Public transportation users in Paris can now buy and store transit tickets and passes on Samsung and Orange NFC phones — and can use any Android phone to buy a ticket and then upload it to their contactless travel card via NFC. The new NFC ticketing service stores tickets and passes in the SIM in […]

China has ‘no timetable’ for the launch of its digital currency, the governor of the country’s central bank has revealed. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) released in-depth information earlier this month on how its DC/EP digital currency would work and there has been speculation that it would go live as soon as 11 November

“Earlier this week, Capital Metro rolled out a new, more intuitive version of the CapMetro app. The highly rated app allows customers to pay for their tickets on the go, stay up to date on where their bus is, and map out their entire itinerary. New features include: Easy fare/pass purchasing; Convenient Apple Pay and

Australia Post has added support for iPhone NFC passport reading to its Digital iD service, enabling Australian residents to use their smartphone to register with the government-approved platform and then use their new digital identity for a wide range of applications — from opening a bank account to providing proof of age in a bar.

Public transportation users in South Yorkshire can now purchase bus, tram and train tickets online and then transfer their ticket onto their smart travel card using the NFC contactless card writing capabilities that Apple has made available in iOS13. The service has been introduced by TravelMaster, the jointly owned ticketing agency for South Yorkshire’s public

“In the last 12 months alone, we’ve grown more than three times to 67 million monthly active users, driving transactions worth over US$110bn on an annualised basis, with hundreds of thousands of offline and online merchants,” Caesar Sengupta, vice president of Google’s next billion users initiative, has revealed. Sengupta announced the numbers alongside the launch

Google has launched a new offering for merchants in India that combines an online storefront with physical Spot Codes they can place in their premises to let shoppers easily place orders and make payments. Spot stores are fully integrated into Google Pay and built using HTML and JavaScript “so existing investments into mobile websites or

Public transportation users in Sydney, Australia, are now able to use contactless bank cards, NFC phones or wearable devices to pay for travel across the entire Transport for New South Wales network, including bus services. This week’s extension of the service to all the region’s buses means that passengers can now use Mastercard, Visa or