Google is piloting a new service that lets Google Assistant users confirm payment for a purchase with just their voice. “A new setting to allow Voice Match to confirm purchases made through the Google Assistant has been spotted in the Assistant’s Payments and Security settings pane,” Android Police reports. “We’ve confirmed with Google that the […]

The Competition Commission of India is looking into allegations that Google is unfairly promoting its mobile payments app in the country, “five sources familiar with the case” have told Reuters. “The complaint alleges the US tech giant more prominently showcases its Google Pay app inside its Android app store in India, giving it an unfair

Apple iPhone users in Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton will soon be able to use their Presto app to top up their transit card via NFC. The service is already available to Android phone owners and is now in beta testing for Apple users, iPhone in Canada reports. Read the rest of Metrolinx to let iPhone

Morocco’s bank-owned payment acquirer, Centre Monétique Interbancaire (CMI), has raised the contactless transaction limit in the country from 200 to 400 dirhams (US$40) in response to the coronavirus crisis. Since the start of the pandemic, 49 countries have now announced or brought forward a rise in the maximum amount of a contactless payment transaction before

PARTNER NEWS: Dejamobile has launched a white label solution that enables merchants to be provided with the ability to accept EMV contactless and digital payments on standard NFC phones and tablets — with no additional hardware required. ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants is a turnkey software-only solution with two components — a PCI DSS-certified payment management

MintID has introduced a series of gold and silver bars and coins that use tamper-proof NFC security chips to provide bullion investors with assurance that they are buying a genuine product. “Physical precious metal investing has many advantages. Unfortunately, until now investors have been plagued with the uncertainty of whether or not the products they

Connected apparel brand Paachn has included an NFC tag in a limited-edition, machine-washable face mask featuring artwork by Tokyo-based artist Campbell La Pun. Tapping the cloth mask with an NFC device enables the wearer to access product care information and exclusive content. A video shows the design of the mask, the placement of the NFC

Guitar pick printer DutchPicks is providing musicians with a way to make additional revenues and connect more closely with their fans via a range of custom-printed NFC guitar plectrums that bands and artists can make available at concerts and online. “After more than four years of development, DutchPicks has succeeded in integrating an NFC chip

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to tighten up its regulations “to ensure payments firms are adequately protecting customer funds” amid concerns that the impact of Covid-19 will affect their financial viability. “We welcome the innovation and competition we are seeing in payment services,” the FCA says. “But, as with all growing markets, we