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NXP powers NFC payments in Sony Wena smart watch strap

By Mike Clark • 15 February 2019 • nfcw.com
A Sony Wena Wrist Pro strap, shown with a Wena watch head

PARTNER NEWS: Sony’s Wena watch strap, launched in the UK this week and designed to bring smartwatch features to traditional mechanical timepieces, uses NFC hardware and the mWallet 2GO full service mobile wallet platform from NXP to power its contactless payments feature... More


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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


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Apple Pay goes live in Ireland with support from Mastercard, Visa and two banks

By Rian Boden • 7 March 2017 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay Ireland

Apple Pay has been launched across Ireland with support from Mastercard, Visa, KBC and Ulster Bank, allowing customers to make in-store, online and in-app payments using their compatible devices... More


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Boon launches in France for Apple Pay users

By Rian Boden • 17 January 2017 • nfcw.com

France has become the first eurozone country in which consumers with iOS devices can use Wirecard’s Boon service to make purchases with Apple Pay, by adding a virtual Boon card to the mobile payment service... More


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Wirecard adds backing to Pay by Bank

By Rian Boden • 15 December 2016 • nfcw.com

German payments technology provider Wirecard has become the latest to announce its support for Pay by Bank, the mobile payments app developed by VocaLink’s Zapp... More


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Wirecard to integrate insurance into Boon

By Rian Boden • 5 December 2016 • nfcw.com

German payments technology provider Wirecard is to integrate insurance solutions from Credit Life International into its Boon host card emulation (HCE) mobile payments app... More


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Apple Pay adds more than 20 US banks

By Rian Boden • 5 May 2016 • nfcw.com

Apple has added more than 20 further banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, 9to5mac reports. The news follows German payments technology provider Wirecard’s Boon service integrating with Apple Pay in the UK... More


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Boon launches in the UK and adds Apple Pay support

By Rian Boden • 3 May 2016 • nfcw.com
Boon

Consumers across the UK can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using German payments technology provider Wirecard’s Boon service... More


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Wirecard expands Boon to Spain and Ireland

By Rian Boden • 17 December 2015 • nfcw.com

Consumers in Spain and Ireland can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using Wirecard’s Boon service... More


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Wirecard launches HCE payments in four European countries

By Rian Boden • 1 December 2015 • nfcw.com
Boon

German payments technology provider Wirecard has launched a host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments service in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium that will allow customers of any mobile network operator to make payments using their Android device at contactless terminals. More


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