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Merchants across India will soon be able to accept contactless digital payments on their Android NFC smartphone without needing any additional hardware. State Bank of India (SBI) is making the software-only solution available through a new SBI Merchant app. Read the rest of SBI to let merchants accept contactless payments on standard Android NFC phones […]

Passengers on public transportation services in the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA will soon be able to upload their Clipper transit card to their Apple Pay or Google Pay mobile wallet and pay for their fares with their smartphone or smart watch. iPhone and Apple Watch users will also be able to use

Russian mobile network operators Beeline and MegaFon are looking to develop digital wallets for smartphones and other mobile devices that will support the central bank digital currency (CBDC) which is being developed by The Central Bank of Russia (CBR). “We are interested in such aspects of using the digital ruble as maintaining wallets on smart

American Express cardholders can now receive detailed digital receipts for their card transactions to identify and check their purchases from larger retailers via the company’s app or website. The receipts will include purchase information such as the merchant’s name and logo, order number and date, products purchased and cost.  American Express is introducing them to

Passengers travelling from Ottawa’s Rideau Station can now purchase single-ride adult fares on the Canadian capital’s light rail transit network by tapping to pay with their credit card or mobile wallet at a pilot touchless entry gate. The OC Transpo transit authority is trialling the contactless ticketing system before rolling out the technology to all

Biometric payment cards containing a built-in fingerprint sensor could generate more than US$5bn in global banking revenue and account for 15% of the market by 2026, according to a forecast by analysts at Swiss bank UBS. The forecast states that: “in the past few years more than 23 pilots were reported with three commercial launches

German citizens will be able to securely store a digital version of their government-issued ID card on their smartphone from the autumn of 2021, the German government’s Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community has announced. “The Interior Ministry said Wednesday that from this fall, citizens will be able to use the ID stored

Citizens of the Bahamas can now pay for goods and services using a prepaid card that supports the country’s Sand Dollar central bank digital currency (CBDC). Nassau-based payment service provider Island Pay and Mastercard have partnered with the Central Bank of the Bahamas to roll out the card, enabling users to instantly convert the digital

Google Pay users can now pay for parking in more than 400 cities across the USA and for public transport fares with participating transit authorities globally from directly within Google Maps. Once they have linked their Google Pay wallet to their Google Maps account on their Android device, users will be offered the option of