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CONTACTLESS: The new standard covers core workflow events and the different pickup and delivery stages The US Consumer Brands Association (CBA) has released an operational standard that will enable shippers, carriers, logistics companies and retailers to implement contactless pickup and delivery workflows across their supply chains. The interoperable software-agnostic standard lays out a set of […]

Residents of the Chinese city of Shanghai will soon be able to scan their Suishenma digital ID and health QR code to pay for their fares on buses, ferries and metro services, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government has announced. The move “will save people the trouble of using different apps on their phones to ride

LAW MAKERS: The National Assembly Building of the Republic of Korea The South Korean parliament has passed a bill that will require companies such as Apple and Google to allow the use of payment services other than their own proprietary systems for the purchase of digital goods within their app stores. Amendments to the country’s

AUTHENTIC: NFC tags in Prada goods will soon allow shoppers to access product information and “even a video clip with the Italian maestros in Tuscany talking to a consumer” Consumers purchasing bags, purses, shoes and accessories manufactured by Italian fashion house Prada will soon be able to authenticate a product and access information about how

PARKLINQ: An on-site ‘smart station’ allows motorists to tap in to pay for their parking Hawaiian motorists can now use a mobile app to find vacant parking spaces and then pay for their spot by tapping a contactless ‘smart station’ with their NFC smartphone. The Parklinq app works by enabling businesses and individuals to register

SMART WATCH: Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 runs Google’s Wear OS operating system Owners of a smartwatch running Google’s Wear OS operating system will soon be able to use it to make contactless payments using Google Pay in 16 additional countries. Google Pay is adding support for contactless payments on Wear OS watches in Belgium, Brazil,

ADVANTAGE TAPSTER: The contactless payment ring supports cards from Mastercard and Visa EXHIBITOR NEWS: Contactless wearables brand Tapster has launched a ring that uses the Fidesmo Pay platform to enable the wearer to make tokenized contactless payments. “The ring is secure, easy to use and you can bring it everywhere you go,” says Tobias Ericsson,

The UK will begin rolling out a new £100 (US$137) spending limit for contactless payments from 15 October 2021, UK Finance has announced. The contactless limit in the UK currently stands at £45 (US$61.70), following an increase from £30 (US$41.13) in April 2020. “The decision to raise the contactless limit from £45 to £100 was