NFC World

Nigeria’s Access Bank is to introduce a payments system that uses a combination of facial recognition and artificial intelligence to let customers make purchases at retail stores, Ventures Africa reports. The new FacePay platform “enables more convenient payments in merchant locations and faster (withdrawals and transfers) in Access Bank branches,” the publication explains. Read the […]

Digital wallets will be used to pay for ecommerce transactions valued at more than US$3tn a year by 2023, a new study has found. Overall, the global eCommerce market will grow to US$5.9tn by 2023, the Worldpay from FIS 2020 Global Payments Report predicts, with digital/mobile wallets “set to be the online payment method of

Google has agreed to pay Transport for London (TfL) £2m (US$2.56m) for the right to place Google Pay branding on all of London Underground’s 5,686 tap in/out card readers for a year. “Under the contract, TfL’s ‘obligations’ include removing the existing yellow covers on all 5,686 readers across the network, swapping them with Google’s labels

Minecraft developer Mojang is to launch a range of NFC-enabled Minecraft figurines that work with its new Minecraft Earth augmented reality game to let players access a range of character-specific boosts and power-ups. The NFC figurines will be produced by Mattel, the toy giant which already uses NFC for its Hot Wheels ID game and

Students, faculty and staff at Santa Clara University in the US can now add their Access student ID card to Apple Wallet and use their iPhone and Apple Watch to access buildings, attend athletic events, purchase meals and check out books from the library, the Silicon Valley-based university has announced. “Once they’ve set up their

UK-based supermarket giant Tesco is testing a cashless-only payments service at its High Holborn store in central London. Customers shopping at the Tesco Express outlet are able to make payments with a debit or credit card, NFC or the retailer’s own Tesco Pay+ mobile payment service. “The High Holborn store features everything you would expect

PayPal says it has now fixed an issue with its Google Pay integration that saw multiple users reporting that unauthorized transactions were appearing in their PayPal history, ZDNet reports. “Victims reported that hackers abused Google Pay accounts to buy products using linked PayPal accounts,” ZDNet says. Screenshots and user reports indicated that most of the

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has issued a tender inviting suppliers to design a hands-free ticketing solution that will enable commuters to access trains and buses without needing to physically tap their card or mobile phone. “According to tender documents, the system will use either radio frequency identification (RFID) or Bluetooth technology, with sensors built

Amazon is using the cashierless store technology that powers its Amazon Go convenience stores to provide a checkout-free experience in a full-size grocery store for the first time. The company’s first Amazon Go Grocery store is in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle in the US and covers 10,400 square feet. “Amazon Go Grocery is

Mattel is adding a new, lower-cost track option and additional NFC-enabled cars to its Hot Wheels ID range this year, the toy maker has told Engadget. Launched in June 2019, Hot Wheels ID uses NFC-enabled vehicles and track, a race portal and a companion app to combine elements of both physical and digital play. “Through