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Passengers travelling on UK train services are to get more contactless and digital ticketing options across the rail network and will be able to buy tickets and access fare and timetable information via a single integrated website, the UK government has announced. The “significant rollout” of smart ticketing systems will include “new ways to pay […]

Almost nine in 10 card present transactions conducted globally (86.1%) were made using EMV chip-enabled payment cards between January and December 2020, according to standards body EMVCo. The total number of EMV payments cards in circulation worldwide reached 10.8bn by the end of 2020, an increase of nearly 1bn on the previous year, with two-thirds

The European Union’s proposed digital Covid certificate that will enable EU residents to confirm that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19, received a negative test result or recovered from the illness is “well on track to be ready by the end of June”, according to the European Commission. The EC’s proposal to introduce the EU

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended the deadline for the implementation of strong customer authentication (SCA) for online purchases by a further six months. Previously merchants had until 14 September 2021 to ensure that all ecommerce transactions in the UK were compliant with the SCA customer identity verification regulation, but this deadline has

PARTNER NEWS: Market Pay is enabling merchants to use a standard Android NFC smartphone or tablet to accept contactless payments at the point of sale without needing any additional hardware. The French in-store and online payments specialist’s software point of sale (sPOS) PayWish solution uses Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payments for Merchants technology to let users turn

Cyclists can now fit their bicycle with smart inner tubes that enable them to accurately measure their tyre pressures by scanning an NFC chip embedded near the valve with their smartphone. The pressure sensor incorporated in the Tubo-MTB PSENS tube is battery free and makes it “the first smart bicycle tube in the world”, according

Ensuring that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are interoperable and integrated with existing payment infrastructures are among the key requirements for their successful implementation in cross border transactions, according to a joint paper published by Swift and Accenture. ‘Exploring central bank digital currencies: How they could work for international payments’ examines the potential impact of

Customers of ABN Amro in the Netherlands can now use their Android devices to make payments with Google Pay from within the Dutch bank’s mobile app. It is the first major bank in the Netherlands to add support for the service, enabling customers to activate Google Pay in the app and “use their phones for

Android users can now upload their Clipper transit card to Google Pay, reload their card balance and pay for their fares on 24 transit systems across the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA with their smartphone. Clipper has also launched a new mobile app for Android devices that enables users to add their physical

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has seen the number of monthly digital wallet transactions increase by 90% from 36m in March 2020 to 68m in March this year, with the total value more than doubling from A$2.1bn (US$1.6bn) to A$1bn (US$0.8bn) in the same period. “The figures highlight the growing popularity of digital wallets