SELFBLUE. Added an initial slider and a wizard for new users of the app

When the user downloads the app from the stores, before arriving at the registration and login screen, he must scroll through a series of slides that describe the main features of the app. The slides are visible only once when he download the app.When the user registers and executes the first login, a welcome page […]

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LG Pay goes live in the US with NFC and mag stripe mobile payments

LG has launched its LG Pay mobile payments service in the US, enabling owners of its G8 ThinQ smartphone to make payments via NFC in stores equipped with a contactless POS terminal — and in stores with a magnetic stripe terminal using Wireless Magnetic Communication (WMC). WMC enables phones to generate wireless magnetic data pulses

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IMF reports on the impact of digital money on banking business models

“IMF authors Tobias Adrian and Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli said the two most common forms of money today, cash and bank deposits, will ‘face tough competition and could even be surpassed’. But banks are ‘unlikely to disappear’ as they face growing threats from big tech companies and fintech start-ups, the paper said. ‘Some will be left behind

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Apple Pay to Finally Support Octopus Card in Hong Kong, as Competition Grows in Market

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight –  Apple Pay will offer support for Hong Kong’s popular closed-loop contactless transit and retail payments card Octopus later this year, adding a much-needed service to an Apple Wallet that launched three years ago in Hong Kong for credit and debit payments at retail. Related stories, automatically selected:  Hong

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Shinhan to put credit cards on the blockchain

“With the patent-winning technology, the card firm has established a blockchain-powered credit transaction process that enables various functions, such as setting a maximum spending limit, paying in monthly installments and completing payments between merchants and consumers… The company is the first in the world to have established a credit transaction service using the new record-keeping

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Visa Promotes QR Codes in Contactless Hot Spot Taiwan, Hoping to Capture Merchants That Refuse to Accept Cards

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – While Visa’s country office in Taiwan was touting the fact that Taiwan ranks as one of the top countries in Asia Pacific for acceptance and use of contactless payments only six months ago, that hasn’t stopped the big payments network from actively promoting QR code payments on

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