Apple users travelling on public transport services operated by Transport for NSW in the Australian state of New South Wales can now make contactless payments for their journeys with their iPhone or Apple Watch without needing to unlock their device... More
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Apple goes live in the UK with Tap to Pay on iPhone
Merchants in the UK can now use their Apple iPhone to accept contactless payments, with no additional hardware required, Apple has announced... More
Google Wallet to let users share digital event tickets and travel passes with other people
Google Wallet users will soon be able to share contactless credentials stored in the app, including digital event tickets and travel passes, with other people... More
Apple unveils Tap to Present ID API that will let businesses use standard iPhones to verify customer IDs
Apple has built on the technology it developed for its Tap to Pay on iPhone softPOS solution to introduce a new Tap to Present ID API that will let both government organisations and private businesses use a standard iPhone to verify a customer or service user’s age, identity, address and/or driving licence status... More
Apple picks iris biometrics for Vision Pro virtual reality headset user authentication
Apple has integrated a secure enclave into its new Vision Pro virtual reality headset that supports Optic ID, “a new secure authentication system that analyses a user’s iris under various invisible LED light exposures”... More
Maryland becomes first US state to make mobile IDs available to both Apple and Google wallet users
The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration has rolled out support for Maryland Mobile ID in Google Wallet following a successful beta test that began in December 2022 and the launch of Mobile ID in Apple Wallet in May 2022... More
Car Connectivity Consortium vice president Daniel Knobloch reports on the future of digital car keys
Vehicle manufacturers across the world are now working to bring contactless car keys that work seamlessly on both Apple and Android devices to all makes and models of both privately-owned and commercial vehicles, Car Connectivity Consortium vice president Daniel Knobloch has told NFCW editor Sarah Clark. More
Apple digital driving licences and IDs go live in Georgia
Apple users in the US state of Georgia can now create and store digital versions of their driving licence or state ID documents in Wallet on their iPhone or Apple Watch and use them to verify their identity by tapping their device at selected Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints... More
Apple Pay goes live in Honduras and Panama
Apple Pay has launched in Honduras and Panama with support for Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards issued by BAC Credomatic and Banco Promerica in both countries as well as by Banco Ficohsa in Honduras... More
Apple rolls out Tap to Pay on iPhone to merchants in Australia
Merchants in Australia can now accept in-store contactless payments on iPhones using Apple’s Tap to Pay software point of sale (softPOS) feature... More
Houzz lets home professionals accept contactless payments on standard iPhones
Building and design platform Houzz has added support for Apple’s Tap to Pay softPOS solution to its app, enabling residential contractors and design professionals linked to its service in the US to accept contactless payments from clients on their iPhones... More
Apple Pay launch drives Hyundai Card uptake in Korea
The number of new Hyundai Cards issued in South Korea since Apple Pay launched in the country has now reached 355,000, with nearly eight in ten of new cardholders being Millennials or belonging to Generation Z (79%)... More
Google adds new Pixel devices with NFC and UWB
Google has announced three new devices at its annual I/O developers’ conference — two smartphones with NFC and a tablet with ultra wideband... More
Apple Pay goes live in El Salvador and Guatemala
Apple Pay has launched in El Salvador and Guatemala with support for Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards issued by BAC Credomatic and Promerica banks in both countries as well as by Banco G&T and Banco Industrial in Guatemala... More
Apple Pay launch drives surge in Hyundai Card uptake in Korea
The number of new Hyundai Card users in South Korea rose by 75% from 116,000 in February to 203,000 in March following the launch of Apple Pay in the country on 21 March... More
Apple rolls out support for contactless payments acceptance on iPhones to merchants in Taiwan
Merchants in Taiwan have become the first outside the USA to be able to accept in-store contactless payments on iPhones using Apple’s Tap to Pay software point of sale (sPOS) feature... More
Korean merchants turn to softPOS for Apple Pay acceptance
Merchants in South Korea can now opt to accept Apple Pay payments on their smartphone without needing to purchase and install NFC readers at the point of sale as a number of new or upgraded software POS solutions roll out across the country... More
NFCW welcomes 33 new members in March 2023
Welcome to the 33 new members who joined the NFCW Knowledge Centre in March, representing private, government and academic organisations in 17 countries and at all stages of their contactless journeys... More
TSA to extend contactless digital ID verification pilot to airports in Puerto Rico and Tennessee
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is to start letting passengers use their digital driving licence or state ID card stored on their smartphone to verify their identity at checkpoints in Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico and Nashville International Airport in Tennessee later this year, according to TSA administrator David Pekoske... More
Samsung and Naver launch integrated mobile payments service in South Korea
Samsung and Naver Financial have launched an integrated mobile payments service in South Korea that enables Naver Pay users to make in-store payments with their smartphone at outlets accepting Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay users to make online payments at ecommerce merchants supporting Naver Pay... More