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PARTNER NEWS: HID Global has announced that employee ID card issuers can now use its Seos digital credential technology to let staff use smart watches, watchbands, rings and other devices to gain access to buildings, log in to PCs and cloud applications, make payments at vending machines, and more. HID Global is working with wearable […]

The contactless payments growth rate in the Nordic region has doubled during the first four months of this year, regional payments processor Nets reports, “as social distancing steers Nordic consumers away from chip and PIN”. “In the first 16 weeks of 2019, contactless usage, as a proportion of all card transactions performed in Denmark, Norway

The number of US consumers reporting that they are using contactless payments in stores has increased by 11%, an Amex survey has found. 50% of the surveyed consumers who have used contactless agree that it is safer for their health than using cash. Read the rest of Amex reports shift in US consumer attitudes to

NJ Transit is replacing 14 of its ticket vending machines (TVMs) with new machines that support contactless cards and mobile payments. “The new TVMs have improved features making them quicker and easier for customers to use and are fully ADA accessible,” New Jersey’s public transportation operator says. “NJ Transit customers will have the capability to

“With Paisa Bolega — voice alerts of transactions — shopkeepers will be able to hear aloud instant confirmation of all payments received through their BharatPe QR, without touching the phone… This does away [with] the need for the merchant to check his phone repeatedly to see if money has come in.” Read the rest of

“Since the outbreak, three out of four people say they are now more concerned than before about ATMs, a similar number about touchscreens in GP surgeries and more than half of users are more concerned than before about smartphones. Previously much less of a worry, card payment terminals are now more of a concern for

“In the company’s latest ‘Lost in Transaction’ survey, in which 8,000 consumers globally were asked about their payment habits, findings revealed that 54% of UK consumers have used new forms of payments since the Covid-19 outbreak began, and 84% of respondents globally admitted they were now thinking differently about how they make payments.” Read the

Shipments of NFC-ready POS terminals reached 47.8m units globally in 2019, bringing the total to 100.4m worldwide, according to Berg Insight. Of all POS terminals shipped last year, seven in ten included support for NFC and 62% of all POS terminals are now NFC-ready. The global installed base of NFC-enabled terminals is forecast to grow

“Payments Europe calls upon the European Banking Authority (EBA) and National Competent Authorities (NCA) to give the industry and businesses more time to adopt the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements, beyond the current 31 December 2020 deadline for implementation.” Read the rest of Payments Europe joins call for EU-wide delay to strong customer authentication deadline

PARTNER NEWS: Blackhawk Network subsidiary One4all is using Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Gifts & Rewards solution to make it possible for UK consumers and businesses to send a digital gift card directly to a recipient’s mobile phone — and for the recipient to then use it to make payments online and at contactless terminals in stores. “The