By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Google has announced plans to launch public transit ticketing for more than 80 cities globally in coming weeks from its trip-planning Maps app and also to enable users to buy virtual closed-loop fare cards–starting with the Clipper card in the San Francisco Bay Area–directly from the app. That’s […]
General Motors (GM) may be looking to bring the biometric technology integrated into its Cadillac X4 vehicles in China to North America, enabling drivers to access their car using just face recognition. The US-based car manufacturing giant has filed to trade mark the Modus Biometric System rolled out in the Chinese model with both the
General Motors to replace car keys with face biometrics? Read More »
Chinese consumers taking part in the large-scale testing of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Beijing over the Chinese New Year period are trialling a biometric ‘hard wallet’ card developed by the Postal Savings Bank of China. The dual payments and healthcare card incorporates a biometric sensor that enables users to verify their
Postal Savings Bank of China trials biometric cards for digital currency payments Read More »
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S. public transit agencies have been keen to remove cash and paper tickets from their buses and trains and to keep more distance between customers and agency staffers because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now they are getting a new boost from the U.S. federal government in the form
Feb 18 2021 By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S. public transit agencies have been keen to remove cash and paper tickets from their buses and trains and to keep more distance between customers and agency staffers because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now they are getting a new boost from the U.S. federal government
KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: A comprehensive guide to using NFC tags to create engaging consumer experiences is now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre. NFC tags embedded in consumer goods enable brands to offer customers a wide range of enhanced interactive user experiences, STMicroelectronics explains in the white paper, but effective design is essential to
ST provides brands with guidance on how best to implement NFC tags Read More »
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is to implement an upgraded contactless ticketing system across its entire network, enabling passengers to pay for their journeys via QR, an EMV bank card or a RuPay-enabled National Common Mobility Card (NCMC). DMRC has published its plans for the upgrade to its automatic fare collection system in an expression
Delhi Metro to roll out mobile and contactless ticketing across entire network Read More »
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
Estonia partners with World Health Organization for digital vaccine passport pilot Read More »
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
Japanese convenience store trials face and palm biometrics for checkout-free shopping Read More »
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
UK government publishes digital identity framework Read More »
