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

Apple’s new CarKey service will make it possible for a digital car key to be shared using the Messages app, the second beta release of iOS 13.4 shows. Updated wording concerning sharing explains that it will be possible to share keys in individual conversations, but not in group conversations, Macrumors reports. “Sharing a CarKey with

Customers of a US carrier have used a mobile payment app to bill purchases made at a merchant in Taiwan to their mobile phone account, a consortium of companies developing a blockchain-based carrier billing system has announced. “Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom Co and a US-based carrier jointly completed proof-of-business (POB) mobile payment transactions enabled by

Brazil’s central bank will turn on a national instant payments network in November that will allow consumers to make payments and transfers “in a few seconds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including between accounts of different institutions” using QR codes, NFC, their mobile phone number, email address or taxpayer ID. “The goal