In a major update to its core NFC specification, the NFC Forum has extended the standard reading range over which certified ...

Android and Apple users in 10 Chinese cities can now download a pilot version of the country’s digital yuan wallet app directly from the iOS and Android app stores that enables them to acquire, store ...

OPEN LOOP: The KTEL bus group is rolling out contactless payments across 33 Greek cities and islands Passengers using bus services across 33 cities and islands in Greece will soon be able to make ...

Merchants in the USA including fashion retailers Vince, Burton, G-Star and Scotch & Soda have begun enabling staff to accept in-store contactless payments on iPhones using Apple’s Tap to Pay software ...

NFC DIGITAL KEY: Drivers will be able to use Apple CarKey to access BMW’s iX series electric cars Apple iPhone users who purchase a BMW iX electric car will be able to lock, unlock and start the ...

Apple is to add support for NFC digital car keys for compatible vehicles manufactured by BYD as well as for additional Hyundai models, enabling purchasers to lock, unlock and start their car from ...

SOFTPOS: Dutch merchants can now accept all types of contactless payments using Apple Tap to Pay Merchants in the Netherlands can now use their Apple iPhone to accept contactless payments without ...

Merchants in Ukraine can now use their Apple iPhone to accept contactless payments without needing any additional hardware. Apple has added Ukraine to the list of territories where its Tap to Pay for ...

RETAIL: The Nobid pilot is focusing on payments, one of the key elements of the EU’s digital ID wallet The European Commission has selected four proposals for large-scale pilot programmes to test the ...

Indian telecommunications giant Reliance Jio has begun piloting Jio Pay, a new UPI-enabled payments service which includes support for both NFC and QR mobile payments. Jio Pay supports all the ...

Customers of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) can now apply for a biometric payment card that allows them to authenticate contactless payments at the point of sale with their fingerprints. KIB is ...

Nearly one in four transactions at Starbucks outlets in the US are now being made using the company’s mobile app, the coffee chain reports. The company’s 2020 fiscal results show that the percentage ...