As Their Resistance Crumbles, Australia’s Big Four Banks have Found Resisting Apple Pay Too Costly, Despite Opposing Tech Giant’s Fees

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – Another one of Australia’s big four banks, National Australia Bank, has given in to pressure from customers and has agreed to support Apple Pay. Related stories, automatically selected:  Aussie Banking Group: Apple Holding Issuers ‘Hostage’ with Its Restrictive NFC Policies Australian Banks Form Bloc to Counter Apple’s ‘Divide-and-Conquer Strategy […]

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Monese teases Apple Pay launches in 13 European countries

“Mobile banking service Monese has revealed that Apple Pay is also coming soon to its cardholders in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia… Apple Pay is also nearing launch in the Netherlands, Hungary, and Luxembourg for a total of 16 upcoming countries.” Read the rest of Monese

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National Australia Bank goes live with Apple Pay

“National Australia Bank (NAB) on Monday announced immediate support for Apple Pay, becoming the third of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks to integrate with Apple’s payments platform after a failed boycott… With NAB on board, Westpac becomes the last of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks to resist Apple Pay.” Read the rest of National Australia Bank goes

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ABN Amro unveils blockchain-based NFC platform for trade inventory tracking

“The platform can communicate with physical trade inventories through the Internet of Things, sensors and near field communication chips. As a result, the inventories, which are often collateral for loans, can be monitored very effectively, which will lead to more secure physical handling processes and a reduction of costs.” Read the rest of ABN Amro

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NFC and contactless transit ticketing to go live in New York City from 31 May

“Starting on May 31, 2019, you can use Omny onboard all Staten Island buses and at all subway station entrances on the 4, 5, and 6 lines between Grand Central-42 Street and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr. All remaining bus routes, subway stations, and Staten Island Railway locations will be equipped by late 2020. You will be

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Report: Will Deployment of Contactless EMV Cards in U.S. Drive Growth of NFC Mobile Payments? Conclusions Hard to Draw

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – With U.S. banks finally beginning to issue dual-interface EMV cards in significant numbers this year and more U.S. merchants accepting contactless and NFC payments, a key question becomes whether contactless card payment will help or hurt the prospects for what has generally been considered as disappointing take-up of

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Half of Face-to-Face Visa Transactions Outside of U.S. Expected to be Contactless Soon

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Half of all domestic face-to-face transactions with Visa-branded cards globally–outside of the U.S.–are expected to be contactless within the next two months, with Visa reporting that contactless technology is maturing in numerous countries worldwide, mainly in Europe and Asia. Related stories, automatically selected:  Contactless Card Transactions Could Overtake

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SELFBLUE. Added the new feature “Machine lock” to create privileged groups of users

With the “Machine lock” feature you can limit the use of a vending machine exclusively to a group of authorized users. For this, when creating the machine on the control panel, a QRcode is generated. Only users who scan the QRcode will be enabled to use that machine.You can create up to 3 different groups,

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