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Commuters travelling on buses provided by app-based office shuttle service provider Shuttl can now authenticate their mobile boarding passes using an ultrasonic ‘data-over-sound’ contactless verification system. Shuttl operates buses on more than 350 routes in nine cities across India and south east Asia and enables commuters to find a route, purchase tickets and book a […]

Consumers purchasing specially marked bottles of wine produced by the Devil’s Corner winery in Tasmania will be able to enter a promotion and win rewards by tapping an NFC chip in the label or scanning a QR code. The winery has added the NFC tags to the bottles for a ‘Lost Shipment’ promotion that gives

Jamaica is to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) over the course of this year and begin rolling it out in 2022, the country’s minister of finance Nigel Clarke has revealed during a budget speech. The Bank of Jamaica’s CBDC will be exchangeable with the physical Jamaican dollar on a one-to-one basis and is

Mercedes drivers in Germany can now make contactless in-car payments for fuel directly from their Mercedes me app or via their vehicle’s infotainment system using the luxury car maker’s new Fuel & Pay digital payments service. Once they have activated the service and selected their payment option, drivers can use it to pay for their

Total global revenue from tokenization provisioning and management for mobile payments will exceed US$53bn in 2025, an increase of more than 180% from US$18bn in 2020, according to a forecast by Juniper Research. Growth “will be fuelled by the increased use of OEM Pays in both in-store and remote commerce, as well as the increasing

Passengers travelling on Metrolinx’s Union Pearson (UP) Express airport rail link are the first in the Canadian city of Toronto to trial an open payment system that enables them to pay their fares with a contactless credit card or mobile wallet, without needing to buy a Presto transit card or e-ticket. To use the new

Visitors to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida will soon have the option to generate a contactless digital pass that enables them to use their iPhone, Apple Watch or other smart device to gain entry to the theme park and access other resort features and services. The new Disney MagicMobile service is to be

Google Pay users in India will soon be able to choose whether they want to share their transaction history and other activity data with the company in order to receive more personalised offers and rewards. The latest upgrade to the Google Pay app in the country will include a ‘Personalisation within Google Pay’ feature that

PARTNER NEWS: India’s Axis Bank has launched a range of wearable contactless payment devices using technology provided by Thales and Tappy Technologies. The bank’s Wear ‘n’ Pay range includes wristbands, keyrings and watch straps as well as devices that can be incorporated into existing accessories. They are available “at a fee point of Rs750 [US$10],