Customers of Volksbank Raiffeisenbank in Germany are taking part in the pilot of a self-service terminal designed to drive new revenue streams by making a wide range of additional services available in bank branches... More
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BCG reports on the mobile payments market in Africa
Kenya and Ghana have the highest rates of mobile payment use in the world after China and, ultimately, there could be as many as 850 million mobile payment users in Africa conducting transactions worth US$2.5tn to US$3tn a year, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG)... More
NFC tag supplier ShopNFC opens NFCW Expo showcase
NFCW EXPO: ShopNFC, a supplier of NFC tags and accessories that offers fast, free delivery to businesses across the globe, has opened a booth in the NFCW Expo... More
Klang2 launches music memory game with NFC
Fans of traditional memory games such as Pairs can now play sound-based versions of it using their NFC-enabled smartphone, an app and a set of 20 wooden sound squares equipped with NFC chips... More
One in five Japanese consumers to make mobile payments in stores this year
The number of people in Japan who use their smartphone to make mobile payments at the point of sale will reach 23.9 million — 21.5% of the population — by the end of this year, up from 19.1 million in 2019, according to an eMarketer forecast... More
Antelop explains how it works as a trusted partner to banks looking to adopt the latest digital card technologies
MEET THE INNOVATORS: Antelop Solutions acts as a trusted partner to card issuers seeking to quickly and easily provide their customers with leading-edge mobile and digital card solutions, CEO Nicolas Bruley and chief commercial officer Timothée Grüner explain in a video interview with NFCW editor Sarah Clark... More
Thailand tests NFC wristbands for tracking Covid-19 patients and at-risk groups
Staff in Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) are testing an NFC wristband that has been developed to track Covid-19 patients and people who are self-quarantining in a bid to control the spread of infection... More
HID Global opens NFCW Expo showcase
NFCW EXPO: HID Global has opened a showcase in the NFCW Expo, featuring a series of white papers and case studies exploring how NFC technology can be used to deliver innovative use cases across retail, industry, building safety and beyond... More
Apple lets kids use their Apple Watch to make payments with Apple Pay
Parents with an iPhone can now transfer funds to their children’s Apple Watch so they can then use it to make payments using Apple Pay... More
Canada begins testing national digital ID framework
The Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has begun alpha testing a framework of industry standards for digital ID authentication in order to create a trusted digital environment before the rollout of a digital ID infrastructure in the country — and the launch of a national trustmark for service and solution providers... More
Antelop Solutions opens NFCW Expo showcase
NFCW EXPO: Card issuers looking to quickly and easily provide their customers with the latest mobile and digital card solutions can now visit Antelop Solutions’ showcase in the NFCW Expo hall to learn about the France-based fintech’s white label SaaS solutions... More
Klip digital wallet goes live in UAE
Customers of First Abu Dhabi Bank, Mashreq Bank and the National Bank of Fujairah in the UAE can now make cashless digital payments using Klip, the digital wallet that forms part of the country’s new national digital cash replacement platform... More
Digital payments specialist Dejamobile opens showcase in the NFCW Expo
NFCW EXPO: France-based fintech Dejamobile has opened a showcase in the NFCW Expo that provides readers with information on its white label digital payment and merchant acceptance solutions plus educational materials on host card emulation (HCE) security and contactless acceptance on standard NFC phones... More
Israel to roll out national mobile ticketing platform in Q4 2020?
Public transportation users across Israel could be able to start paying for their fares via ticketing apps on their mobile phones as early as the last quarter of 2020, sources have told financial website Calcalist... More
STMicroelectronics opens NFCW Expo showcase
NFCW EXPO: STMicroelectronics has opened a preview of its showcase in the NFCW Expo, ahead of the online trade show’s launch next week, enabling readers to access webinars and white papers exploring the latest NFC trends and learn about its NFC product range... More
Titan and SBI pick Tappy wearable payments technology for India’s first contactless payment watches
PARTNER NEWS: Watch brand Titan has partnered with State Bank of India (SBI) for the launch of a range of watches that makes use of Canada-based Tappy Tech’s wearable payments technology to let consumers make contactless transactions at POS terminals across India... More
Malaysian bank rolls out contactless card acceptance on standard NFC phones
Merchants in Malaysia can now use a tap-to-phone payment acceptance service from Hong Leong Bank (HLB) to accept contactless card payments on a standard NFC Android mobile device... More
US truckers get mobile payment cards to cover on-the-road fleet expenses
Trucking fleets in the US can now enable their drivers to make payments for on-demand expenses while they’re on the road by sending them a one-time-use digital payments card on their mobile phone... More
ABI forecasts $7.2bn market for wearable payment devices
The market for payment-enabled wearable devices will reach US$7.2bn in 2024, “driven by a surge in contactless payment adoption, as a result of growing usage of contactless cards and near field communication (NFC)-enabled mobile payments,” ABI Research predicts.... More
BBVA to pilot contactless payments acceptance on standard Android NFC smartphones
Spanish banking group BBVA is to pilot a service which will enable merchants to accept contactless payments on their Android smartphones without the need of additional hardware... More