Apple Pay has launched in South Korea with support for Mastercard, Visa and local debit and credit cards issued by Hyundai Card... More
Apple Pay goes live in South Korea
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Xiaomi files patent for technology supporting contactless QR payments on AR glasses
Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has filed a patent with the China National Intellectual Property Administration for technology that would enable users of its wearable augmented reality glasses to initiate and authenticate contactless QR code payments. More
Visa reports on contactless and mobile payments adoption in Singapore
More than eight in ten consumers in Singapore now use contactless cards (82%) and the widespread use of and preference for contactless card payments is one of the key drivers behind the country’s “shift towards becoming a cashless nation”, according to a Visa report... More
Visa reports on passenger preferences for transit payments
More than four in ten transit passengers worldwide say that tapping their own debit or credit card to make open loop contactless fare payments is their preferred fare payment option (42%), followed by tapping a card stored in their mobile wallet (39%), using a closed loop transit card (38%), cash (31%) and app-based payment (29%), according to a Visa survey... More
Japanese consortium to build ‘metaverse economic zone’ where avatars can authorise digital payments
A consortium of Japan-based financial services and technology providers is to develop a ‘metaverse economic zone’ where consumers will be able to create a digital twin or ‘auto learning avatar’, access digital experiences and authorise payments to merchants and service providers with a digital authentication credential or ‘multi magic passport’ (MMP)... More
Mercedes lets drivers in Germany authenticate in-car payments with their fingerprint
Mercedes drivers in Germany can now authorise in-car payments for digital services and on-demand hardware upgrades using a fingerprint sensor on their vehicle’s dashboard without needing to enter a PIN or use an additional mobile device to verify a transaction... More
Cilab adds shmoo plot feature that lets engineers visualize an NFC terminal’s RF field in just ten minutes
PARTNER NEWS: NFC testing innovator Cilab has added a feature to its high speed tester that enables NFC terminal manufacturers to quickly and easily test a device’s RF field by making it visible in the form of a shmoo plot, 3D plot and intensity chart... More
ANZ to run central bank digital currency pilot at Australian universities
The Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ) is to pilot the use of a prototype central bank digital currency (CBDC) for offline transactions using pre-loaded contactless cards at RMIT University in the Australian city of Melbourne and Southern Cross University in New South Wales... More
Google Wallet goes live in Costa Rica
Google Wallet has launched in Costa Rica, enabling users to store and use their credit and debit cards, boarding passes, tickets and other digital credentials on their Android NFC smartphone, Wear OS smartwatch or Fitbit device... More
Bank of Montreal drops debit card transaction fees for contactless fare payments across Canada
Bank of Montreal (BMO) customers can now use their debit card to make contactless fare payments on services operated by transit authorities throughout Canada without their journeys counting towards their monthly free transaction limit... More
SoftPOS case study: Slides and webinar recording now available
A slide deck and video recording from NFCW’s softPOS case study featuring Trust Payments and Dejamobile is now available to access free of charge in the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More
Samsung and Naver partner on mobile payments in Korea as Apple Pay prepares to go live
Samsung and Naver have formed a strategic partnership designed to maintain the two companies’ mobile payments market leadership in South Korea ahead of Apple’s expected launch of Apple Pay in the country in the coming months... More
Join us today for a webinar about taking contactless payments with standard NFC mobile phones
If you’d like to know more about taking contactless payments with stock Android and Apple mobile phones join us for our ‘SoftPOS case study’ webinar at 3pm GMT today... More
Join NFCW on 21 February to learn about softPOS
European omnichannel payments leader Trust Payments will share the lessons learned from developing a software-only payments acceptance solution for large and small merchants across Europe at NFCW’s next Contactless World Congress event on 21 February... More
Central Bank of Jordan doubles daily contactless limit
The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has increased the limit for individual contactless transactions made without a PIN from 55 Jordanian dinars (US$77) to 100 Jordanian dinars (US$141) and doubled the country’s daily contactless limit from 150 Jordanian dinars (US$212) to 300 Jordanian dinars (US$423)... More
Trust Payments to share lessons learned from developing a softPOS solution for merchants across Europe
Russel Luis E Fernandes, head of product for card present payments at European omnichannel payments leader Trust Payments, will share the lessons learned from developing a software-only POS solution for large and small merchants across Europe at NFCW’s next Contactless World Congress event on 21 February... More
Interactive contactless card innovator ThothTrust opens NFCW Expo showcase
EXHIBITOR NEWS: Contactless card innovator ThothTrust has opened a booth in the NFCW Expo, showcasing its range of next-generation contactless cards containing displays, keyboards, fingerprint readers, and more... More
Prague extends open loop contactless fare payments to city buses
Passengers travelling on buses, electric buses and trolley buses in Prague in the Czech Republic can now use their physical or digital debit or credit card to purchase tickets for their journeys from onboard contactless self-service terminals rather than in advance or from the driver... More
NFCW announces new dates and format for Contactless World Congress
NFCW’s Contactless World Congress online event series is to undergo a change in format to better align with feedback we’ve received from potential speakers, attendees and sponsors... More
JR West to trial contactless biometric fare payments at stations in Osaka
Passengers travelling on train services operated by JR West between two railway stations in the Japanese city of Osaka will soon be able to test a contactless biometric ticketing system that enables them to pay for their fares with their face... More