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PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions has introduced a unified issuer token service provider hub that enables banks to simply and securely manage every stage of the digital card issuing and management process, from card enrolment to token lifecycle management. Designed to simplify and accelerate the launch of Apple Pay, Google Pay and digital card offerings, the […]

The People’s Bank of China has launched the first large-scale giveaway of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be held in Beijing and has distributed 10,000m digital yuan (US$1.55m) to 50,000 participants in a ‘red envelope’ lottery. Recipients can use their digital currency e-wallet to make in-store purchases at participating merchants in the

The NFC Forum has published a paper laying out strategies for the use of NFC technology in the development and deployment of electronic identification by mobility-as-a-service platforms and multi-modal transportation services. Read the rest of NFC Forum explores the role of NFC in mobility-as-a-service applications at NFCW.

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced plans to introduce NFC contactless payments in the country, enabling consumers to upload their bank card information to their mobile phone and use their device to make in-store purchases at the point of sale. The central bank’s governor, Abdolnasser Hemmati, revealed the plan in an Instagram post,

Guests staying at hotels owned by France-based hospitality giant Accor will soon be able to open their rooms and access other hotel facilities contactlessly using a digital key uploaded to their smartphone on check-in. “On arrival at their destination, customers will receive their room key virtually upon downloading Accor’s digital key app,” the company explains.

Chinese consumers made an average of three mobile payments a day during 2020, while 98% of the Chinese population consider mobile payments to be their most frequently used transaction method, an increase of five percentage points on last year, a new survey reveals. The number of consumers making mobile payments using a QR code also

The governments of Denmark and Sweden have both announced that they are to develop and introduce digital vaccine certificates that will enable residents to prove they have been inoculated against Covid-19. “The two Nordic countries have said the coronavirus vaccine certificates would be designed to enable citizens to travel abroad, but also hinted they could

Barclays bank account holders in the UK can now automatically receive an itemised digital receipt in their banking app every time they use their debit card to make an in-store or online purchase from a retailer or food outlet that has signed up to support the service. In addition to monitoring their purchases, the service

The total value of the global plastic cards market has fallen by US$3bn over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the number manufactured worldwide falling by 19.7% from 37.1bn in 2019 to 29.8bn in 2020, according to the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA). The ICMA’s 2020 Global Card Market and Personalization and Fulfilment Statistics

Apple is to let Apple Watch users unlock their iPhone using Face ID while they are wearing a mask, without having to enter an additional passcode. The “unlock with Apple Watch” feature is to be piloted in the beta version of the iOS 14.5 system update and will operate when an iPhone is paired with