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Mobile banking
ANZ adds HCE to mobile banking app
ANZ Bank New Zealand customers can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using its goMoney banking app... More
Apple adds 40 US banks to Apple Pay
Apple has added another 40 banks to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, bringing the total close to 800... More
Wirecard launches HCE payments in four European countries
German payments technology provider Wirecard has launched a host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments service in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium that will allow customers of any mobile network operator to make payments using their Android device at contactless terminals. More
Tencent launches WeChat mobile wallet in South Africa
Chinese ecommerce giant Tencent has launched a mobile wallet service in South Africa in partnership with Standard Bank. The service lets users of social messaging app WeChat make P2P transfers, pay for services such as airtime, data and electricity and make in-store payments by scanning QR codes at merchants supporting the SnapScan mobile payments platform. More
BBVA Bancomer deploys time-based dynamic CCV/CVC in mobile wallet
PARTNER NEWS: Mexican bank BBVA Bancomer has become the first to make use of digital giant Gemalto’s Dynamic Code Verification solution. The solution replaces traditional, static three-digit security codes with a dynamic CCV/CVC that changes every 20 minutes. More
United Overseas Bank offers HCE mobile payments in Singapore
Customers of United Overseas Bank (UOB) in Singapore can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments for transactions of any value at all Visa PayWave or MasterPass terminals. The new service also makes use of tokenization. More
Smartwatches to play key role in mobile banking
Smartwatches will be used to access banking apps 10m times in 2017, rising to more than 100m times by 2020, Juniper Research predicts... More
American Express unveils NFC, HCE and tokenization platform
American Express has launched Amex Enabled Digital Solution, a platform incorporating support for multiple digital wallets, contactless payments based on NFC and host card emulation (HCE), tokenization and express checkout services. The platform is designed to help both banks and merchants, Amex’s Mike Matan told NFC World. More
First National Bank adds coupons and vouchers to mobile app
Customers of South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) can now redeem mobile coupons and vouchers through the bank’s mobile banking app directly at the point of sale... More
TSB and Tesco Bank go live with Apple Pay
UK banks TSB and Tesco Bank are now supporting Apple Pay... More
Barclaycard to use HCE to instantly replace lost and stolen cards
Barclaycard customers will be able to use the host card emulation (HCE) function being added to the bank’s app to have lost or stolen plastic cards instantly re-issued to their mobile devices so they can continue making payments, Manoj Piplani, managing director of UK cards at Barclaycard, has told NFC World... More
Meet NFC World’s partners at Cartes
NFC World partners AMS, Clear2Pay/FIS OTS, Kona, Gemalto, Mahindra Comviva and NXP will be exhibiting at Cartes in Paris from November 17-19... More
Westpac lets customers activate cards via mobile
Westpac customers in Australia can now switch on new credit or debit cards using their smartphone’s camera and the bank’s mobile banking app... More
Gemalto assesses the mobile payments landscape
A 24-page white paper designed to give banks, processors, OEMs, retailers and other issuers a clear overview of the evolving world of mobile payments is now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre. More
India’s Paytm moves into banking
Indian mobile wallet provider Paytm is to hire 3,000 people to roll out its payments bank services by the first quarter of next year... More
Apple to add P2P payments to Apple Pay?
Apple is reportedly holding discussions with US banks about developing a payment service that would let users send money to one another from their phones through Apple Pay... More
Israeli bank adds NFC ATMs
Customers of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim can now withdraw cash from ATMs using their NFC mobile phones at the bank’s newly opened digital branch... More
86% of TMG clients to offer Samsung Pay and Android Pay
Nearly nine in ten (86%) financial institution clients of The Members Group (TMG) plan to make Samsung Pay and Android Pay available to their customers... More
UK banks warn against storing multiple fingerprints on iPhones
UK banks have reportedly warned Apple Pay users that if they store other people’s fingerprints on their iPhones, they will be treated as if they have failed to keep their personal details safe... More