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SBI Card Mastercard holders in India can now make NFC payments at any contactless point-of-sale terminal from their mobile device after registering their credit card on the latest version of the payment service’s app. Once a card is registered, users can complete payments of less than India’s contactless transaction limit of INR2,000 (US$26.94) simply by […]

Frequent flyers with All Nippon Airways (ANA) will soon be able to make in-store purchases and accumulate air miles by using a QR code-enabled mobile payments service that the Japanese airline is to launch “amid shrinking travel demand due to the coronavirus outbreak,” Japan Today reports. “ANA will join a growing number of companies in

Food and beverage suppliers, mobile florists, couriers and other small business owners in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK can now use their FordPass Pro connected vehicle app to accept card payments from their customers. The payments solution allows drivers to accept both contactless and chip-and-pin debit and credit card payments through a marketplace

The Central Bank of Iceland (CBI) has implemented a new real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) and instant payment platform that will allow it to manage up to 5m interbank, P2P, P2B and B2B payments a day. The introduction of the platform will mean “each transaction is on average processed in less than 40 milliseconds,” according

Senders of Evite digital greeting cards can now also send the recipient a gift card, via an integration with Blackhawk Network‘s eGift service. This enables users to purchase eGift cards from a wide range of brands and retailers, including Amazon, Spotify, Xbox, Sony, Nintendo, Bloomingdale’s, H&M, Starbucks and Burger King. “The eGift card options can

Passengers travelling on buses and cable cars in Wellington, New Zealand, can now use their iPhone to instantly top up their Snapper transit card, check their card balance, collect refunds and view concessions and travel passes. Apple users with an iPhone7/iOS13 and above can download the newly launched Snapper iOS app, scan their physical transit

Customers of Swiss bank UBS can now opt for an environmentally friendly credit card made from a corn-based plastic substitute — and will soon be able to apply for a digital-only card that they can start using immediately upon acceptance. UBS’s contactless-enabled Optimus Foundation Credit Card Eco is made from PLA, an 80% biodegradable material

Passengers on the Metro light railway network in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England can now buy and store electronic tickets on their Android smartphone without needing a physical ticket or a smart transit card. Rail network operator Nexus has integrated the mobile ticketing functionality into its Pop card app, enabling users to

Finland’s OP Financial Group is to pilot a biometric payment card that will allow users to authenticate payments over the contactless transaction limit with their fingerprint rather than with a PIN. The biometric cards will “use fingerprints, which are securely verified on-card by using an integrated fingerprint sensor,” OP says. “This allows for convenient contactless