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PREPAID: Bengaluru joins the growing number of cities where the NCMC card can be used to pay for travel Passengers travelling on Bangalore Metro services in the Indian city of Bengaluru can now make contactless fare payments with the RuPay-enabled National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) that can also be used to pay for fuel, parking, […]

CONNECTED CAR: Drivers now rate in-car payments for parking, fuel, tolls and food as ‘highly desirable’ More than half of drivers globally would choose the ability to make in-car payments for parking, fuel, tolls and food as a priority when ranking the important features of connected car services (56%), according to a survey. The survey

ST25R3916B: The chip supports the creation of smaller and more efficient contactless payment solutions PARTNER NEWS: STMicroelectronics has released an NFC chip that supports active waveshaping and heartbeat detection, enabling developers and manufacturers to create smaller and more efficient contactless payment solutions and ensure devices comply with EMVCo 3.1 specifications. The ST25R3916B chip’s heartbeat detection

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a draft recommendation for the implementation and governance of national and cross-border digital identity systems and is inviting comment on the document from government officials, civil society organisations, international bodies and interested citizens and stakeholders. The intergovernmental organisation’s draft recommendation lays out a set of

MOBILE PAYMENTS: SimplyGo! uses GPS to track the route and distance travelled then charges the cheapest fare Passengers travelling on rail, bus, tram and subway services across the whole of Austria can now make contactless end-to-end fare payments for single or multi-modal journeys with two swipes on their smartphone screen using a ticketing function added

Financial services company JP Morgan is to pilot a biometric payments solution that will enable consumers to make contactless in-store payments with their palm or face at selected bricks-and-mortar merchants in the USA and “potentially” at the Formula One Miami Grand Prix in May. It is to trial a solution that works on an “enrol-capture-authenticate-pay

INTEGRATED: Samsung Pay users can now make online payments at merchants supporting Naver Pay Samsung and Naver Financial have launched an integrated mobile payments service in South Korea that enables Naver Pay users to make in-store payments with their smartphone at outlets accepting Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay users to make online payments at ecommerce

BIOMETRICS: Customers can use Amazon One to access their loyalty account and pay with their palm Customers at Panera Bread outlets in St Louis, Missouri, in the USA can now opt to access their loyalty account and make contactless payments for their purchases with their palm. The national coffee shop and bakery chain has rolled

APPLE PAY: South Koreans can now add their credit or debit card to the Wallet app on their iPhone Apple Pay has launched in South Korea with support for Mastercard, Visa and local debit and credit cards issued by Hyundai Card. Apple has added the country to its list of territories where the service is

UPGRADE: MTR customers will soon be able to use their physical or mobile credit card to travel Passengers travelling on services operated by Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) will soon be able to make contactless fare payments with their physical or digital credit card as well as an Octopus transit card or a digital