Nearly nine in ten UK consumers (85%) would like to be notified on their mobile of high value transactions and authorise the payment with a PIN code, research from myPINpad shows... More
Mobile payments
Norway’s Valyou NFC wallet to shut down due to lack of user adoption
The Valyou NFC mobile wallet developed by Norwegian mobile network operator Telenor and banking group DNB is to shut down due to a “much lower than expected end user uptake”... More
Apple Pay could launch in Australia this week
Apple Pay may go live in Australia on November 19, following its launch in Canada earlier this week... More
Apple Pay goes live in Canada for American Express cardholders
Apple Pay has begun rolling out across Canada, allowing American Express cardholders to pay in-store with compatible Apple devices at Amex contactless merchants as well as make purchases within participating mobile apps... More
Startup unveils Bitcoin mobile wallet with NFC
Startup Plutus is inviting consumers to take part in the alpha release of a Bitcoin mobile wallet that allows POS transactions via NFC... More
TSB and Tesco Bank go live with Apple Pay
UK banks TSB and Tesco Bank are now supporting Apple Pay... More
BBVA Wallet adds cash rewards
Customers of US bank BBVA Compass can now redeem cash rewards through the BBVA Wallet app after making purchases using their credit card... More
India’s Ola Cabs adds mobile payments
Indian mobile cab hailing service Ola Cabs has launched Ola Money, which lets customers load funds into a mobile app and use them to pay their fare... More
Edeka rolls out mobile payments to 800 stores
German supermarket chain Edeka has added mobile payments to its mobile app, letting customers in 800 stores across the country complete transactions by presenting a barcode at the point of sale... More
Cartes 2015 to go ahead in Paris
Cartes Secure Connexions 2015 in Paris will go ahead as planned this week, though security has been tightened in light of the terrorist attacks that took place in the city on Friday evening... 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
Vodafone adds MasterCard to NFC wallet
Vodafone Wallet users in Europe will be able to make payments with their NFC phone using MasterCard cards “within weeks”, the mobile network operator has announced... More
Apple Pay to launch in Canada this week?
American Express has confirmed that Apple Pay is set to launch in Canada on November 17, iPhone In Canada reports... More
Barcelona introduces contactless and NFC mobile payments across public transport network
Citizens across Barcelona can now use contactless cards, NFC phones and devices such as smartwatches to access the city’s transportation network as well as rent a bicycle at the train station or pay motorway tolls. More
McDonald’s and NTT Docomo launch mobile payments promo in Japan
Customers of fast food chain McDonald’s will get a 3% discount on purchases made at 3,000 locations across Japan when they use mobile network operator NTT Docomo’s iD mobile payment platform from December 1. Diners using Docomo credit cards will also earn extra credit points and a loyalty program will operate at McDonald’s branches in Tokyo. More
Pebble Time watches get contactless payment straps
Wearable payments provider FitPay and connected watch maker Connectedevice have developed a smartstrap for the Pebble Time range of smartwatches that lets wearers make NFC payments... More
BBVA reports more than 1m downloads of HCE mobile wallet app
More than one million consumers have downloaded BBVA’s host card emulation (HCE) mobile wallet since it launched in June 2014... 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
Tencent reports 200m mobile payment users
More than 200 million customers have bound their bank cards to internet giant Tencent’s QQ Wallet and Weixin Pay mobile payment platforms, the company has revealed — but supporting them is proving costly... More
Apple doesn’t want to be a bank, says CEO
“Nobody wants to become a bank any more and we don’t want to become a bank,” Apple CEO Tim Cook has told the University Philosophical Society at Trinity College, Dublin during a visit this week, Ireland’s Independent newspaper reports... More