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Steamship Authority introduces NFC ticketing on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard ferries

Passengers travelling on ferries between the US mainland and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket can now pay for their tickets using Apple Wallet or Google Pay and authenticate their ticket on boarding by holding their iPhone, Apple Watch or Android device near an NFC-enabled ticket scanner. The Steamship Authority first introduced contactless eFerry

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Israel to roll out national mobile ticketing platform in Q4 2020?

Public transportation users across Israel could be able to start paying for their fares via ticketing apps on their mobile phones as early as the last quarter of 2020, sources have told financial website Calcalist. “The new payment method will allow users to pay for rides using their phones, with the system automatically applying all

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Titan and SBI pick Tappy wearable payments technology for India’s first contactless payment watches

PARTNER NEWS: Watch brand Titan has partnered with State Bank of India (SBI) for the launch of a range of watches that makes use of Canada-based Tappy Tech’s wearable payments technology to let consumers make contactless transactions at POS terminals across India. “With this launch, SBI account holders can tap their Titan Pay watch on

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Malaysian bank rolls out contactless card acceptance on standard NFC phones

Merchants in Malaysia can now use a tap-to-phone payment acceptance service from Hong Leong Bank (HLB) to accept contactless card payments on a standard NFC Android mobile device. The bank’s Tap On Phone service enables merchants to accept Visa, Mastercard and MyDebit payments up to a value of RM250 (US$60) by downloading the Hong Leong

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Jersey promotes consumer spending at local businesses with prepaid stimulus card

Residents of the island of Jersey can now make contactless payments to local businesses using a prepaid card that is being sent to all eligible citizens as part of a fiscal stimulus package designed to alleviate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Residents receive their Spend Local Card with an initial balance of £100

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