A case study that presents the objectives, key success factors and lessons learned by mobile network operator Orange France when implementing mobile retail solutions for merchants is now available to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
Mobile payments
Mahindra Comviva explains hybrid HCE
PARTNER NEWS: A new blog post from mobile financial solutions firm Mahindra Comviva explains its hybrid host card emulation (HCE) solution and the different ways mobile network operators and issuers can work together... More
Retail giant Otto to shutter Yapital mobile payments business
German retail giant Otto Group is to close down its Yapital mobile payments service due to the “highly competitive but slow-developing digital payment business”... More
14% of US shoppers will use mobile payments over holiday season
More than one in ten US shoppers with a smartphone (14%) plan to make mobile payments using services including Apple Pay or Android Pay this holiday season, research from Bankrate reveals. “Among those who don’t plan to make mobile payments, the top reasons were not secure enough (36%) and other payment methods are more convenient (31%),” the company says.... More
London taxis to get contactless payments
All London taxis will be required to accept contactless payments from October 2016, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed... More
Swatch partners with Visa to roll out NFC payment watch in US and Switzerland
Luxury watchmaker Swatch has signed a contract with Visa to roll out its Bellamy NFC payment watch following its debut in China in October 2015... More
Diners Club launches mobile payments in Ecuador
Credit card issuer Diners Club of Ecuador has launched PayClub, a service that lets consumers make mobile payments with any Diners or Visa Interdin branded card... 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
Samsung Pay offers $100 discount to new users
Samsung is offering up to US$100 off any Samsung.com purchase for new users who add a compatible card to Samsung Pay... More
Apple Pay signs deal with China UnionPay?
Apple Pay has reached an agreement with China UnionPay to use its point-of-sale network to introduce the mobile payment service in China, according to Bloomberg... More
Google boosts Android Pay adoption with $1m charity fund
Google is to give up to US$1m to the DonorsChoose.org charity by the end of December by donating US$1 for every purchase made in the US using Android Pay... More
Three launches NFC mobile payments in Austria
Mobile network operator Three has launched a SIM-based NFC mobile payments service in Austria... More
Swipp contactless payment opens up to 30,000 Danish merchants through Verifone deal
More than 30,000 Danish merchants using Verifone POS devices will now be able to accept in-store mobile payments through Swipp — a service owned and supported by a consortium of more than 70 banks. This will be made possible via a “minor upgrade” to their existing terminals and “a number” of locations are expected to go live from December 2015, according to Swipp. 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
Apple Pay to launch in China by February?
Apple is planning to launch Apple Pay in China by 8 February 2016, according to the Wall Street Journal... More
Samsung Pay adds eight more US issuers
Samsung Pay has added support from eight additional US card issuers including Chase and SunTrust... More
Square rolls out first contactless readers
Mobile POS provider Square is rolling out the first of its $49 contactless readers to 100 US businesses, allowing them to accept chip cards, contactless and NFC payments including Apple Pay... More
MyPINpad takes PIN authentication online
UK consumers may soon be able to authenticate online and mobile transactions using a PIN-based solution from myPINpad following trials with UK payments infrastructure operator VocaLink... More
Coin launches cashback incentive
US connected device maker Coin is piloting a rewards program that gives users of its EMV-ready electronic magnetic stripe card cashback benefits at retail locations across the Bay Area... More