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What's New in Payments

EPI calls for public funding to support pan-European payments system

By Tom Phillips • 18 November 2021 • Updated 18 November 2021 • nfcw.com
EPI chief executive Martina Weimert

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is seeking public funding to support its development of a unified payment system across Europe that would compete with US-based networks such as Visa and Mastercard, EPI chief executive Martina Weimert has said... More


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European banks invest €30m in EU rival to Visa and Mastercard

By Tom Phillips • 6 May 2021 • Updated 10 May 2021 • nfcw.com
EPI chair Joachim Schmalzl

The banks and other institutions backing the development of a unified payment systems for merchants and consumers across Europe have so far invested €30m in the European Payments Initiative, EPI chair Joachim Schmalzl has revealed... More


What's New in Payments

European banks to create cross-border instant payments system

By Sarah Clark • 3 July 2020 • Updated 5 July 2020 • nfcw.com

Sixteen major European banks have announced plans to jointly create a new company that will be tasked with delivering “a seamless, competitive and unified payment solution” for in-store, online and P2P payments across Europe... More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay goes live in Germany

By Sarah Clark • 11 December 2018 • Updated 11 December 2018 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay

Apple Pay is now live in Germany for customers of Deutsche Bank, Hanseatic Bank, HypoVereinsbank/UniCredit, Fidor Bank, Comdirect, N26 and Bunq... More


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay launches in Italy with support from UniCredit and Carrefour Banca

By Rian Boden • 17 May 2017 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay Italy

Apple Pay has begun rolling out across Italy with support for Mastercard and Visa cards issued by Carrefour Banca and UniCredit, with American Express, CartaBCC, ExpendiaSmart, Fineco Bank, Hype, Banca Mediolanum, N26 and Widiba listed as “coming this year”. The launch takes Apple Pay to a total of 16 markets globally. More


What's New in Payments

Alipay expands across Europe after deals with major banks and payment providers

By Rian Boden • 6 December 2016 • nfcw.com
Alipay

Another 930,000 European merchants will soon accept Alipay mobile payments at the point of sale, following partnerships between the company and some of Europe’s largest financial institutions and payment service providers... More


What's New in Payments

MasterCard reports on HCE payments tests in 15 countries

By Sarah Clark • 25 February 2015 • Updated 25 February 2015 • nfcw.com
MasterCard

MasterCard is currently conducting more than 25 host card emulation (HCE) projects in 15 countries, the payments network has announced, with multiple issuers now moving close to commercial deployments... More


NFC World

UniCredit to offer NFC stickers

By Karl Dyer • 20 November 2013 • nfcw.com

Russia’s UniCredit Bank is to offer customers contactless stickers that can be attached to their mobile phone to make payments... More


NFC World

UniCredit pilots multi-application NFC wallet

By Karl Dyer • 8 March 2013 • Updated 27 January 2019 • nfcw.com
UniCredit

UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, a division of Italy-based financial institution UniCredit Group, is testing a multi-application mobile wallet solution that works on both Android and BlackBerry NFC phones... More


NFC World

UniCredit launches mobile contactless payments service in Slovakia

By Sarah Clark • 11 July 2011 • nfcw.com
Gemalto's Optelio contactless sticker

The Slovak bank is providing customers with MasterCard-branded contactless stickers that can be attached to the back of their mobile phones and used to make payments at more than 3,000 contactless card acceptance points currently in place in Slovakia.  More


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