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LA Metro to let passengers add their TAP transit card to Apple Pay ‘this year’

Public transport users in Los Angeles will be able to add their TAP transit card to their iPhone or Apple Watch “this year”, LA Metro has announced. Once live, the transportation operator will join New York, Portland and Chicago in offering the service in the US. Internationally, the service is supported in mainland China, Hong […]

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Coca-Cola lets consumers dispense drinks with their mobile phones

Diners in fast food restaurants and convenience stores equipped with Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensers can now use their mobile phone to select their preferred drink and instruct the machine to pour it for them, enabling a completely contact-free experience. More than 10,000 of the dispensers will be equipped to support the new service this summer, the

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Afterpay lets US consumers pay by instalments with their NFC mobile phone

Australia-based buy now, pay later specialist Afterpay is launching a service that lets US consumers make NFC payments in stores — and then pay for their purchases in four equal instalments. To use the service, consumers apply in advance for an Afterpay card that they can then add to their Apple Wallet to make payments

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Card networks begin global Click to Pay rollout

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have announced that “they are each beginning technical preparations for global expansion” of Click to Pay, the single buy button solution for online merchants based on the EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) standard. Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United

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Chinese city rolls out face verification ticketing on bus and subway services

A new face verification ticketing system has been introduced in the city of Guiyang, capital of China’s Guizhou province, enabling public transportation users to board buses and subway services without having to show their ticket or tap a card or smartphone. “To access the service, citizens need to download and register on a mobile application,”

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