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Merchants in India can now use a standard Android NFC smartphone to accept contactless payments using a software point of sale (sPOS) solution being rolled out by mobile payments giant Paytm. To use the service, merchants download Paytm Smart POS via the Paytm Business app and can begin collecting credit and debit card payments without

Residents of Sweden will be able to store a digital certificate proving they have been inoculated against Covid-19 on their mobile phone or access their certificate via an NFC sticker attached to their passport by the beginning of June, the Swedish government has announced. “We now have a model that is simple, safe and versatile.

Holders of an American Express Centurion card will soon be able to make purchases by linking their card to a wearable contactless payments chip embedded in a leather bracelet created by Italian fashion house Prada. “Crafted from the finest full-grain Saffiano — a Prada speciality — the double-wrap bracelet is all black save for the

Staff at the Warren Manor care facility in Blackpool in the UK are piloting a digital passport that enables them to verify their Covid-19 vaccination, test or recovery status when they arrive at their workplace by scanning their finger. The EN-Covid19 digital passport uses blockchain technology to register staff and store their health credentials securely

PARTNER NEWS: French bank Crédit Agricole du Languedoc is trialling a payments acceptance solution that uses Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants technology to enable merchants to accept contactless transactions on a standard Android NFC smartphone. The pilot is being conducted by the bank in collaboration with Crédit Agricole Payment Services and AVEM. The new Encaiss’Phone

Amazon has opened its first cashierless grocery store outside the US on London’s Ealing Broadway, enabling consumers to access the store and pay for their purchases by downloading a QR code to their mobile device and scanning it at the shop entrance. The Amazon Fresh store in the UK capital uses the company’s Just Walk

PARTNER NEWS: NFC testing provider Cilab has made a set of NFC Forum wireless charging specification (WLC) test cases available for use with its ci230 high-speed tester, allowing manufacturers to create modified, extended or fully user-defined pre-certification test cases to ensure their NFC devices meet the new specification’s requirements. WLC makes it possible to use

Moscow Metro is to test a contactless ticketing system that enables passengers to pay their fares using facial recognition payment technology to verify their identity. The biometric FacePay service will “allow paying for travel by ‘face’ at turnstiles and cash desks,” Moscow Metro says. “The system is being tested and will be available to passengers