Nigeria adds support for NFC payments using eNaira CBDC

Smartphone with Nigerian cbdc enaira app

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is enabling consumers and merchants to use their smartphone to make and receive contactless in-store and P2P payments with the country’s eNaira central bank digital currency (CBDC) using NFC, even if they are offline, according to local media reports... More




Apple Pay goes live in Morocco

Apple Pay advert by CIH Bank in Morocco with logos and virtual Mastercard on a smartphone

Apple Pay has launched in Morocco with support for debit and credit cards issued by Crédit Immobilier et Hôtelier (CIH) and Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc banks... More








Contactless World Congress

European Central Bank reports on digital euro for Contactless World Congress

Evelien Witlox, programme director in charge of the European Central Bank's digital euro project

“We believe that the digital euro is the natural and digital evolution of our currency,” Evelien Witlox, the programme director in charge of the European Central Bank’s digital euro project, reports in a presentation for NFCW’s Contactless World Congress online event series which is now available to view in the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More