More than eight in 10 US consumers (82%) trust banks most to keep their payments safe, research from the American Bankers Association (ABA) reveals... More
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TD Bank adds support for Microsoft Wallet
TD Bank in the US has begun supporting Microsoft Wallet... More
Toyota to pilot BLE car-sharing device to unlock doors with mobile app
Drivers may soon be able to lock and unlock car doors and start vehicle engines using their smartphone and a Smart Key Box (SKB) unveiled by Toyota that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)... More
US smartphone owners switch to mobile payments
More than half of smartphone owners in the US have used their mobile phone to pay for goods and services in-store and online, Mercator Advisory Group says... More
ING to extend Twyp to 3,500 retail locations
ING wants to enable Spanish consumers “to collect cash with their mobile” in 3,500 retail locations using Twyp, the bank’s P2P mobile payments app launched in December 2015... More
Smartphone users rate security most important app attribute, survey finds
PARTNER NEWS: More than two thirds of smartphone owners use mobile banking apps, while nearly 80% consider security and reliability the most important attributes of a paid app, says a survey by Gemalto which is now available to download from the NFC World Knowledge Centre... More
Indian bank offers sound-based contactless payments
India’s Yes Bank is to integrate ToneTag’s sound-based contactless payments system into its Yes Pay mobile wallet, The Economic Times reports... More
Bell ID’s TSP to help Japan Apple Pay integration
PARTNER NEWS: Rambus Bell ID’s token service provider (TSP) service is being used by IBM Japan to support Japanese banks’ integration with Apple Pay, which went live in the country this week... More
Samsung Pay boss reveals plans for ‘more aggressive expansion’
Samsung Pay is planning “more and more aggressive expansion”, global general manager Thomas Ko has told NFC World in an exclusive interview at Money2020 in Las Vegas, as it emerged a new Deals feature will go live next month and the mobile payments service will operate in Malaysia and Thailand by the end of the year... More
UK supermarket chain trials NFC digital receipts
British supermarket chain Tesco is trialling a digital receipt service which will instantly send via email an electronic record of purchases to customers using a unique NFC sticker linked to an app on their smartphones... More
Bank of America adds AI to mobile app
A digital assistant that makes use of artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and cognitive messaging is to be built into Bank of America’s mobile app from next year... More
PayPal to be payment option in Messenger app
Online payments firm PayPal is to extend its relationship with Facebook and Messenger, becoming a payment option within the messaging app... More
App users positive on mobile payments
Consumers like the majority of mobile payment apps on the market and expectations of digital banking and payments are rising, according to a survey of user reviews of America’s flagship apps... More
Alipay gains acceptance in US and Europe
Chinese mobile payments giant Alipay is expanding its presence in US and European retail stores via a deal with POS maker Verifone... More
Blockchain authentication for mobile transactions
South Korea’s KB Kookmin Card is working with Bitcoin exchange service startup Coinplug to release a blockchain-based personal authentication service for mobile transactions next month, Pulse reports... More
School children test wearable payments in Singapore
Singapore bank POSB has successfully completed the pilot test of a school contactless payments system that lets students make purchases in the canteen or bookstore and monitor their finances... More
US banks unveil money-transfer app
America’s biggest banks have launched a money-transfer app to compete with PayPal, Venmo and Square Cash, Reuters reports... More
Chicago mobile ticket app hits 1m downloads
The Ventra mobile ticketing app introduced by Chicago’s Metra commuter rail service in November 2015 has been downloaded more than one million times and used by passengers to pay for more than US$110m in fares... More
Pizza Hut offers NFC tattoos that let customers order favourite takeaway
Pizza Hut in the UK has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first pizza-ordering tattoo... More