By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Ecommerce giant Amazon expanded its no-checkout concept to its first “full-sized” supermarket Tuesday, in its headquarters city of Seattle, enabling shoppers to scan an app upon entering, pull products off of shelves and “just walk out,” with hundreds of cameras and numerous sensors having recorded everywhere the shoppers…
PayPal says it has now fixed an issue with its Google Pay integration that saw multiple users reporting that unauthorized transactions were appearing in their PayPal history, ZDNet reports. “Victims reported that hackers abused Google Pay accounts to buy products using linked PayPal accounts,” ZDNet says. Screenshots and user reports indicated that most of the…
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has issued a tender inviting suppliers to design a hands-free ticketing solution that will enable commuters to access trains and buses without needing to physically tap their card or mobile phone. “According to tender documents, the system will use either radio frequency identification (RFID) or Bluetooth technology, with sensors built…
Amazon is using the cashierless store technology that powers its Amazon Go convenience stores to provide a checkout-free experience in a full-size grocery store for the first time. The company’s first Amazon Go Grocery store is in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle in the US and covers 10,400 square feet. “Amazon Go Grocery is…
Mattel is adding a new, lower-cost track option and additional NFC-enabled cars to its Hot Wheels ID range this year, the toy maker has told Engadget. Launched in June 2019, Hot Wheels ID uses NFC-enabled vehicles and track, a race portal and a companion app to combine elements of both physical and digital play. “Through…
Apple’s new CarKey service will make it possible for a digital car key to be shared using the Messages app, the second beta release of iOS 13.4 shows. Updated wording concerning sharing explains that it will be possible to share keys in individual conversations, but not in group conversations, Macrumors reports. “Sharing a CarKey with…
Customers of a US carrier have used a mobile payment app to bill purchases made at a merchant in Taiwan to their mobile phone account, a consortium of companies developing a blockchain-based carrier billing system has announced. “Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom Co and a US-based carrier jointly completed proof-of-business (POB) mobile payment transactions enabled by…
Brazil’s central bank will turn on a national instant payments network in November that will allow consumers to make payments and transfers “in a few seconds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including between accounts of different institutions” using QR codes, NFC, their mobile phone number, email address or taxpayer ID. “The goal…
The European Commission is planning to create an integrated EU payments system that will “facilitate the use of national payment services across Europe and reduce the dependency from international card operators such as Visa or Mastercard,” an EU official has told Euractiv. The European Commission is planning to present its strategy this autumn, the report…
Google has included Quick Access Wallet, a new feature that lets users quickly access details of all their stored payment cards from their lock screen, in the Android 11 Developer Preview. Quick Access Wallet is designed to let users “quickly access your credit cards stored in Google Pay, boarding passes, and emergency info through the…
