MOBILE PAY: Mosco Metro passengers can now use the Sberbank bank app to buy and top up Troika cards Passengers travelling on Moscow Metro can now buy and top up a Troika transit card directly from within their mobile banking app. The service is available to customers of Russia’s Sberbank and enables them to use […]
Nearly 21m (20.87m) personal and 3.51m corporate digital yuan wallets have so far been issued during China’s ongoing trials of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed. To date, the digital currency — also known as e-CNY — has been used to make nearly 71m transactions with an
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By: Dan Balaban Two mid-tier bus operators in Slovakia are among the latest to enable their customers to tap virtual closed-loop transit cards in Google Pay to pay fares, using a provisioning service from NXP Semiconductors. Related stories, automatically selected: Google Launches Ticketing in Maps after Delays; but Search Giant Says It has No Plans
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EQUINE ID: The ePassport confirms the identity of the horse and stores health, movements and ownership Owners, trainers and breeders of thoroughbred racehorses in the UK and Ireland will soon be able to receive a digital passport that will allow them to confirm the identity of a horse and store information about its health, welfare,
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By: Kiona Smith SWB Bus and Bahn, the transit agency serving the city of Bonn, is the first such operator in Germany to accept contactless EMV payments. Related stories, automatically selected: German Transit Agency Plans to Complete Open-Loop Rollout on Buses and Trains This Quarter, Expand to Other Mobility Later Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance to
The European Central Bank (ECB) has officially launched its digital euro project with a two-year investigation into key issues regarding the design, distribution and use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). This will involve “focus groups, prototyping and conceptual work” and examine a possible functional design based on users’ needs, potential use cases for
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SMART HOME: The NFC sensors can be used to track objects made of conductive materials such as a hand Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the US have developed fabric-friendly NFC sensors that can be woven into the surface of everyday objects such as cushions and pillows and enable them to locate other
Google Pay users with an NFC-enabled Android smartphone in the US can now request a virtual debit card that allows them to make in-store contactless payments directly from their Google Pay balance. The virtual Google Pay Balance Card enables users to make payments with funds earned from rewards or sent by friends and family to
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RECYCLE: Customers scan the NFC tag on the container and place it in the drop box to complete the return Customers ordering takeaway food from eight restaurants in the Canadian city of Waterloo can now opt to receive their order in a reusable and recyclable food container embedded with an NFC tag that allows the
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By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – Large trip-planning app provider Moovit has enabled customers of more than 50 mostly small transit agencies in the U.S. to buy mobile tickets it its app, with more agencies to come, the company confirmed to Mobility Payments. Related stories, automatically selected: In-Depth: Transit Agency Sells Passes for Bikes and
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