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What's New in Payments

Bespoke shirtmaker to add payments to cuffs

By Staff Reporter • 9 April 2019 • Updated 10 April 2019 • nfcw.com
A contactless module sewn into the cuff enables the wearer to make payments using their sleeves

A dress shirt which incorporates contactless payment technology in the cuff is set to go on sale this summer... More


Transit Ticketing Today

UK consults on replacing high-value rail tickets with open loop cards

By Staff Reporter • 13 February 2019 • Updated 13 February 2019 • nfcw.com
UK pay-as-you-go rail consultation document covershot

The UK Department for Transport has launched a consultation as it looks to expand account-based ticketing beyond London into areas which would see rail commuters using their bank cards as high-value tickets... More


What's New in Payments

Barclaycard sees surge in ‘silver spenders’ using contactless

By Rian Boden • 20 May 2016 • Updated 19 May 2016 • nfcw.com
Barclaycard app

The number of UK consumers aged over 60 using contactless payments has risen by 116% in the last 12 months, research from Barclaycard reveals... More


What's New in Payments

UK contactless spending up 150% in last 12 months

By Rian Boden • 27 August 2015 • nfcw.com
Barclaycard

The amount that UK consumers are spending using contactless has risen 150% in the last 12 months, with the number of transactions up 134%, research from Barclaycard has revealed. ... More


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UK to increase contactless transaction limit by 50%

By Rian Boden • 9 February 2015 • nfcw.com
Barclays contactless debit card

The spending limit for contactless transactions is to be increased from £20 (US$30) to £30 (US$46) in September 2015, The UK Cards Association has told NFC World. The move follows the news last week that contactless card usage surged in the UK in 2014 to 319.2m transactions with total spend more than trebling to a record £2.32bn. More


NFC World

Samsung adds NFC tickets and payments to live music events

By Rian Boden • 7 November 2013 • Updated 27 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Samsung's Smart Tickets are NFC-based

Music fans attending Galaxy Studio Live, a series of four live gigs sponsored by Samsung UK, are using NFC to store their tickets and make purchases at the venues with a tap of their mobile device... More


NFC World

Stagecoach adds NFC to Cambridge bus stops

By Karl Dyer • 12 September 2013 • nfcw.com
Stagecoach Cambridge is using NFC to point travellers to bus timetable information

UK public transportation operator Stagecoach has begun adding NFC tags to bus stops in the city of Cambridge, to provide travellers with up to date information on bus arrival times... More


NFC World

Stagecoach partners with Everything Everywhere for NFC bus ticketing pilot

By Sarah Clark • 28 May 2012 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Orange and Stagecoach testing NFC tickets

The trial is set to lead to “a wider nationwide transport roll out” to buses and trains in 2013, says the leading UK-based public transport operator which carries 2.5m Brits every day. More


NFC World

Xmas lights turned on with NFC

By Mike Clark • 22 November 2011 • Updated 24 June 2022 • nfcw.com

The Christmas lights in English university city and tech centre Cambridge have been officially switched on by a celebrity using an NFC phone, reports The Register... More


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