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India bans mobile payment providers from launching new proprietary QR codes

Payment system operators in India can no longer issue new proprietary QR codes for mobile payments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced. The move is part of the RBI’s plan to implement a fully interoperable QR code infrastructure in 2022. India’s two existing interoperable QR codes, UPI QR and Bharat QR “shall continue […]

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Visa: Consumers have made an extra 500m touch-free payments in Europe since contactless limits were increased

Visa has processed 500m additional PIN-less, touch-free transactions since contactless payment limits were increased in 29 countries across Europe in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the card network reports. “The growing demand for contactless is visible across Europe, where over 75% of in-store Visa payments are now contactless,” Visa says. “In some European countries, the

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HID Global launches combo NFC and RFID tags for tracking returnable industrial containers

PARTNER NEWS: HID Global has launched a range of tags that combine NFC and Rain RFID technologies to enable companies to track, locate, identify and authenticate bulk containers, gas cylinders, steel kegs and other industrial returnable transport items. “Our new HID Keg Tags offer a range of inventory lifecycle management processes by enabling long-range management

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NXP launches secure UWB chips for hands-free access control, payments and IoT

PARTNER NEWS: NXP has released a portfolio of secure ultra-wideband (UWB) chips that enable more accurate positioning and sensing for hands-free access control, payments and IoT use cases. “UWB is enabling a world where doors lock and unlock in response to the owner’s actual presence, where cars are shared with a simple touch of a

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