The UK’s Metro Bank and Co-operative Bank have begun supporting Apple Pay, taking the number of financial institutions backing the mobile payment service in the country to 23... More
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Google unveils VR headset that pairs with NFC
Google has launched a virtual reality headset that works in conjunction with smartphones supporting its Daydream mobile VR platform and uses NFC to connect the devices... More
Mastercard brings biometric authentication to 12 European countries
European consumers can now validate online purchases with their fingerprint or face using Mastercard’s biometric authentication service... More
Transport for the North set to trial HCE for travel payments
UK commuters travelling across West Yorkshire may soon be able to make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments for journeys using a service scheduled to be trialed in the autumn by staff of Transport for the North (TfN) in collaboration with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee... More
Android Pay users get free London travel and coffee
Mastercard customers using Google’s Android Pay will be able to travel for free around London when using the city’s transport network on four Mondays in October... More
Glacéau Smartwater sends tips to Londoners using BLE beacons
PARTNER NEWS: Coca-Cola owned Glacéau Smartwater has launched a campaign to send on-the-go recommendations to Londoners’ smartphones using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons provided by digital payment solutions provider Proxama... More
TSB adds Android Pay support
Customers of UK bank TSB can now add their debit and credit cards to Android Pay and earn cashback for purchases... More
Visa reveals growing Euro interest in biometric authentication
More than three in five European consumers (62%) believe using biometric forms of payment authentication will be faster and easier than passwords and PINs, research by Visa reveals, with 42% believing that the procedure could completely eliminate the need for multiple passwords and PIN codes... More
More UK banks sign up for Android Pay
UK banks Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Ulster Bank now support Android Pay... More
Plastic £5 notes enter circulation in the UK
The Bank of England has begun rolling out plastic £5 (US$6.59) notes across the UK... More
Cardiff Blues fans get BLE beacon messages
Fans of Welsh rugby union club Cardiff Blues can now receive personalized messages and coupons on their mobile phone through Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons installed at the team’s stadium... More
CBA and Barclays team up for P2P payments
Customers of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and UK bank Barclays will soon be able to send money to each other using a mobile phone number through CBA’s CommBank app and Barclays’ Pingit P2P payment service... More
UK consumers save years using contactless
UK consumers collectively save an average of 34 years of time every month by paying with contactless cards, research from Card Cutters reveals... More
HSBC offers selfie security checks
Customers of UK bank HSBC can now complete ID security checks by scanning their face using a mobile phone... More
Translink announces contactless ticketing for Northern Ireland
Public transport operator Translink has announced plans for contactless payments across its bus and rail services in Northern Ireland... More
Rail operator to trial BLE payment
UK railway operator Chiltern Railways is to pilot an automatic fare payment system to detect when a passenger boards a train and exits a station... More
Malibu equips 40,000 bottles with NFC tags for UK pilot
Coconut rum maker Malibu has equipped 40,000 bottles with NFC tags... More
Two in three young Brits have made a mobile payment in-store
More than two thirds of the UK’s 16-34 year olds (67%) have used their mobile phone to make an in-store payment, research released by Worldpay reveals. More
Barclaycard reveals large contactless increase across UK
The amount spent by Barclaycard customers using contactless technology in the UK has multiplied 2.7 times so far this year, with usage increasing 173% by value and 112% by volume, the latest Barclaycard Contactless Spending Index reveals... More
UK contactless spending hits record high
Spending on contactless cards in the UK during the first half of 2016 outstripped the total for the whole of 2015, The UK Cards Association reveals... More