PARTNER NEWS: Dejamobile has received Visa certification for a solution that enables merchants to be provided with the ability to accept both low and high value contactless transactions on a standard Android NFC smartphone or tablet. The certification for Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants solution means that merchants around the world can now use an […]
Customers of CIBC can now make purchases of up to C$250 (US$196) with their debit card using Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or Google Pay following a 150% increase in the Canadian bank’s transaction limit for in-store payments with a mobile phone or smartwatch. “The change, now effective, increases the contactless debit payment limit for mobile
Customers of US Bank can now add a personalised digital greetings card when they use the bank’s mobile app to make a Zelle P2P transfer to anyone with a US bank account. “The eCards are available for US Bank customers for free,” the bank says. “They are easy to include when sending money with Zelle
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Consumers in Italy can now receive an automatic 10% refund into their bank account for cashless in-store payments made using a credit, debit or prepaid card or payment app between now and the end of the year — as long as they make at least 10 digital transactions during the period. The Italia Cashless initiative
Passengers using public transportation in the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam will soon be able to pay their fares using a contactless debit or credit card, an NFC mobile phone or via a QR code. The choice of contactless and mobile payment options will be made available as the city’s public transport company GVB introduces
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Customers of Swedish challenger bank Rocker will soon be able to take part in a proof-of-concept pilot of a biometric debit card that enables them to authenticate contactless in-store payments with their fingerprint. “The F.Code payment card adopts a user-friendly biometric authentication procedure making transactions quicker, more hygienic and more secure as cardholders no longer
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By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The new account-based ticketing system under development for the Australian state of Queensland remains on track and on budget to be fully rolled out by 2022, despite the challenges of working through the Covid-19 pandemic, Martin Bradshaw, project head and general manager for passenger transport strategy and technology for transit agency TransLink, told NFC
The local water authority in the Koppal district of the Indian state of Karnataka is to install a digital water management system that uses NFC-enabled digital flowmeters to let users collect, view and securely transmit accurate waterflow data via an app on their smartphone or tablet. The implementation for the Karnataka Rural Water Supply and
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PARTNER NEWS: Mastercard and Singapore-based Banking-as-a-Service provider MatchMove have partnered with Tappy Technologies to make it possible to provide consumers with the ability to add a tokenized Mastercard to a wide range of batteryless wearables. “The three-way collaboration will enable MatchMove Mastercard cardholders to easily and securely add their payment cards to a chip which
PARTNER NEWS: NFC testing innovator Cilab has added support for EMVCo 3.0b to its high speed tester, enabling POS terminal manufacturers to quickly and easily debug and conduct pre-certification testing of their devices ahead of the new EMVCo specification coming into force in mid-2021. EMVCo L1 CL 3.0b is designed to provide an improved experience
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