Samsung Pay users across the US can now add their merchant membership and loyalty cards to the mobile payment service and receive savings, rewards and other offers by having a card’s barcode scanned by the cashier at the point of sale. More
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Android Pay launches in the UK
Google has launched its Android Pay mobile payment service across the UK, allowing consumers to make payments at any contactless terminal with a tap of their Android handset. The service launches with support from MasterCard, Visa and eight British banks, “with new banks being added all the time,” the company says. More
Dallas commuters get NFC travel card and cash top-ups
Commuters across the US city of Dallas and surrounding areas can now pay for travel using a GoPass NFC card launched by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Blackhawk Network... More
Walmart rolls out Walmart Pay across Arkansas and Texas
US supermarket chain Walmart has begun rolling out its QR code-based mobile payment service in Arkansas and Texas. Walmart Pay is now available in all 480 Walmart stores across Texas and at more than 110 locations in Arkansas. More
Telefonica and Fidor Bank to launch mobile bank in Germany
Mobile network operator Telefonica is to launch a mobile banking service in Germany this summer using technology supplied by Fidor Bank... More
Barclays to roll out HCE mobile payments across the UK in June
Barclays is to begin rolling out a host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment feature to its mobile banking app in June, the UK bank has confirmed to NFC World. The service — known as Barclays Contactless Mobile — will enable customers to make transactions at any contactless terminal as well as pay for services across Transport for London (TfL) with a tap of their Android device. More
Singtel Dash mobile payments service adds NFC transit
Singapore mobile network operator Singtel has made NFC transport payments and top-ups available through its Singtel Dash mobile payments platform. Deals and rewards have also been added as well as overseas money transfers. More
Jetco launches P2P payment service with Gemalto
PARTNER NEWS: Hong Kong ATM network Jetco has selected Gemalto’s Ezio Mobile Suite for the launch of its Jetco Pay P2P payment service in conjunction with 12 Hong Kong banks... More
UK businesses to get payment service via Pingit and Paym
UK businesses using digital banking solutions provider Bottomline Technologies’ C-Series payments processing module will soon be able to send payments to recipients using only their mobile phone number through the Barclays’ Pingit mobile app or the Paym mobile payment platform, which is also supported by Barclays... More
WhatsApp to add NFC for group invites?
Social messaging service WhatsApp may soon enable users to send group invites and join groups via links, NFC and QR codes... More
Sweatcoin pays Brits to get fit
UK consumers will soon be rewarded whenever they are physically active with Sweatcoin — a virtual currency that can be earned by exercising and then exchanged at select retailers via a mobile app set to launch next week... More
BitPay launches BitPay Visa card
Bitcoin payment gateway BitPay has launched the BitPay Visa Card, a debit card that will let US consumers make payments with the virtual currency wherever Visa is accepted and make ATM withdrawals... More
State Bank of India goes live with mVisa
Customers of State Bank of India (SBI) can now make QR code-based mobile payments using mVisa, the mobile payment platform unveiled by Visa and piloted by SBI in August 2015... More
Mobeam passes 40m in-store transactions
Mobile barcode beaming technology provider Mobeam has processed more than 40m in-store transactions and is now handling more than 2m transactions per month through apps from multiple retailers as well as the company’s own Beep’nGo service... More
Kohl’s integrates Apple Pay with reward points
Customers at approximately 250 branches of US department store chain Kohl’s can now earn Yes2You Rewards loyalty points when they use Apple Pay to pay for their purchases at the checkout with a Kohl’s Charge card. More
Proxama and Mapway launch BLE beacon service on London buses
PARTNER NEWS: Commuters on some 500 Transport for London (TfL) buses can now receive real-time travel updates and relevant location-based advertising using transport app developer Mapway’s Bus Times London app. More
Corporate drivers to get mobile payments at the pump
Drivers of corporate fleet vehicles will soon be able to pay for fuel using a mobile payment service that identifies the site and pump using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons and authenticates the vehicle using NFC. More
Mobile-only bank goes live in the UK
UK banks Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank have launched B, a mobile-only bank developed in partnership with design consultancy Market Gravity... More
Google Authenticator to get NFC and BLE?
The Google Authenticator app, which generates two-step verification codes as an additional layer of security when signing in, will soon add support for NFC and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), an APK teardown reported by Android Police reveals... More
Payback to add NFC payments to mobile app
German loyalty program Payback is to launch a new app in May that will include loyalty points, coupons and NFC mobile payments... More