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Estonia is to test digital vaccine passports that will enable residents to prove they have been inoculated against Covid-19 as part of a project to create a globally recognised electronic certification programme. “The small, tech-savvy Baltic EU member state is working on a pilot project with the World Health Organization (WHO) on how globally recognised […]

The Green Leaves+ shop-and-go store in the Yokohama Techno Tower Hotel in Japan is piloting a biometrics-enabled checkout-free service that allows customers to enter the store by verifying their identity with just their face and a swipe of their palm. To use the service, customers first register their credit card in the store’s mobile app

The UK government has published a trust framework policy paper that lays out draft rules for how service providers, businesses and other organisations will be able to implement the use of digital identities. The proposals included in the ‘UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework’ cover “the principles, policies, procedures and standards governing the use

Amazon is recruiting a tech team that will be tasked with building “innovative payment products for customers in emerging markets” that will enable “customers to convert their cash into digital currency” to purchase “goods and/or services like Prime Video”, a job advertisement posted by the company reveals. The advertisement for a senior management role in

PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions has introduced a unified issuer token service provider hub that enables banks to simply and securely manage every stage of the digital card issuing and management process, from card enrolment to token lifecycle management. Designed to simplify and accelerate the launch of Apple Pay, Google Pay and digital card offerings, the

The People’s Bank of China has launched the first large-scale giveaway of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be held in Beijing and has distributed 10,000m digital yuan (US$1.55m) to 50,000 participants in a ‘red envelope’ lottery. Recipients can use their digital currency e-wallet to make in-store purchases at participating merchants in the

The NFC Forum has published a paper laying out strategies for the use of NFC technology in the development and deployment of electronic identification by mobility-as-a-service platforms and multi-modal transportation services. Read the rest of NFC Forum explores the role of NFC in mobility-as-a-service applications at NFCW.

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced plans to introduce NFC contactless payments in the country, enabling consumers to upload their bank card information to their mobile phone and use their device to make in-store purchases at the point of sale. The central bank’s governor, Abdolnasser Hemmati, revealed the plan in an Instagram post,

Guests staying at hotels owned by France-based hospitality giant Accor will soon be able to open their rooms and access other hotel facilities contactlessly using a digital key uploaded to their smartphone on check-in. “On arrival at their destination, customers will receive their room key virtually upon downloading Accor’s digital key app,” the company explains.