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Digital payments

222 news stories about Digital payments


What's New in Payments

National QR payments and rewards system to be launched in Australia

By Tom Phillips • 26 February 2021 • Updated 26 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Eftpos Australia QR payments and rewards on smartphone

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


What's New in Payments

Huawei Pay goes live in Pakistan

By Tom Phillips • 26 February 2021 • Updated 26 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Huawei Pay on NFC phone with National Bank of Pakistan virtual card

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


What's New in Payments

Tencent and Ant to integrate digital yuan wallets into mobile banking apps

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Peoples Bank of China logo

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


Transit Ticketing Today

Stockholm rolls out contactless ticketing payments

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Contactless ticketing payment on Stockholm SL transit system

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


What's New in Payments

European Payments Initiative issues call for technical partners

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
European Payments Initiative (EPI) logo

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


What's New in Payments

Apple Pay goes live in Mexico

By Tom Phillips • 24 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Apple Pay Mexico on smartphones

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


What's New in Payments

SBI to let merchants accept contactless payments on standard Android NFC phones

By Tom Phillips • 24 February 2021 • Updated 24 February 2021 • nfcw.com
SBI State Bank of India logo

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


Transit Ticketing Today

Clipper adds support for Apple Pay and Google Pay for transit fares in San Francisco Bay Area

By Tom Phillips • 23 February 2021 • Updated 23 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Clipper card on Apple iPhone for Apple Pay payment of transit fares

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


What's New in Payments

Russian carriers seek digital ruble mobile wallet role

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 22 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Central Bank of Russia digital ruble graphic

Russian mobile network operators Beeline and MegaFon are looking to develop digital wallets for smartphones and other mobile devices that will support the central bank digital currency (CBDC) which is being developed by The Central Bank of Russia (CBR)... More


What's New in Payments

American Express adds support for digital receipts

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 22 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Amex American Express logo

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


What's New in Payments

Mastercard and Island Pay launch CBDC-linked prepaid card in the Bahamas

By Tom Phillips • 18 February 2021 • Updated 18 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Mastercard and Island Pay CBDC Bahamas prepaid card

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


What's New in Payments

Postal Savings Bank of China trials biometric cards for digital currency payments

By Tom Phillips • 17 February 2021 • Updated 17 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Postal Bank of China sign

Chinese consumers taking part in the large-scale testing of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Beijing over the Chinese New Year period are trialling a biometric ‘hard wallet’ card developed by the Postal Savings Bank of China... More


What's New in Payments

Japanese convenience store trials face and palm biometrics for checkout-free shopping

By Tom Phillips • 12 February 2021 • Updated 12 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Japanese convenience store trialling checkout-free shopping with face and palm biometrics

The Green Leaves+ shop-and-go store in the Yokohama Techno Tower Hotel in Japan is piloting a biometrics-enabled checkout-free service that allows customers to enter the store by verifying their identity with just their face and a swipe of their palm... More


What's New in Payments

Amazon to build digital currency payments solution?

By Tom Phillips • 11 February 2021 • Updated 11 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Amazon Coins digital currency

Amazon is recruiting a tech team that will be tasked with building “innovative payment products for customers in emerging markets” that will enable “customers to convert their cash into digital currency” to purchase “goods and/or services like Prime Video”, a job advertisement posted by the company reveals... More


What's New in Payments

Antelop launches one-stop token service provider hub for digital card issuers

By Tom Phillips • 11 February 2021 • Updated 11 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Antelop one-stop token service provider hub for digital card issuers infographic

PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions has introduced a unified issuer token service provider hub that enables banks to simply and securely manage every stage of the digital card issuing and management process, from card enrolment to token lifecycle management... More


What's New in Payments

Central Bank of Iran to introduce NFC mobile payments

By Tom Phillips • 8 February 2021 • Updated 8 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Central Bank of Iran logo

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced plans to introduce NFC contactless payments in the country, enabling consumers to upload their bank card information to their mobile phone and use their device to make in-store purchases at the point of sale... More


What's New in Payments

Chinese consumers now make three mobile payments every day

By Tom Phillips • 5 February 2021 • Updated 5 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Smartphone making QR mobile payment in China

Chinese consumers made an average of three mobile payments a day during 2020, while 98% of the Chinese population consider mobile payments to be their most frequently used transaction method, an increase of five percentage points on last year, a new survey reveals... More


What's New in Payments

Barclays adds digital receipts to mobile app

By Tom Phillips • 5 February 2021 • Updated 5 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Barclays digital receipts on mobile phone

Barclays bank account holders in the UK can now automatically receive an itemised digital receipt in their banking app every time they use their debit card to make an in-store or online purchase from a retailer or food outlet that has signed up to support the service... More


What's New in Payments

Kroger to pilot self-checkout only grocery store in Dallas

By Tom Phillips • 3 February 2021 • Updated 3 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Kroger grocery shop front

US supermarket chain Kroger is to pilot its first all self-checkout grocery store in Dallas, Texas, enabling customers to scan and pay for their purchases without needing to go through a cashier-staffed checkout lane... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Dayton RTA adds account-based ticketing to mobile transit app

By Tom Phillips • 2 February 2021 • Updated 2 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Dayton RTA account-based mobile ticketing transit app

Public transportation users in the US state of Ohio’s Greater Dayton area can now use their mobile phone to make capped contactless fare payments from a stored value account, rather than having to purchase tickets or select a fare in advance... More


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