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Transit Ticketing Today

Queensland begins first pilot of regional open loop ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 15 December 2020 • Updated 15 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Translink Queensland open loop ticketIng system

Passengers travelling on the G:link light rail network on Queensland’s Gold Coast are the first to trial an open loop transportation ticketing system that the Australian state plans to roll out across all forms of public transport in 18 regional centres by 2022... More


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Antelop lets banks securely display customers’ digital cards on their mobile phones

By Sarah Clark • 15 December 2020 • Updated 17 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Antelop Secure Interface digital card display on 2 smartphones

PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions has launched a Secure Interface solution that enables banks to provide their customers with the ability to securely display sensitive digital card information on their mobile phones... More


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Dejamobile gets Visa certification for high value contactless transaction acceptance on standard NFC devices

By Sarah Clark • 14 December 2020 • Updated 14 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Dejamobile ReadyToTap for Merchants Visa Certified Tap to Phone with PIN

PARTNER NEWS: Dejamobile has received Visa certification for a solution that enables merchants to be provided with the ability to accept both low and high value contactless transactions on a standard Android NFC smartphone or tablet... More


What's New in Payments

CIBC raises transaction limit for customers making contactless payments with a mobile phone or smartwatch

By Tom Phillips • 11 December 2020 • Updated 11 December 2020 • nfcw.com
CIBC raises mobile wallet and smartwatch contactless transaction limit

Customers of CIBC can now make purchases of up to C$250 (US$196) with their debit card using Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or Google Pay following a 150% increase in the Canadian bank’s transaction limit for in-store payments with a mobile phone or smartwatch... More


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US Bank lets customers send a greeting card with their P2P payment

By Tom Phillips • 11 December 2020 • Updated 11 December 2020 • nfcw.com
US Bank logo

Customers of US Bank can now add a personalised digital greetings card when they use the bank’s mobile app to make a Zelle P2P transfer to anyone with a US bank account. More


What's New in Payments

Italy promotes cashless payments with 10% rebates for shoppers using cards and mobile apps in stores

By Tom Phillips • 11 December 2020 • Updated 11 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Cashless Italia symbol

Consumers in Italy can now receive an automatic 10% refund into their bank account for cashless in-store payments made using a credit, debit or prepaid card or payment app between now and the end of the year — as long as they make at least 10 digital transactions during the period... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Amsterdam buses and trams to get mobile, contactless and QR payments

By Tom Phillips • 11 December 2020 • Updated 11 December 2020 • nfcw.com
GVB Netherlands logo

Passengers using public transportation in the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam will soon be able to pay their fares using a contactless debit or credit card, an NFC mobile phone or via a QR code. More


What's New in Payments

Challenger bank to test biometric payment cards in Sweden

By Tom Phillips • 11 December 2020 • Updated 11 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Rocker biometric payment card

Customers of Swedish challenger bank Rocker will soon be able to take part in a proof-of-concept pilot of a biometric debit card that enables them to authenticate contactless in-store payments with their fingerprint... More


NFC World

Indian water authority uses NFC flowmeters to optimise supply and ease water shortages

By Tom Phillips • 10 December 2020 • Updated 10 December 2020 • nfcw.com
ABA AquaMaster 4 NFC flowmeter

The local water authority in the Koppal district of the Indian state of Karnataka is to install a digital water management system that uses NFC-enabled digital flowmeters to let users collect, view and securely transmit accurate waterflow data via an app on their smartphone or tablet... More


What's New in Payments

Mastercard and MatchMove leverage Tappy technology for tokenized payments on custom wearables

By Tom Phillips • 9 December 2020 • Updated 9 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Mastercard and Matchmove wearables tokenization using Tappy technology

PARTNER NEWS: Mastercard and Singapore-based Banking-as-a-Service provider MatchMove have partnered with Tappy Technologies to make it possible to provide consumers with the ability to add a tokenized Mastercard to a wide range of batteryless wearables... More


What's New in Payments

Cilab adds support for next generation EMVCo POS terminal testing

By Sarah Clark • 8 December 2020 • Updated 8 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Cilab CEO Alfred Binder

PARTNER NEWS: NFC testing innovator Cilab has added support for EMVCo 3.0b to its high speed tester, enabling POS terminal manufacturers to quickly and easily debug and conduct pre-certification testing of their devices ahead of the new EMVCo specification coming into force in mid-2021. More


Transit Ticketing Today

Transport for NSW begins digital Opal transit card pilot

By Tom Phillips • 8 December 2020 • Updated 8 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Transport for NSW Opal digital card

Passengers using Transport for NSW public transport services in Australia can now apply to take part in a year-long pilot to test a digital version of the Opal transit card that enables them to pay fares from a digital wallet on their mobile phone or smartwatch... More


What's New in Payments

PBOC to trial online and offline payment functions in second digital yuan red envelope giveaway

By Tom Phillips • 8 December 2020 • Updated 8 December 2020 • nfcw.com
JD.com courier delivering goods bought with digital yuan

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is to enable participants in the next phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot to test for the first time the use of digital yuan for making both online purchases and touch-based in-store offline payments... More


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What's New in Payments

Carrefour introduces mobile self-checkout in UAE

By Tom Phillips • 8 December 2020 • Updated 8 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Carrefour Mobile Scan&Go mobile self checkout

Customers in Carrefour stores run by Majid Al Futtaim in the United Arab Emirates can now scan their purchases and pay for them in-store using the Mobile Scan&Go feature integrated into the retailer’s app... More


What's New in Payments

India increases contactless limit by 150%

By Tom Phillips • 8 December 2020 • Updated 8 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Reserve Bank of India seal

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is to raise the limit for contactless card transactions from Rs2,000 (US$27) to Rs5,000 ($67.67) from 1 January 2021, an increase of 150%. More


What's New in Payments

Huawei Pay expands to South Africa

By Tom Phillips • 7 December 2020 • Updated 8 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Huawei Pay digital wallet

Consumers in South Africa with compatible smartphones can now use Huawei Pay to make mobile payments by scanning QR codes compatible with the Zapper scan-to-pay payments platform... More


What's New in Payments

7-Eleven launches mobile wallet that customers can load with cash in stores

By Tom Phillips • 7 December 2020 • Updated 7 December 2020 • nfcw.com
7-Eleven app with mobile wallet on a smartphone

Customers in 7-Eleven convenience stores across the USA can now make contactless payments at the checkout using a mobile wallet that the retail giant has added to its 7-Eleven app... More


What's New in Payments

Dutch regulator launches antitrust investigation into NFC payment apps

By Tom Phillips • 7 December 2020 • Updated 7 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) logo

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has opened an investigation into whether companies such as Apple are in breach of competition rules if they limit the access payments apps have to a smartphone’s NFC chip and restrict a user’s choice of contactless in-store payment method on that device. More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay to go live in Mexico “very soon”

By Tom Phillips • 4 December 2020 • Updated 24 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay coming soon Mexico web page

Apple Pay is due to roll out in Mexico “very soon”, according to the payments service’s Mexican website... More


What's New in Payments

Economists propose single global digital currency

By Tom Phillips • 4 December 2020 • Updated 4 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Global digital currency centralised settlement model

A single global retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) and a single global 24/7 payment system could be an “optimum solution” as the basis for a new payment model “enhancing market discipline and fairness to all stakeholders”, according to a new paper... More


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