By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Transit officials in the Midlands in the UK today are calling on the government to fund a London-style contactless fare-payments system across this large section of the country, which would enable riders to tap to pay for trips on rail, bus and tram networks with either closed- and […]
Apple Pay users travelling on First Bus services in the UK can now pay for their fares with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch without having to authenticate their payment with Face ID or Touch ID. The transport company is the first in the UK outside London to enable Express Mode for Apple
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The weekly volume of mobile wallet debit card transactions in the USA has increased by 70.3% compared with this time last year, while weekly mobile wallet credit card transactions have grown by 50.4% over the same period, according to the PSCU’s latest Tracking Transaction Trends report. “Mobile wallet (ie ‘Pays’) transactions and purchases for both
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Google Pay users in Singapore can now divide bill payments between groups of family and friends, book cinema tickets and receive rewards via virtual scratchcards. “Singapore is the first country where Google Pay users can form groups to organise and manage payments, as well as divide bills and other joint expenses within the app,” Google
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Passengers on Dubai’s public transport network using a Nol transit card to pay for their journeys can now top up the card from the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority’s S’hail travel app. Nol cardholders can already recharge their card via the Dubai app and RTA website. The addition of the top-up service to the S’hail
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Passengers on the Moscow Metro system can now use NFC-enabled Huawei and Honor smartphones to make contactless payments for their fares with Huawei Pay at every station on the Russian capital’s network, Tdaily.ru reports. “Huawei Pay supports UnionPay credit and debit cards issued by partner banks,” the publication says. “At the moment, Gazprombank, Rosselkhozbank and
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Buyers of a premium limited-edition gin distilled in Austria will be able to verify a bottle’s authenticity and track how many remain available for sale by using their NFC phone to scan a crypto-enabled NFC chip fitted to the label. Blockchain developer Block42 will fit 999 bottles of the limited-edition gin distilled by Austrian company
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The introduction of the 3D Secure 2.0 (3DS2) protocol for strong customer authentication (SCA) could cost European retailers more than €100bn (US$116.7bn) in online sales in 2021, payments consultancy CMSPI predicts. SCA aims to reduce credit and debit card fraud but two-factor authentication technology “remains relatively new and unproven” and “adds significant unnecessary friction to
Holders of Edenred prepaid incentive and rewards cards in the UK can now add their card to Apply Pay and make mobile and online payments for food, fuel, transport, parking and corporate transactions with their iPhone, Apple Watch or other Apple Pay-enabled device. “Apple Pay will be available for Edenred UK’s prepaid cardholders, including [the]
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