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Ethiopian government adds health records to contactless cards

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
Members of the Ethiopian government who have agreed to add health records to contactless cards

Residents of Ethiopia will be among the first in Africa to be able to acquire a dedicated contactless health card that stores their digitised medical data — including their Covid-19 vaccination records — and enables them to make that data available to healthcare professionals without needing an internet connection to access online databases... More

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One in two in-person Mastercard transactions worldwide are now contactless

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
Michael Miebach Mastercard CEO

One in two in-person transactions authorised, cleared and settled through Mastercard’s payment processing services worldwide during Q4 2021 were contactless, up from “approximately” one in three in the period prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to figures revealed at the card network’s Q4 earnings call... More

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Pax Technology partners with Dejamobile to let merchants accept contactless payments on NFC devices

By Sarah Clark • • Updated • nfcw.com
Dejamobile's Positive Mobile app

PARTNER NEWS: Customers of Pax Technology, the world’s leading payment terminal solutions provider, can now provide merchants with access to a white label version of Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants solution, enabling them to accept contactless payments on standard NFC smartphones and tablets... More

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