More than eight in ten consumers have used “an NFC contactless card or mobile payment wallet” (85%) and contactless payment card usage has increased by 30% over the past two years, according to a ...

A new Contactless World Congress presentation that provides insight into a hands-free transport ticketing pilot that is taking place in the Dutch city of Eindhoven is now available to view in the NFCW ...

STAGGERED ROLLOUT: The ECB aims to present the plan for the potential realisation phase of the digital euro to its governing council in Q3 2023 The European Central Bank (ECB) has laid out plans for a ...

SIMPLER PAYMENTS: Alipay’s tap-and-pay service turns a smartphone into an NFC tag reader Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments provider and the pioneer of QR mobile payments, has launched a new ...

A new Digital Credentials API that will allow visitors to a website to verify their identity using a driver’s license or a national identification card stored in their digital wallet has now entered ...

The countries which have announced increases to date are Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt ...

SEAMLESS RESALE: The NFC tag enables owners to prove provenance and resell the item via Poshmark : Owners of handbags, wallets, clothes and shoes from Coach’s sustainable Coachtopia brand can now ...

Smartphones will in the future come with the ability to read RAIN RFID tags, opening up new opportunities for consumers to engage with the world around them via their mobile device, wireless ...

TAP TO PRESENT ID: Developers can integrate the API into their apps ‘with just a few lines of code’ Apple has built on the technology it developed for its Tap to Pay on iPhone softPOS solution to ...

MOBILE ID: Finnish travellers can use the DTC app to add a digital version of their passport to their phone Citizens of Finland travelling on Finnair flights to and from London, Manchester and ...

A new concept dubbed the ‘Instant Payment Card’ could hold the answer to successfully introducing a pan-European instant payments system, Alain Martin, president of the Smart Payment Association, ...

MOBILE DEVICE ARCHITECTURE: Secure elements and native and custom apps are used to manage digital keys The Car Connectivity Consortium has announced the completion of an NFC-based digital key ...