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Six news stories about Middle East


What's New in Payments

More than half of global card-present payments used EMV standard in 2016

By Rian Boden • 5 June 2017 • Updated 5 February 2019 • nfcw.com
EMVCo card-present report

More than half of all card-present transactions conducted globally (52.4%) between January and December 2016 used the EMV chip card standard, up from 35.8% for the same period in 2015, standards body EMVCo has revealed... More


NFC World

IoT, NFC and mobile money focus of Mahindra Comviva magazine

By Rian Boden • 14 December 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com

A 46-page magazine with a collection of articles covering the Internet of Things, NFC, the role of mobile money and how to kickstart the mobile wallet revolution in the Middle East is now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre... More


What's New in Payments

Two fifths of global card-present payments use EMV standard

By Rian Boden • 14 December 2016 • Updated 5 February 2019 • nfcw.com
EMVCo

More than two fifths of all card-present transactions conducted globally (42%) between July 2015 and June 2016 used the EMV chip card standard, up from 33% for the previous 12-month period, standards body EMVCo has revealed... More


What's New in Payments

Masterpass to enable in-store NFC mobile payments

By Rian Boden • 18 July 2016 • nfcw.com
MasterPass

Mastercard has unveiled an enhanced version of its Masterpass digital payment platform, adding in-store NFC mobile payment capability to the service that has so far only been available for online and in-app payments. More


Transit Ticketing Today

Mobile ticketing market to see major growth

By Rian Boden • 2 June 2016 • Updated 20 January 2019 • nfcw.com

The global mobile ticketing market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 16% between 2016 and 2020, according to Technavio... More


What's New in Payments

Tutuka to roll out cloud-based payments with Proxama

By Rian Boden • 26 April 2016 • Updated 26 April 2016 • nfcw.com
Proxama

PARTNER NEWS: Prepaid card processor Tutuka has begun the implementation of digital payment solutions provider Proxama’s Digital Enablement Platform (DEP) for a fully independent cloud-based payment (CBP) solution in the Middle East, Asia and Africa... More


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