PARTNER NEWS: South Korea-based mobile payments specialist Kona has picked up Visa Ready certification for the host card emulation (HCE) mobile wallet component of its Kona Payment platform... More
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SBI to launch feature phone wallet
State Bank of India (SBI) is to launch Batua, a mobile wallet service that works on feature phones, The Economic Times reports... More
Otto pilots NFC product labels
Online retailer Otto Versand is to test the use of NFC product labels which let customers retrieve information such as manuals and explanatory videos as well as reorder parts. Otto Product Wizard Stickers will be tested with buyers of coffee machines in a few weeks, Heise reports. The pilot will continue for “several months”... More
Worldpay employees trial finger vein biometrics for payments in stores
Employees of UK-based payment processor Worldpay are taking part in a three week proof-of-concept trial to evaluate the use of finger vein technology (FVT) to authenticate payments at the point-of-sale without the need for a card. More
LitePoint white paper sets out the need for NFC device performance testing
A white paper that explains the benefits of NFC device performance testing, explores the limitations of common production test methods and outlines best practices for ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of devices under test is now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre. More
RBC reports strong uptake for HCE wallet, adds support for digital receipts, loyalty and gift cards
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has trebled its mobile wallet user base since moving from a SIM-based model to host card emulation (HCE) six weeks ago, the bank’s head of payments innovation has told NFC World... More
Citi tests ATMs that replace plastic cards with mobile phones, QR codes, NFC and iris scans
Citi has begun testing a screenless, cardless ATM concept developed by Diebold that lets customers make transactions using their mobile device instead of a plastic card and authenticate themselves using NFC, QR or an iris scan... More
US banks pilot mobile wallet authentication and issuance at the ATM
PARTNER NEWS: ATM manufacturer Diebold has teamed up with HCE specialist SimplyTapp to offer banks a way to use their ATM network to add a layer of card present security to their mobile wallet provisioning process... More
Dubai commuters to replace travel cards with watches
Commuters in Dubai may soon be able to pay for travel using contactless watches from Watch2Pay... More
Carta launches turnkey tokenization platform for cloud-based payments
PARTNER NEWS: Transaction technology provider Carta Worldwide has introduced an appliance-based turnkey solution that aims to dramatically reduce the time it takes for large banks, processors and domestic networks to bring tokenized HCE mobile payment services to market... More
Clear2Pay adds certified testing solutions for US move to EMV
PARTNER NEWS: Conformance testing specialist Clear2Pay Open Test Solutions has received certification from major payment networks for a suite of solutions and services that are designed to make it easier for US merchants, VARs and payment processors to add support for EMV to POS terminals... More
OneBit tests Bitcoin payments via NFC
Bitcoin mobile wallet provider OneBit has begun alpha testing its mobile payment service which works via NFC at the point of sale wherever MasterCard is accepted... More
Samsung Pay enters beta testing
Korean credit card firm Samsung Card is recruiting beta testers for Samsung Pay to pilot the mobile payments service in “various major offline member stores” from July 15 to August 20, Korea Bizwire reports... More
Bucharest buses to use Bluetooth beacons to guide the blind
Five hundred Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons are to be installed on buses and trolleybuses on two public transportation lines in the city of Bucharest, Romania to guide visually impaired passengers on and off buses so that they can use public transportation services without needing a personal assistant. More
Clear2Pay gets Visa confirmation as CVES provider
PARTNER NEWS: Conformance testing specialist Clear2Pay has been approved by Visa for its Chip Vendor Enabled Service (CVES) to help streamline and support the deployment of EMV-enabled contact and contactless payment devices in the US... More
Testing Mobile Payments: HCE and Tokenization webinar — See it now on NFC World
NFC World’s ‘Testing Mobile Payments: HCE and Tokenization’ webinar is now available to view online... More
500 sign up to learn about testing cloud payments
More than 500 people have registered to attend tomorrow’s NFC World webinar on testing cloud-based mobile payments, when technical expert Gerd Thys from Clear2Pay will explain why and how you should be testing your offering before going to market... More
NFC World to host free webinar on testing cloud-based mobile payments
Join NFC World and payments testing specialist Gerd Thys from Clear2Pay on Tuesday 24 February to gain an in-depth understanding of the new testing, quality and compliance challenges created by the arrival of HCE and tokenization — and how to address them... More
Clear2Pay explains HCE, tokenization and the role of testing with infographic
PARTNER NEWS: Conformance testing specialist Clear2Pay has put together an infographic that visually explains host card emulation (HCE), how it is used and why testing is necessary in a mobile payments system... More
Fime gets NFC Forum analog testing qualification
NFC testing specialist Fime has announced that its labs in Asia, EMEA and Korea have been qualified to perform NFC Forum analog certification testing More
