Apple has announced a new App Clips service that will enable brands, merchants and service providers to use NFC tags to let iPhone owners quickly and easily download a mini app, which they can use to access information about a product or service — and pay for coffee, car parking or scooter rental without needing […]

Apple iPhone users will be able to lock, unlock and start vehicles using a new NFC CarKey feature from next month, Apple has announced, with BMW the first vehicle manufacturer to add support for the new service. CarKey is based on Car Connectivity Consortium standards and, from next year, will also include support for ultra

NatWest is working on the development of a behavioural biometrics solution for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) that could be used as a replacement for banking passwords, the UK bank has announced. “Behavioural biometrics works by analysing the unique ways a customer interacts with their device when making an online purchase,” NatWest says. “The technology uses

Consumer-facing solutions and programmes based on EMVCo’s Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) specifications are now to be known as Click to Pay, the standards body has announced. “This universal description enables ease of recognition for consumers, and signals that a consumer can confidently transact through an easy e-checkout, regardless of the payment card, digital channel or

Visa has introduced a new cloud-based token framework that makes it possible for tokens to be enabled “across all of a consumer’s devices” and “are directly integrated with the consumer’s bank”. The new Visa Cloud Token technology has been introduced first in Brazil, to support the launch of Facebook’s new WhatsApp payments service. “Grounded in

WhatsApp users in Brazil can now make payments to local merchants and send money to friends and contacts “without leaving their chat”. “Payments on WhatsApp are enabled by Facebook Pay,” WhatsApp says. “In the future we want to make it possible for people and businesses to use the same card information across Facebook’s family of

Google is working on “a major overhaul” of Google Pay that will see the service expanding into “a one-stop portal for commerce”, The Information reports. The move is aimed at “jump-starting its use in the US,” the publication says. “Under Google’s plan, users will be able to click on a merchant’s branded button inside Google

PARTNER NEWS: European mobile loyalty wallet leader Stocard has added support for NFC payments to its app as it looks to evolve its digital wallet into an all-in-one payments, banking and shopping service. Stocard has 50 million users worldwide, mainly located in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Australia and Canada.

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation “to assess whether Apple’s conduct in connection with Apple Pay violates EU competition rules”. “The investigation concerns Apple’s terms, conditions and other measures for integrating Apple Pay in merchant apps and websites on iPhones and iPads, Apple’s limitation of access to the near field communication (NFC)