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Samsung partners with American Express and Korea’s KB Kookmin to develop trackable payment cards

By Tom Phillips • 29 September 2023 • Updated 29 September 2023

Samsung, KB Kookmin and American Express IOT credit card with BLE location verification

Samsung has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea-based KB Kookmin Card and American Express to develop an Internet of Things (IoT) credit card that will enable cardholders to connect their card to a Galaxy smartphone and verify its location using Samsung’s Bluetooth Low Energy-enabled SmartThings Find platform... More

OpenWallet Foundation announces 37 backers for open source digital wallet project

By Tom Phillips • 24 February 2023 • Updated 24 February 2023

The Linux Foundation Europe’s initiative to build an open source engine that will support the development of interoperable digital wallets across use cases including digital identity, credential authentication and payments has gone live with the backing of 37 private, nonprofit, academic and government entities... More

Bangladesh central bank pilots interoperable national QR code payments system

By Tom Phillips • 23 January 2023 • Updated 23 January 2023

Customer using Bangladesh Bank's interoperable QR code payments system to pay for goods with their mobile

The Central Bank of Bangladesh is trialling an interoperable payments system that will enable customers of more than 15 major banks and payment service providers to pay for their purchases by scanning a standardized QR code at a participating merchant’s point of sale with their smartphone... More

Apple Pay goes live in Qatar

By Tom Phillips • 18 August 2022 • Updated 18 August 2022

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

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

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

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Apple Pay goes live in Israel

By Tom Phillips • 5 May 2021 • Updated 11 July 2023

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

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Metrolinx begins contactless fare payment pilot in Toronto

By Tom Phillips • 16 March 2021 • Updated 16 March 2021

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

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Amex to offer Prada payments bracelet to Centurion members

By Tom Phillips • 8 March 2021 • Updated 8 March 2021

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

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Stockholm rolls out contactless ticketing payments

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021

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

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Apple Pay goes live in Mexico

By Tom Phillips • 24 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021

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

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American Express adds support for digital receipts

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 11 January 2023

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

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Queensland begins first pilot of regional open loop ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 15 December 2020 • Updated 7 March 2023

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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American Express adds instant digital card provisioning for Apple Pay

By Tom Phillips • 20 November 2020 • Updated 4 October 2023

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

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

By Tom Phillips • 18 November 2020 • Updated 18 November 2020

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

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Turin rolls out contactless payments on bus and subway services

By Sarah Clark • 15 July 2020

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

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Card networks begin global Click to Pay rollout

By Sarah Clark • 8 July 2020 • Updated 8 July 2020

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

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Amex reports shift in US consumer attitudes to contactless payments

By Sarah Clark • 6 May 2020 • Updated 7 May 2020

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

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

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Transport for NSW to pilot digital Opal card

By Sarah Clark • 6 January 2020 • Updated 7 October 2022

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

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Samsung partners with American Express and Korea’s KB Kookmin to develop trackable payment cards

OpenWallet Foundation announces 37 backers for open source digital wallet project

Bangladesh central bank pilots interoperable national QR code payments system

Apple Pay goes live in Qatar

Apple Pay expands to Malaysia

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

Apple Pay goes live in Israel

Metrolinx begins contactless fare payment pilot in Toronto

Amex to offer Prada payments bracelet to Centurion members

Stockholm rolls out contactless ticketing payments

Apple Pay goes live in Mexico

American Express adds support for digital receipts

Queensland begins first pilot of regional open loop ticketing system

American Express adds instant digital card provisioning for Apple Pay

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

Turin rolls out contactless payments on bus and subway services

Card networks begin global Click to Pay rollout

Amex reports shift in US consumer attitudes to contactless payments

Switzerland and Liechtenstein double contactless payments limit

Transport for NSW to pilot digital Opal card