The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is to add support for NFC payments to the country’s UPI Lite digital wallet, enabling users to conduct transactions on their smartphone even when there is no internet or mobile connection... 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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California pilots mobile driving licence and ID card for airport identity checks and age verification
Residents of the US state of California can now generate and store a digital version of their driving licence or state ID card on their Apple or Android smartphone and use it to verify their identity at selected Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security checkpoints and confirm their age when making age-restricted purchases in selected stores... More
QR code payments to top 90bn in SE Asia by 2028
The total number of QR code payments made in SE Asia will reach 90bn by 2028, up from a total QR code transaction volume in the region of 13bn in 2023, according to a forecast by Juniper Research. More
Moscow Metro to trial digital ruble for fare payments
Moscow Metro is to pilot the use of Russia’s digital ruble for fare payments as part of the Central Bank of Russia’s real-world testing programme for the central bank digital currency (CBDC)... More
Catholic diocese reports on contactless donations adoption
More than £650,000 (US$828,320) of charitable donations have been made to 44 church parishes across The Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in the UK using contactless cards since the diocese introduced contactless giving terminals in 2019... More
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Kuwait International Bank rolls out contactless cash withdrawals across its ATM network
Customers of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) can now withdraw cash and conduct other transactions at the bank’s ATMs with a tap of their physical contactless KIB bank card or with a digital version stored on their NFC-enabled smartphone or wearable device... More
Researchers test gait-based biometric security technology that uses walking patterns to verify identity
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering in Canada are testing gait-based biometric security technology that verifies an individual’s identity using their walking pattern... More
Contactless payments key to driving public transport use Visa survey reveals
More than nine in ten public transport users worldwide expect to be able to make contactless fare payments when travelling on public transport (94%) and more than four in ten identify the ability to make contactless fare payments as a key factor in encouraging their use of public transportation (41%), according to Visa’s 2023 Future of Urban Mobility survey. More
More than 93% of card present payments worldwide were made using EMV chip cards in 2022
Just over 93% of card present transactions worldwide were made using EMV chip-enabled payment cards during 2022, up from 90.44% in 2021 and 88.55% in 2020, according to standards body EMVCo... More
Digital fashion house adds NFC chips to textile patches
Digital fashion house MNTGE has released a range of artist-designed textile patches embedded with an NFC chip that enables wearers to link to the physical patch’s digital twin in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) stored in a digital wallet with a tap of their smartphone... More
Icelandair to roll out reusable NFC bag tags for contactless aircrew luggage check-in
Aircrew working for Icelandair will soon be able to transfer their flight details to a reusable electronic bag tag attached to their luggage by tapping their NFC smartphone on the device... More
Smart sticky note lets users store and access digital content on paper reminders with their NFC smartphone
Professionals, businesses and consumers can now leave reminders on paper sticky notes containing an NFC tag that enables them to link the note to digital content — including voice recordings, photos and videos — by tapping the note with their smartphone... More
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Arkansas pizza restaurant serves up contactless bracelet that lets customers pour their own drinks
Customers at a Smokin’ Oak Wood Pizza outlet in Fayetteville in the US state of Arkansas can now pour their own drinks from digitally controlled taps in a self-serve taproom using a contactless bracelet... More
Tour de France cyclist trials NFC cycling shoes that store medical records and emergency contact details
Slovenian cyclist and double Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has tested a pair of DMT Pogi cycling shoes with an embedded NFC tag that stores essential information including medical records and emergency contact details... More
EMVCo issues security requirements for multi-factor authentication solutions
EMVCo has released security requirements for multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions used in payments to support the development of MFA solutions capable of preventing or detecting attacks that can compromise card and ecommerce payments authentication. More
Genoa rolls out multimodal MaaS app that supports fare-capped hands-free Bluetooth ticketing
Passengers using bus, rail and other public transport services in the Italian city of Genoa can now pay for their journeys from their smartphone without having to take their device out of their pocket or bag... More
Seoul Metro to pilot ‘tagless’ Bluetooth fare payments at four subway stations
South Korea’s Seoul Metro is to test a ‘tagless’ fare payment system that will enable passengers to pay for their tickets by walking through a ticketing gate without having to tap a contactless reader with their transit card or smartphone... More
EU mandates contactless payments for EV charging and hydrogen refuelling stations
The European Parliament has approved a new set of rules governing electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen fuelling stations that requires service providers to enable drivers of alternative fuel vehicles to make contactless payments with a card or mobile device without needing a subscription when charging or refuelling... More
Nigeria adds support for NFC payments using eNaira CBDC
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is enabling consumers and merchants to use their smartphone to make and receive contactless in-store and P2P payments with the country’s eNaira central bank digital currency (CBDC) using NFC, even if they are offline, according to local media reports... More
Samsung Wallet lets users in India add digital IDs, tickets and travel passes to their Galaxy smartphone
Residents of India with a Galaxy smartphone can now add digital versions of identity documents including their Aadhaar identity card, PAN tax registration card, driving licence and vehicle registration certificate to Samsung Wallet and use them to verify their identity across multiple use cases... More