August 2020

Transit Agency in Canada Plans to Launch Mobile Ticketing, Citing Covid Fears

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Another transit agency in Canada has announced it will enable mobile ticketing, along with reloadable contactless cards, citing in part the Covid-19 pandemic and the desire to reduce the use of cash, vending machines and customer interaction with agency staff. Related stories, automatically selected:  Calgary Transit Launches Mobile-Ticketing

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MTA reports continued rise in Omny contactless payments usage on New York subway

The number of passengers using the Omny contactless payment service to pay for journeys on the New York City subway has risen by 168% since August 2019 and by 50% since May this year, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) reports. In all, the service has recorded more than 16m taps since its launch in

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HID Global explains how NFC can be combined with Rain RFID to create innovative new use cases

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: Developments in NFC technology and existing RFID infrastructure are enabling businesses in a range of markets to benefit from the use of NFC-enabled devices at all stages of their operations, HID Global explains in a new white paper now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre. ‘The power of choice: from standard

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PrivatBank begins rollout of face recognition POS terminals in Ukraine

Ukraine’s PrivatBank has begun to roll out biometric POS terminals for its facial recognition payments service FacePay24. The terminals enable customers to make in-store purchases without using a card or mobile device by authenticating payments with their face and confirming the transaction with a PIN code. To use the service, customers register for FacePay24 payments

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One in three consumers favour a further increase in UK contactless transaction limit

One in three UK consumers (32%) are in favour of further raising the country’s current contactless spending limit from £45 (US$59), according to a YouGov survey. Among those who would like to see the increase, 40% want the limit to rise to £100 (US$132). The survey also found that 80% of UK adults have made

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