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Mobile ticketing transaction volumes, including contactless, in-app and mobile messaging ticket purchases, will increase from 6.8bn transactions in 2020 to 16.9bn in 2022, heralding a permanent shift towards contactless ticketing, according to a forecast by Juniper Research. Contactless ticketing in particular will recover “strongly”, with transaction values growing from US$6bn in 2020, exceeding 2019 figures […]

The Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has begun alpha testing a framework of industry standards for digital ID authentication in order to create a trusted digital environment before the rollout of a digital ID infrastructure in the country — and the launch of a national trustmark for service and solution providers. Twenty

UK residents can now make charity donations using an open banking payments service that allows them to transfer money directly from their bank account to a charity’s bank account by scanning a QR code with their mobile phone, reducing the recipient’s processing costs and automatically enabling Gift Aid tax benefits on each donation. Users access

NFCW EXPO: The doors to the NFCW Expo are now open: Come in, look around, explore our first conference presentations and visit our charter exhibitors to find your new partners and suppliers. “The NFCW Expo is a new kind of trade show for the new world that we now find ourselves living in,” says NFCW

NFCW EXPO: Card issuers looking to quickly and easily provide their customers with the latest mobile and digital card solutions can now visit Antelop Solutions’ showcase in the NFCW Expo hall to learn about the France-based fintech’s white label SaaS solutions. Antelop acts as a trusted partner to banks, card issuers and payment processors seeking

The European Union is to publish a report next week that will provide further information on the results of its investigation into Apple Pay and could lead to new legislation forcing Apple to provide more open access to the NFC chip in its devices, according to “documents obtained by Bloomberg”. “The report is set to

Passengers travelling on Delhi Transport Corporation buses are piloting a contactless e-ticketing service that enables them to pay their fare via a mobile app by scanning a QR code on the bus. The Chartr mobile app allows passengers to choose the fare or destination they want before scanning the on-board QR code and selecting their

Customers of First Abu Dhabi Bank, Mashreq Bank and the National Bank of Fujairah in the UAE can now make cashless digital payments using Klip, the digital wallet that forms part of the country’s new national digital cash replacement platform. The Klip wallet has been developed by Emirates Digital Wallet (EDW) and enables users to

NFCW EXPO: France-based fintech Dejamobile has opened a showcase in the NFCW Expo that provides readers with information on its white label digital payment and merchant acceptance solutions plus educational materials on host card emulation (HCE) security and contactless acceptance on standard NFC phones. Dejamobile’s white label SaaS solutions make it possible to quickly and

Holders of Vanquis Bank’s credit-builder credit cards in the UK can now make instant payments into their account from any major UK bank without using a debit card and receive instant updates on their available credit via the Vanquis mobile banking app. The bank provides Visa-branded credit cards for customers outside the standard credit market