US bank Fifth Third has announced it will support the five major mobile payment services — Android Pay, Apple Pay, Masterpass, Microsoft Wallet and Samsung Pay... More
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Mastercard sizes up data sharing
A patent filed by Mastercard shows how it could use data from purchase histories to infer information about the cardholder that could be used, subject to privacy controls, to let merchants tailor pricing of products and services to the individual... More
PayPal extends NFC payments with Discover
US consumers will be able to make NFC mobile payments using PayPal at the point of sale wherever Discover is accepted, and use their Discover Cashback Bonus to pay at online and mobile merchants that accept PayPal... More
Dejamobile joins the NFC World partner program
NFC World today welcomes mobile payments solution provider Dejamobile as a member of our partner program... More
Mastercard ‘selfie pay’ biometric service heads to Singapore
Mastercard is preparing to launch its ‘selfie pay’ biometric Identity Check Mobile service in Singapore this year, according to The Business Times... More
ST creates reference design to simplify wearable payment deployments
PARTNER NEWS: A new reference design from STMicroelectronics (ST) will make it easier for wearable manufacturers to develop and deploy integrated tokenized payment services that meet Mastercard and Visa requirements... More
Singapore bank offers Apple Pay cashback reward
Customers of Singapore bank POSB are being given S$8 (US$5.54) cashback when using Apple Pay to pay for purchases at major supermarkets, including NTUC Fairprice, Cold Storage, Giant and Sheng Siong... More
Samsung lets smart fridge owners use voice commands to order groceries
US consumers will soon be able to use their voice to order groceries directly from their fridge with the latest edition of Samsung’s smart connected fridge platform and an updated version of the Groceries by Mastercard mobile app... More
Malaysia bank launches HCE mobile payments
Customers of Malaysia’s CIMB Bank can make host card emulation (HCE) mobile payments using CIMB Pay — a new service that supports Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards... More
Contactless ticketing for Bucharest subway
Romanian bank BCR is installing a contactless ticketing system across the Bucharest subway, in partnership with transport operator Metrorex, Mastercard and Visa... More
Apple Pay offer for Moscow rail passengers
Passengers using the Moscow Central Ring rail line can now pay for journeys using Apple Pay at ticket offices, ticket machines and through turnstiles... More
Paypal partners with US bank and fintech provider
Paypal has announced new partnerships with US bank Citi and financial technology services provider Fidelity National Information Services (FIS)... More
Visa and Mastercard tokenization deal will ‘simplify and secure payment experience’
The tokenization agreement signed yesterday by Visa and Mastercard will help to address the “lack of comprehensive tokenization across brands”, a key merchant barrier to adopting the technology, Visa’s VP of digital products Vish Shastry has told NFC World... More
Mastercard and Visa sign tokenization agreement
Mastercard and Visa have signed a tokenization agreement that will allow Mastercard to request tokenized Visa credentials from Visa for provisioning into Masterpass and Visa to request tokenized Mastercard payment credentials from Mastercard for provisioning into Visa Checkout... More
Spanish bank offers 5% Apple Pay discount
Banco Santander in Spain is offering customers a 5% discount on items bought using Apple Pay until 15 January 2017... More
Android Pay launches in Japan with prepaid card provider
Google has launched its Android Pay mobile payments platform in Japan in collaboration with prepaid card provider Rakuten Edy, allowing consumers to make payments with their compatible devices at more than 470,000 locations accepting Rakuten Edy eMoney... More
Australian bank offers Android Pay
Customers of Australian bank Westpac can now make mobile payments through Android Pay using their Mastercard debit and credit cards... More
Lessons learned from implementing HCE for cloud-based NFC mobile payments — See the webinar now on NFC World
NFC World’s ‘Case study: Lessons learned from implementing HCE for cloud-based NFC mobile payments’ webinar is now available to view online... More
Take part in our ‘Lessons learned from implementing HCE’ webinar today
Join NFC World, Proxama and South Africa-based payment processor Tutuka at 3pm GMT today to get real-world insight into the practical issues faced and lessons learned when deploying a host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service, using Visa and Mastercard’s cloud-based payment standards... More
Android Pay launches in Ireland
Android Pay has launched in Ireland with support from Visa and Mastercard and banks AIB and KBC with “more banks being added in the coming months”, Google’s Pali Bhat writes... More