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Apple Pay goes live in Qatar

By Tom Phillips • 18 August 2022 • Updated 18 August 2022 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay on a smartphone and smart watch on Commercial Bank of Qatar advert

Apple Pay has launched in Qatar with support for American Express cards and Mastercard and Visa cards issued by seven major banks... More


Apple Pay expands to Malaysia

By Tom Phillips • 12 August 2022 • Updated 12 August 2022 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay advert from AmBank Malaysia showing hand with smartphone and visa card

Apple Pay has launched in Malaysia with support for Mastercard and Visa cards issued by AmBank, Maybank and Standard Chartered Bank... More


Delta rolls out metal contactless credit card made from recycled Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet

By Tom Phillips • 29 June 2022 • Updated 29 June 2022 • nfcw.com
Delta contactless credit card made from aircraft metal

Delta Air Lines passengers in the USA can now apply for a contactless credit card which is the first to have been made using recycled aircraft metal... More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay goes live in Israel

By Tom Phillips • 5 May 2021 • Updated 10 May 2021 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay for Max Israel on smartphone

Apple Pay has rolled out in Israel with support for Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards issued by nine major Israeli banks and credit card companies, according to local media outlets... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Metrolinx begins contactless fare payment pilot in Toronto

By Tom Phillips • 16 March 2021 • Updated 16 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Wearable being used to make a contactless payment on Metrolinx Toronto

Passengers travelling on Metrolinx’s Union Pearson (UP) Express airport rail link are the first in the Canadian city of Toronto to trial an open payment system that enables them to pay their fares with a contactless credit card or mobile wallet, without needing to buy a Presto transit card or e-ticket... More


What's New in Payments

Amex to offer Prada payments bracelet to Centurion members

By Tom Phillips • 8 March 2021 • Updated 8 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Prada Amex payments bracelet for Centurion members

Holders of an American Express Centurion card will soon be able to make purchases by linking their card to a wearable contactless payments chip embedded in a leather bracelet created by Italian fashion house Prada... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Stockholm rolls out contactless ticketing payments

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Contactless ticketing payment on Stockholm SL transit system

Passengers using public transport across the Swedish capital of Stockholm can now make tokenized contactless payments for single adult fares on metro, rail, bus, tram and boat services by tapping their debit or credit card or smartphone at a ticket reader... More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay goes live in Mexico

By Tom Phillips • 24 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay Mexico on smartphones

Apple Pay has rolled out in Mexico, with support for American Express and for Mastercards issued by the country’s Banorte and Citibanamex banks... More


What's New in Payments

American Express adds support for digital receipts

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 22 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Amex American Express logo

American Express cardholders can now receive detailed digital receipts for their card transactions to identify and check their purchases from larger retailers via the company’s app or website... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Queensland begins first pilot of regional open loop ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 15 December 2020 • Updated 11 July 2022 • 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


What's New in Payments

American Express adds instant digital card provisioning for Apple Pay

By Tom Phillips • 20 November 2020 • Updated 20 November 2020 • nfcw.com
American Express on Apple Pay Digital Wallet

American Express cardholders in the USA can now add their card to their Apple Pay wallet via the card network’s website as soon as their application has been approved, removing the need to wait for a physical card to arrive or to manually input their card details... More


What's New in Payments

RBR: 100m merchants worldwide to accept card payments by end 2025

By Tom Phillips • 18 November 2020 • Updated 18 November 2020 • nfcw.com
RBR graph showing number of merchant outlets by scheme 2019

The number of outlets worldwide accepting card payments will reach nearly 100m by the end of 2025, an increase driven by government initiatives to promote cashless payments and by an acceleration in the move to contactless payments during the Covid-19 pandemic, research from RBR predicts... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Turin rolls out contactless payments on bus and subway services

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Gruppo Torinese Trasporti contactless travel

Travellers using the subway and selected bus services in the Italian city of Turin can now pay for their rides by tapping on and off public transportation using a Visa or Mastercard contactless card or their NFC phone... More


What's New in Payments

Card networks begin global Click to Pay rollout

By Sarah Clark • 8 July 2020 • Updated 8 July 2020 • nfcw.com
Logos of Amex Visa Mastercard and Disover

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have announced that “they are each beginning technical preparations for global expansion” of Click to Pay, the single buy button solution for online merchants based on the EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) standard... More


What's New in Payments

Amex reports shift in US consumer attitudes to contactless payments

By Sarah Clark • 6 May 2020 • Updated 7 May 2020 • nfcw.com
American Express

The number of US consumers reporting that they are using contactless payments in stores has increased by 11%, an Amex survey has found. 50% of the surveyed consumers who have used contactless agree that it is safer for their health than using cash. More


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Switzerland and Liechtenstein double contactless payments limit

By Sarah Clark • 14 April 2020 • nfcw.com
PostFinance Swiss Post logo

The contactless transaction limit in Switzerland and Liechtenstein is to be temporarily increased from 40 francs (US$41.60) to 80 francs (US$83.21) “in order to protect customers”... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Transport for NSW to pilot digital Opal card

By Sarah Clark • 6 January 2020 • nfcw.com
A contactless Opal transport card

Transport for NSW has announced plans to pilot a new digital version of its Opal transit card that will enable cardholders to “pay for all modes of transport — whether it be light rail, a bus, on demand service, taxi or Uber — with a single tap of their phone.”... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Contactless payments expand to Miami bus services

By Sarah Clark • 6 January 2020 • nfcw.com
A Miami-Dade Metrobus

Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works has rolled out support for contactless payments across its Metrobus fleet, making it possible for commuters to use contactless cards and NFC mobile phones to pay for both bus and rail fares across Miami, the sixth most densely populated city in the US... More


What's New in Payments

Tencent to let visitors to China add their payment cards to WeChat Pay

By Sarah Clark • 6 November 2019 • nfcw.com
WeChat Pay logo on smartphone

Tencent, the owner of Chinese mobile payments provider WeChat Pay, has announced that it is working with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and JCB to enable cardholders to connect their payment cards to WeChat Pay and then use the platform to make mobile payments when visiting China... More


What's New in Payments

Payments networks begin rollout of single buy button for online commerce

By Sarah Clark • 22 October 2019 • nfcw.com
Logos of Amex Visa Mastercard and Disover

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have gone live with an online checkout service that lets merchants add a single buy button to their sites to accept payments from any of the networks’ cardholders — without them first needing to create an account with the merchant or enter detailed payment data... More


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