Britain’s biggest bus operator Stagecoach will install contactless payment technology on all of its regional bus services across the UK by the end of 2018, allowing passengers to pay for travel with a contactless credit or debit card, as well as Apple Pay and Android Pay... More
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Mobile payments awareness up in North America, but usage remains flat
Nearly six in 10 North American consumers (56%) are now aware of mobile payment services — a 4% increase from this time last year, research from Accenture has revealed... More
Apple Pay launches in New Zealand
Apple Pay has arrived in New Zealand with support for Visa credit and debit cards issued by ANZ Bank New Zealand... More
UK Vodafone customers get NFC payments through PayPal
Vodafone customers in the UK can now make NFC mobile payments through PayPal using Vodafone Wallet at any contactless terminal as well as across the Transport for London (TfL) network and on National Rail services in and around the capital using their Mastercard or Visa cards... More
Desjardins to support Apple Pay in 2017
Canadian cooperative financial group Desjardins is to begin offering Apple Pay to its members and customers... More
TSB adds Android Pay support
Customers of UK bank TSB can now add their debit and credit cards to Android Pay and earn cashback for purchases... More
Walmart to stop accepting Visa in Manitoba
Retail giant Walmart is to stop accepting Visa credit cards at its 16 stores in the Canadian province of Manitoba, beginning 24 October 2016... More
UOB to launch NFC ATMs and instant credit card issuance
Customers of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) will soon be able to withdraw cash from ATMs with a tap of their NFC mobile phone and get instant digital credit card issuance straight to their smartphones through the UOB Mighty host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service... More
Mastercard reports strong US EMV uptake
Nearly nine in ten Mastercard US consumer credit cards (88%) contained chips as of July 2016, representing a 105% increase in chip card adoption since the October 2015 liability shift, the payment network has revealed... More
Amex enables loyalty points for purchases
American Express Canada is enabling cardmembers to use rewards points to pay for purchases charged to their card... More
Worldwide card payments on the rise
The total number of global card purchases increased by 15% in 2015 to 270bn, almost double the 8% rise in card numbers, RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021 reveals... More
ANZ adds Mastercard support to Apple Pay
More than 500,000 customers of Australia’s ANZ bank can now add their Mastercard credit cards to Apple Pay... More
EMVCo to certify mobile devices for NFC and HCE payments
EMVCo has introduced a formal industry testing and certification process for contactless mobile payment devices... More
US vending supplier to offer mobile payments
US consumers will soon be able to make mobile payments at vending machines belonging to American Food & Vending, by tapping their device against a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) plug-in dongle provided by digital payments enabler PayRange... More
Mastercard sees US EMV growth
Eight out of ten Mastercard US consumer credit cards now include chips, representing an 88% increase in EMV adoption since the October 2015 liability shift... More
Coinbase rolls out in Australia
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has expanded into Australia... More
US and UK consumers warm to mobile payments, loyalty and coupons
The majority of US and UK consumers (54%) have now used a mobile wallet, research from Urban Airship reveals, with 30% of respondents using them in the past week. More
LTA signs up Mastercard for account-based contactless ticketing in Singapore
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has signed a partnership agreement with Mastercard to begin piloting a new account-based ticketing system that will let commuters pay for their train and bus journeys using their existing contactless debit and credit cards. More
More than half of Irish consumers now using contactless
More than half of Irish debit and credit card owners (54%) are using contactless payments when purchasing goods and services, research released by payment technology provider BOI Payment Acceptance (BOIPA) reveals, with the average contactless payment standing at €11.33. More
Canadian NFC mobile wallet SureTap to close down
The SIM-based NFC Canadian mobile wallet SureTap is to be discontinued in August 2016 due to “ongoing changes in the market”, the mobile wallet provider has announced. More