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Transit Ticketing Today

Sofia rolls out single journey QR mobile tickets across public transportation network

By Tom Phillips • 1 March 2021 • Updated 1 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Man using QR mobile ticket on Sofia public transportation network

Public transport users in Sofia can now buy and store single journey QR code e-tickets on their mobile device which they can validate for travel on metro, bus, tram and trolleybus services across the Bulgarian capital’s transit network... More


What's New in Payments

Mobile wallet transaction volumes overtake cash payments in stores

By Tom Phillips • 1 March 2021 • Updated 1 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Man using smartphone to make payment using mobile wallet in store

Contactless in-store payments made with a mobile wallet worldwide exceeded in-store cash payments for the first time during 2020, new research reveals... More


What's New in Payments

Russian carriers seek digital ruble mobile wallet role

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 22 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Central Bank of Russia digital ruble graphic

Russian mobile network operators Beeline and MegaFon are looking to develop digital wallets for smartphones and other mobile devices that will support the central bank digital currency (CBDC) which is being developed by The Central Bank of Russia (CBR)... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Ottawa tests tap-to-pay contactless ticketing on light rail network

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 22 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Ottawa contactless ticketing on light rail network

Passengers travelling from Ottawa’s Rideau Station can now purchase single-ride adult fares on the Canadian capital’s light rail transit network by tapping to pay with their credit card or mobile wallet at a pilot touchless entry gate... More


What's New in Payments

Mastercard and Island Pay launch CBDC-linked prepaid card in the Bahamas

By Tom Phillips • 18 February 2021 • Updated 18 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Mastercard and Island Pay CBDC Bahamas prepaid card

Citizens of the Bahamas can now pay for goods and services using a prepaid card that supports the country’s Sand Dollar central bank digital currency (CBDC)... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Google lets users pay for parking and transit tickets through Google Maps

By Tom Phillips • 18 February 2021 • Updated 18 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Screenshots showing Google Maps letting users pay for parking via Google Pay

Google Pay users can now pay for parking in more than 400 cities across the USA and for public transport fares with participating transit authorities globally from directly within Google Maps... More


NFC World

ST provides brands with guidance on how best to implement NFC tags

By Tom Phillips • 16 February 2021 • Updated 16 February 2021 • nfcw.com
STMicroelectronics NFC design considerations white paper cover and pages

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: A comprehensive guide to using NFC tags to create engaging consumer experiences is now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Delhi Metro to roll out mobile and contactless ticketing across entire network

By Tom Phillips • 15 February 2021 • Updated 15 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Delhi Metro train which will soon have mobile and contactless ticketing

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is to implement an upgraded contactless ticketing system across its entire network, enabling passengers to pay for their journeys via QR, an EMV bank card or a RuPay-enabled National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)... More


What's New in Payments

Japanese convenience store trials face and palm biometrics for checkout-free shopping

By Tom Phillips • 12 February 2021 • Updated 12 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Japanese convenience store trialling checkout-free shopping with face and palm biometrics

The Green Leaves+ shop-and-go store in the Yokohama Techno Tower Hotel in Japan is piloting a biometrics-enabled checkout-free service that allows customers to enter the store by verifying their identity with just their face and a swipe of their palm... More


NFC World

UK government publishes digital identity framework

By Tom Phillips • 11 February 2021 • Updated 11 February 2021 • nfcw.com
UK government digital identity framework screenshot

The UK government has published a trust framework policy paper that lays out draft rules for how service providers, businesses and other organisations will be able to implement the use of digital identities... More


What's New in Payments

Amazon to build digital currency payments solution?

By Tom Phillips • 11 February 2021 • Updated 11 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Amazon Coins digital currency

Amazon is recruiting a tech team that will be tasked with building “innovative payment products for customers in emerging markets” that will enable “customers to convert their cash into digital currency” to purchase “goods and/or services like Prime Video”, a job advertisement posted by the company reveals... More


What's New in Payments

Antelop launches one-stop token service provider hub for digital card issuers

By Tom Phillips • 11 February 2021 • Updated 11 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Antelop one-stop token service provider hub for digital card issuers infographic

PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions has introduced a unified issuer token service provider hub that enables banks to simply and securely manage every stage of the digital card issuing and management process, from card enrolment to token lifecycle management... More


What's New in Payments

China’s central bank expands digital yuan pilot to Beijing

By Tom Phillips • 10 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Digital yuan Beijing red envelope pilot on JD.com app

The People’s Bank of China has launched the first large-scale giveaway of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be held in Beijing and has distributed 10m digital yuan (US$1.55m) to 50,000 participants in a ‘red envelope’ lottery... More


NFC World

Accor to let hotel guests access their rooms with their smartphone

By Tom Phillips • 8 February 2021 • Updated 8 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Accor access control digital key on smartphone

Guests staying at hotels owned by France-based hospitality giant Accor will soon be able to open their rooms and access other hotel facilities contactlessly using a digital key uploaded to their smartphone on check-in... More


What's New in Payments

Chinese consumers now make three mobile payments every day

By Tom Phillips • 5 February 2021 • Updated 5 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Smartphone making QR mobile payment in China

Chinese consumers made an average of three mobile payments a day during 2020, while 98% of the Chinese population consider mobile payments to be their most frequently used transaction method, an increase of five percentage points on last year, a new survey reveals... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Dayton RTA adds account-based ticketing to mobile transit app

By Tom Phillips • 2 February 2021 • Updated 2 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Dayton RTA account-based mobile ticketing transit app

Public transportation users in the US state of Ohio’s Greater Dayton area can now use their mobile phone to make capped contactless fare payments from a stored value account, rather than having to purchase tickets or select a fare in advance... More


What's New in Payments

Survey: Eight in ten central banks are now actively engaged in digital currency projects

By Tom Phillips • 1 February 2021 • Updated 1 February 2021 • nfcw.com
BIS global banking digital currency activity graph

More than four-fifths of the world’s central banks (86%) are engaged in “some form of work” on a central bank digital currency (CBDC), up from “about one third” in 2019, according to a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey... More


Transit Ticketing Today

LA Metro lets Android users add their transit card to their NFC phone

By Tom Phillips • 1 February 2021 • Updated 1 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Android NFC smartphone being used on LA Metro

Passengers on public transportation services in the US city of Los Angeles can now add their TAP transit card to their Android smartphone and make contactless fare payments on the LA Metro and 25 other TAP-enabled transit agencies across LA County... More


What's New in Payments

FCA proposes increase in UK contactless spending limit

By Tom Phillips • 1 February 2021 • Updated 1 February 2021 • nfcw.com
FCA consultation paper on contactless spending limits graphic

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to increase the limit for single contactless payments in the country from £45 (US$62) to £100 (US$137) and the limit for cumulative contactless transactions from £130 (US$179) to £200 (US$274)... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Survey reports on consumer attitudes to using mobile apps for transit ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 28 January 2021 • Updated 28 January 2021 • nfcw.com
Moovit 2020 consumer attitudes to mobile apps for travel infographic

Nearly one in two Americans (46%) are most likely or definitely interested in mobile payment options for public transit ticketing “for a safer mass transit journey”, a survey of consumers in 28 countries around the world has found... More


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