple Watch

Leading European mobile loyalty wallet provider Stocard has expanded its Stocard Pay service to users in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, enabling them to make in-store NFC payments in addition to using the wallet to access loyalty cards and redeem rewards... More


NFC World

USI to add NFC to active styluses

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
USI NFC rechargeable stylus

The Universal Stylus Initiative (USI) is to work with the NFC Forum to enable rechargeable styluses to be wirelessly charged with a smartphone, mobile computing device or other NFC-enabled device... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Capital Metro pilots fare-capping service on transit app

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Capital Matro cash to travel app graphic

Passengers on a low income using Capital Metro bus and rail services in the US city of Austin, Texas, can now apply to join a pilot scheme for a fare-capping service integrated with the transport operator’s CapMetro transit app... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Maltese buses add contactless fare payments on busy routes

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Malta Public Transport bus with contactless fare payment

Bus passengers in Malta can now make on-board contactless payments for their fares on more of the island’s busier routes as Malta Public Transport moves towards implementing a fully integrated contactless system on all services in 2021... More


What's New in Payments

Nordic countries record surge in contactless payments during pandemic

By Tom Phillips • 20 November 2020 • Updated 20 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Nets Nordic graph showing contactless adoption in the region

The proportion of in-store purchases made using contactless cards in the Nordic countries has risen from 57% in January this year to 75% in late October, an increase “in part driven by concerns around the potential spread of Covid-19,” regional payments processor Nets reports... More


What's New in Payments

Google Pay to launch mobile-first bank accounts in the USA in 2021

By Tom Phillips • 20 November 2020 • Updated 20 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Google Pay mobile first Plex bank account

Consumers in the USA will be able to open mobile-first checking and saving accounts with 11 banks and credit unions from within Google Pay from 2021, Google has revealed in a blog post that also announces the launch of a redesigned version of the Google Pay app for both Android and iOS... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Matatu minibuses pilot contactless fare payments in Nairobi

By Tom Phillips • 20 November 2020 • Updated 11 January 2021 • nfcw.com
O-city M-pesa contactless minibus fare payments in Nairobi, Kenya

Passengers using Matatu minibus services across the Kenyan capital of Nairobi can now make contactless payments for their journeys from their M-Pesa mobile wallet... More


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