PARTNER NEWS: French bank Crédit Agricole du Languedoc is trialling a payments acceptance solution that uses Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants technology to enable merchants to accept contactless transactions on a standard Android NFC smartphone... More
Amazon has opened its first cashierless grocery store outside the US on London’s Ealing Broadway, enabling consumers to access the store and pay for their purchases by downloading a QR code to their mobile device and scanning it at the shop entrance... More
Moscow Metro is to test a contactless ticketing system that enables passengers to pay their fares using facial recognition payment technology to verify their identity... More
The UK is to increase the limit for contactless transactions from £45 (US$63) to £100 (US$140), the UK Treasury has announced... More
EXHIBITOR NEWS: Fidesmo is launching its Fidesmo Pay wearable payments service in Switzerland, enabling customers of Swiss bank Cembra to upload their bank cards to NFC-enabled wearables and use them to make contactless payments... More
Public transport users in Sofia can now buy and store single journey QR code e-tickets on their mobile device which they can validate for travel on metro, bus, tram and trolleybus services across the Bulgarian capital’s transit network... More
Contactless in-store payments made with a mobile wallet worldwide exceeded in-store cash payments for the first time during 2020, new research reveals... More
Australia’s Eftpos national debit card system is to launch a QR code-enabled mobile payments and rewards network that will enable “seamless payment experiences across ecommerce, mobile and point of sale”... More
Customers of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) with a compatible smartphone can now add their UnionPay International (UPI) virtual card to a Huawei Pay digital wallet and use it to make NFC or QR code-enabled mobile payments... More
Tencent-backed WeBank and Ant-backed MyBank are conducting “preliminary work under the guidance of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)” in order to integrate the digital yuan wallet into their payment and banking services, according to a China Securities report... More
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
A group of more than 30 European banks and acquirers planning to build a unified payment system for merchants and consumers across Europe is seeking technical partners to develop the system’s central infrastructure... More
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
Merchants across India will soon be able to accept contactless digital payments on their Android NFC smartphone without needing any additional hardware. State Bank of India (SBI) is making the software-only solution available through a new SBI Merchant app. More
Passengers on public transportation services in the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA will soon be able to upload their Clipper transit card to their Apple Pay or Google Pay mobile wallet and pay for their fares with their smartphone or smart watch... More
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
Passengers travelling from Ottawa’s Rideau Station can now purchase single-ride adult fares on the Canadian capital’s light rail transit network by tapping to pay with their credit card or mobile wallet at a pilot touchless entry gate... More
Biometric payment cards containing a built-in fingerprint sensor could generate more than US$5bn in global banking revenue and account for 15% of the market by 2026, according to a forecast by analysts at Swiss bank UBS... More
Citizens of the Bahamas can now pay for goods and services using a prepaid card that supports the country’s Sand Dollar central bank digital currency (CBDC)... More
Google Pay users can now pay for parking in more than 400 cities across the USA and for public transport fares with participating transit authorities globally from directly within Google Maps... More
