More than £650,000 (US$828,320) of charitable donations have been made to 44 church parishes across The Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in the UK using contactless cards since the diocese introduced contactless giving terminals in 2019... More
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Kuwait International Bank rolls out contactless cash withdrawals across its ATM network
Customers of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) can now withdraw cash and conduct other transactions at the bank’s ATMs with a tap of their physical contactless KIB bank card or with a digital version stored on their NFC-enabled smartphone or wearable device... More
Researchers test gait-based biometric security technology that uses walking patterns to verify identity
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering in Canada are testing gait-based biometric security technology that verifies an individual’s identity using their walking pattern... More
More than 93% of card present payments worldwide were made using EMV chip cards in 2022
Just over 93% of card present transactions worldwide were made using EMV chip-enabled payment cards during 2022, up from 90.44% in 2021 and 88.55% in 2020, according to standards body EMVCo... More
Digital fashion house adds NFC chips to textile patches
Digital fashion house MNTGE has released a range of artist-designed textile patches embedded with an NFC chip that enables wearers to link to the physical patch’s digital twin in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) stored in a digital wallet with a tap of their smartphone... More
Icelandair to roll out reusable NFC bag tags for contactless aircrew luggage check-in
Aircrew working for Icelandair will soon be able to transfer their flight details to a reusable electronic bag tag attached to their luggage by tapping their NFC smartphone on the device... More
Smart sticky note lets users store and access digital content on paper reminders with their NFC smartphone
Professionals, businesses and consumers can now leave reminders on paper sticky notes containing an NFC tag that enables them to link the note to digital content — including voice recordings, photos and videos — by tapping the note with their smartphone... More
Arkansas pizza restaurant serves up contactless bracelet that lets customers pour their own drinks
Customers at a Smokin’ Oak Wood Pizza outlet in Fayetteville in the US state of Arkansas can now pour their own drinks from digitally controlled taps in a self-serve taproom using a contactless bracelet... More
Tour de France cyclist trials NFC cycling shoes that store medical records and emergency contact details
Slovenian cyclist and double Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has tested a pair of DMT Pogi cycling shoes with an embedded NFC tag that stores essential information including medical records and emergency contact details... More
EMVCo issues security requirements for multi-factor authentication solutions
EMVCo has released security requirements for multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions used in payments to support the development of MFA solutions capable of preventing or detecting attacks that can compromise card and ecommerce payments authentication. More
Genoa rolls out multimodal MaaS app that supports fare-capped hands-free Bluetooth ticketing
Passengers using bus, rail and other public transport services in the Italian city of Genoa can now pay for their journeys from their smartphone without having to take their device out of their pocket or bag... More
Seoul Metro to pilot ‘tagless’ Bluetooth fare payments at four subway stations
South Korea’s Seoul Metro is to test a ‘tagless’ fare payment system that will enable passengers to pay for their tickets by walking through a ticketing gate without having to tap a contactless reader with their transit card or smartphone... More
EU mandates contactless payments for EV charging and hydrogen refuelling stations
The European Parliament has approved a new set of rules governing electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen fuelling stations that requires service providers to enable drivers of alternative fuel vehicles to make contactless payments with a card or mobile device without needing a subscription when charging or refuelling... More
Nigeria adds support for NFC payments using eNaira CBDC
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is enabling consumers and merchants to use their smartphone to make and receive contactless in-store and P2P payments with the country’s eNaira central bank digital currency (CBDC) using NFC, even if they are offline, according to local media reports... More
Samsung Wallet lets users in India add digital IDs, tickets and travel passes to their Galaxy smartphone
Residents of India with a Galaxy smartphone can now add digital versions of identity documents including their Aadhaar identity card, PAN tax registration card, driving licence and vehicle registration certificate to Samsung Wallet and use them to verify their identity across multiple use cases... More
Chinese mobile payment giants add support for credit cards issued overseas
Visitors to China can now link their international credit cards, including cards issued by Visa, Mastercard, JCB and Discover, to an Alipay or WeChat Pay digital wallet and use them to make payments for goods and services at merchants across the country... More
New York’s Omny system tops 1bn taps for contactless fare payments
Passengers on New York’s subway and bus services have now tapped their contactless bank or transit card, smartphone or wearable device to pay fares using the Omny open loop fare payment system more than 1bn times since it launched in May 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) reports... More
One in five Brits now prefer using their mobile phone to make payments in stores
One in five UK consumers (20%) prefers using mobile payment services such as Apple Pay over cash (17%) or chip & PIN card payments (10%) for in-store purchases, a survey has revealed... More
LA Metro adds support for fare capping to TAP contactless ticketing system
LA Metro in the US city of Los Angeles has added support for fare capping to its TAP transit ticketing system so passengers making contactless fare payments with their physical TAP transit card or mobile app pay no more than the price of a daily or weekly pass no matter how many journeys they make on any given day or in any seven-day period... More
Apple Pay goes live in Morocco
Apple Pay has launched in Morocco with support for debit and credit cards issued by Crédit Immobilier et Hôtelier (CIH) and Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc banks... More