Month: February 2021

Australia’s Eftpos national debit card system is to launch a QR code-enabled mobile payments and rewards network that will enable “seamless payment experiences across ecommerce, mobile and point of sale”. The low-cost solution will work “by generating unique QR codes containing transaction details that are captured on a consumer’s mobile phone, initiating a secure digital …

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Customers of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) with a compatible smartphone can now add their UnionPay International (UPI) virtual card to a Huawei Pay digital wallet and use it to make NFC or QR code-enabled mobile payments. “Huawei or Honor smartphone users who are also holders of [a] NBP UnionPay virtual card can now …

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Tencent-backed WeBank and Ant-backed MyBank are conducting “preliminary work under the guidance of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)” in order to integrate the digital yuan wallet into their payment and banking services, according to a China Securities report. The move comes as PBOC unveils a central bank digital currency (CBDC) ‘Bridge’ project for cross-border …

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Israeli citizens who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine or recovered from the illness can now prove their status using a government-issued Green Pass vaccine certification app on their mobile devices. The app uses a QR code to display a user’s inoculation status and personal information, and is being trialled as “an entry permit …

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Passengers using public transport across the Swedish capital of Stockholm can now make tokenized contactless payments for single adult fares on metro, rail, bus, tram and boat services by tapping their debit or credit card or smartphone at a ticket reader. The city’s Storstockholm Lokaltrafik (SL) transit authority has rolled out the network-wide contactless ticketing …

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A group of more than 30 European banks and acquirers planning to build a unified payment system for merchants and consumers across Europe is seeking technical partners to develop the system’s central infrastructure. The European Payments Initiative (EPI) aims to build a solution that will “become a new standard in payments for European consumers and …

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Apple Pay has rolled out in Mexico, with support for American Express and for Mastercards issued by the country’s Banorte and Citibanamex banks. According to the payment service’s updated Mexican website, retail chains supporting Apple Pay in the country at launch include 7-Eleven, Chili’s, Domino’s Pizza, Italianni’s, MacStore, Petco, PF Chang’s, The Cheesecake Factory and …

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Merchants across India will soon be able to accept contactless digital payments on their Android NFC smartphone without needing any additional hardware. State Bank of India (SBI) is making the software-only solution available through a new SBI Merchant app. Read the rest of SBI to let merchants accept contactless payments on standard Android NFC phones …

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