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Five news stories about Johannesburg


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Woolworths augments in-store shopping experience with NFC tags

By Tom Phillips • 26 August 2021 • Updated 26 August 2021 • nfcw.com

Customers in Woolworths stores in Cape Town and Johannesburg can now browse, virtually test and order beauty products for home delivery by tapping in-store NFC tags with their mobile phone... More


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Gautrain to let passengers use contactless bank cards to pay for trains, buses and car parking

By Sarah Clark • 24 October 2019 • nfcw.com
Blurred man walking in front of train

Gautrain, the commuter rail service that connects the South African cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, is to let passengers use their contactless bank cards to pay for their journeys by tapping on and off the service from 31 October... More


What's New in Payments

McDonald’s South Africa pilots QR code mobile payments with WeChat

By Rian Boden • 24 November 2016 • nfcw.com
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McDonald’s South Africa is piloting a mobile payment service at select restaurants in Johannesburg and Cape Town using social messaging app WeChat Africa, enabling customers to complete purchases by presenting QR codes generated by the app at the point of sale... More


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SnapScan rolls out beacon payments in South Africa

By Rian Boden • 13 April 2015 • nfcw.com

South African mobile payments company SnapScan has rolled out Bluetooth beacon based in-store mobile payments at 50 merchants in Cape Town and Johannesburg... More


What's New in Payments

Standard Bank rolls out mobile payments to 10,000 merchants in South Africa

By Rian Boden • 22 May 2014 • Updated 28 May 2014 • nfcw.com
Vuyo Mpako Standard Bank South Africa

Standard Bank, one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups, has launched a service that allows small merchants to accept mobile payments by simply placing a QR code at their point of sale, with no POS terminal required... More


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