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Samsung Pay adds support for international student ID cards

By Sarah Clark • 3 July 2023 • Updated 3 July 2023

International student ID card on Samsung Pay

Samsung Pay Korea has added support for the International Student Identity Card (ISIC) used by more than 100 million students around the world to demonstrate their eligibility for student-only discounts at museums, accommodation, restaurants, stores and transportation operators in 114 countries... More

US employee rewards programme trials online virtual prepaid card provisioning

By Tom Phillips • 19 April 2023 • Updated 19 April 2023

Onbe Send by Card virtual card on smartphone

Employee reward and incentive programmes provider Halo is trialling a digital card provisioning solution that enables users to quickly and easily add a virtual prepaid rewards card directly to their digital wallet without needing to download an app or add their bank details... More

Samsung and Naver launch integrated mobile payments service in South Korea

By Tom Phillips • 24 March 2023 • Updated 24 March 2023

Customer using Samsung Pay on a smartphone to make payments at Naver Pay online in South Korea

Samsung and Naver Financial have launched an integrated mobile payments service in South Korea that enables Naver Pay users to make in-store payments with their smartphone at outlets accepting Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay users to make online payments at ecommerce merchants supporting Naver Pay... More

In-store mobile and wearable transaction values in Italy rise by 122% to hit US$17.5bn

By Tom Phillips • 14 March 2023 • Updated 14 March 2023

Man using his smartwatch to make in-store wearable payment in Italy

Consumers in Italy used their smartphones or wearable devices to make in-store contactless payments worth a total of €16.3bn (US$17.5bn) in 2022, an increase of 122% compared with 2021, according to the Innovative Payments Observatory (IPO) at Milan Polytechnic University... More

Central bank enables rollout of contactless mobile payments in Egypt

By Tom Phillips • 10 March 2023 • Updated 10 March 2023

Mobile wallet on smartwatch being used to make contactless payment in Egypt

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has issued regulations governing payment card tokenization on mobile apps that enable banks and payment service providers to allow customers to make contactless payments with digital cards stored in mobile wallets including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay... More

Samsung and Naver partner on mobile payments in Korea as Apple Pay prepares to go live

By Sarah Clark • 22 February 2023 • Updated 22 February 2023

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

Samsung Wallet to expand to 13 more countries

By Tom Phillips • 17 October 2022 • Updated 17 October 2022

Samsung Wallet on phone with person paying using mobile phone

Samsung Wallet is to roll out in Bahrain, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates, enabling users to store their digital payment, loyalty, membership and identity cards, digital keys, boarding passes and other credentials on their compatible Samsung Galaxy smartphone... More

Contactless payments set to hit US$10tn globally by 2027

By Tom Phillips • 12 September 2022 • Updated 12 September 2022

Juniper global contactless payments forecast 2027 graphic

Global contactless transaction values will reach US$10tn by 2027, up from US$4.6tn in 2022, with contactless mobile and wearable payments expected to grow by 221% and contactless card payments by 119% over the same period, according to a Juniper Research forecast... More

Norway, Finland and New Zealand top list of countries closest to becoming cashless

By Tom Phillips • 16 August 2022 • Updated 16 August 2022

Norway, Finland and New Zealand are the three countries closest to becoming cashless societies, followed by Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore and the Netherlands, according to research published by Merchant Machine... More

NFC Forum reports surge in worldwide use of contactless NFC technology

By Tom Phillips • 28 July 2022 • Updated 28 July 2022

NFC Forum graph showing worldwide familiarity with contactless NFC technology

More than eight in ten consumers have used “an NFC contactless card or mobile payment wallet” (85%) and contactless payment card usage has increased by 30% over the past two years, according to a survey of consumers in nine countries around the world that has been conducted for the NFC Forum... More

More than one in three UK consumers now use a digital wallet

By Tom Phillips • 22 July 2022 • Updated 22 July 2022

Graph showing UK consumer usage of digital wallets

Just over a third of UK consumers now have a digital wallet (34%), but that proportion rises to more than two thirds among 18-34 year olds (64%) compared with just 18% among 54-65 year olds, a survey has found... More

Samsung combines payments, digital keys, boarding passes and IDs in single mobile wallet app

By Tom Phillips • 17 June 2022 • Updated 17 June 2022

Samsung Wallet showing payment, digital key, boarding pass and ID

Samsung Galaxy users in the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK can now store their digital payment, loyalty and membership cards as well as digital keys, boarding passes and Covid-19 vaccination certificates on their smartphone using the Samsung Wallet app... More

PayPal and Alipay top digital wallet leaderboard

By Tom Phillips • 27 April 2022 • Updated 27 April 2022

Juniper Research digital wallet leaderboard showing PayPal and Alipay top

PayPal, followed by Alipay, are the top two digital wallet providers, with WeChat Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay in third, fourth and fifth place, respectively, according to a Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard report... More

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Cannes rolls out open loop contactless bus ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 11 April 2022 • Updated 20 July 2023

Cannes Palm Bus Express with open loop contactless bus ticketing

Passengers travelling on buses operated by Palm Bus in Cannes, France, can now make contactless fare payments with their EMV debit or credit card or with Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay from their NFC smartphone or smartwatch... More

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Moscow Metro rolls out virtual Troika transit card

By Tom Phillips • 20 December 2021 • Updated 11 April 2023

woman using virtual Troika transit card on Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro has officially launched the digital version of its Troika transit card, enabling Android users to pay their fares on public transport services across the Russian capital by tapping their smartphone at a turnstile or validator... More

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Mobile contactless payments now account for one in three card transactions in Russia

By Tom Phillips • 2 December 2021 • Updated 2 December 2021

Mobile contactless payments now account for just over a third of all card transactions (34%) and just under a third of total card transaction value (31%) in Russia compared with 25% of transactions and 23% of transaction value in 2019-2020, according to MTS Bank research... More

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Dallas adds bank card and digital wallet payments to contactless transit ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 22 September 2021 • Updated 22 September 2021

Dallas DART buses with contactless transit ticketing system

Passengers using buses, trains and streetcars operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of the US state of Texas can now make contactless fare payments with their debit or credit card or from a digital wallet on their NFC-enabled mobile device... More

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Apple Pay used for more than 90% of US mobile wallet debit transactions in 2020

By Tom Phillips • 26 August 2021 • Updated 26 August 2021

The number of debit transactions completed using a mobile wallet in the US rose by 51% year-on-year to approximately 2bn in 2020, with “a noteworthy” 92% of those transactions being made with Apple Pay and just 5% with Google Pay and 3% with Samsung Pay, according to research published in the 2021 Debit Issuer Study... More

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Bergamo rolls out account-based contactless ticketing across public transport network

By Tom Phillips • 11 August 2021 • Updated 11 August 2021

Tramvie trams in Bergamo with contactless ticketing

Passengers on buses, trams and funicular railway services in the northern Italian city of Bergamo can now make contactless payments for their fares using their credit or debit card or from a digital wallet on their NFC-enabled mobile device... More

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Santa Barbara gets fare capped open loop contactless ticketing as California rollout expands

By Tom Phillips • 28 July 2021 • Updated 21 March 2023

Clean Air Express contactless open loop payment

Passengers travelling on express bus services in the Santa Barbara region of the US state of California can now pay their fares by tapping an on-board payment reader with their contactless debit, credit, prepaid card or mobile wallet... More

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Samsung Pay adds support for international student ID cards

US employee rewards programme trials online virtual prepaid card provisioning

Samsung and Naver launch integrated mobile payments service in South Korea

In-store mobile and wearable transaction values in Italy rise by 122% to hit US$17.5bn

Central bank enables rollout of contactless mobile payments in Egypt

Samsung and Naver partner on mobile payments in Korea as Apple Pay prepares to go live

Samsung Wallet to expand to 13 more countries

Contactless payments set to hit US$10tn globally by 2027

Norway, Finland and New Zealand top list of countries closest to becoming cashless

NFC Forum reports surge in worldwide use of contactless NFC technology

More than one in three UK consumers now use a digital wallet

Samsung combines payments, digital keys, boarding passes and IDs in single mobile wallet app

PayPal and Alipay top digital wallet leaderboard

Cannes rolls out open loop contactless bus ticketing

Moscow Metro rolls out virtual Troika transit card

Mobile contactless payments now account for one in three card transactions in Russia

Dallas adds bank card and digital wallet payments to contactless transit ticketing system

Apple Pay used for more than 90% of US mobile wallet debit transactions in 2020

Bergamo rolls out account-based contactless ticketing across public transport network

Santa Barbara gets fare capped open loop contactless ticketing as California rollout expands