The government of Sierra Leone is to introduce a blockchain-based national identity system at the end of this year, enabling citizens to “grant access to approved institutions to assert and verify identity and also build credit histories,” the country’s president has announced. The National Digital Identity Platform (NDIP) has been developed in partnership with the […]
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The UK government is to introduce an iOS version of its NFC-based EU Exit: ID Document Check app in October, the Home Office has told The Register. The iOS app will enable EU citizens living in the UK to use Apple’s forthcoming NFC passport reading functionality to register for settled status on their iPhone. The
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NFC World is today rebranding as NFCW, moving to a new home at www.nfcw.com and switching on a new site design that lets readers easily access specialist news and knowledge on topics of particular interest, beginning with payments, transit ticketing and NFC technology. Our new hubs each have their own publication name, their own home
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By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Plans disclosed this week by JPMorgan Chase to shut down its Chase Pay app for in-store purchases is yet another nail in the coffin–perhaps the final one–for bank wallets in the U.S. And the situation does not look much brighter for bank-issued wallets abroad, either. Related stories, automatically
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By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Transit officials in Miami-Dade County, Fla. are the latest in the U.S. to introduce open-loop payments of fares with contactless credit and debit cards and bank card credentials on NFC wallets, launching the service yesterday on the city’s relatively small metro network, with plans to expand to buses
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NAMA (US vending industry association), with the contribution provided by the European Vending Association (EVA), announced today the release of the latest version of the Multi-Drop Bus (MDB) standards – Version 4.3.MDB Version 4.3 allows for a comprehensive treatment of cashless transactions across convenience services. Version 4.3 updates are explicitly aimed at cashless applications based
Passengers using Miami-Dade Transit’s Metrorail service can now pay for their travel using a contactless card issued by Mastercard, Visa or American Express, make mobile payments using Google Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay or select to use Fitbit Pay to pay with a wearable device. The new contactless payment service includes a fare-capping feature
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Finnish carrier Telia is working with OP Bank to test the viability of using a high speed 5G network to deliver face recognition payments to merchants operating in locations without a fixed line connection. The test took place at an ice cream truck located in the car park of Telia’s premises in Vallila. Customers with
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Lojas Americanas, Brazil’s largest retailer, has opened the first of a series of Ame Go convenience stores that use a combination of smart shelf sensors, overhead cameras and QR-enabled entry and exit barriers to remove the need to install physical checkout stations. The new stores will vary in size from 250 to 3,000 square feet
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Apple Card is now available to all US consumers, the iPhone maker has announced — and the 3% cashback offered to cardholders who use their card to make an Apple Pay mobile payment for an Apple product will now be available from “more merchants and apps”. “Apple Card’s compelling rewards program, Daily Cash, gives back
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