US retail giant Walmart has begun rolling out its Walmart Pay QR code-based mobile payment service for iOS devices... More
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Fibank launches HCE in Bulgaria
Customers of First Investment Bank (Fibank) of Bulgaria can now make host card emulation (HCE) based payments through its mobile banking app using a digital card supplied by MasterCard... More
Micromax to launch NFC mobile payments with TranServ and Visa
Handset maker Micromax will soon begin offering its customers in India an NFC mobile payment service through a collaboration with Visa and payment solutions provider TranServ. More
Visa tech speeds up EMV checkout time
Visa has launched Quick Chip for EMV, a technology enhancement that speeds up the checkout time when paying with an EMV card... More
Samsung Pay teams with POS makers to boost adoption
Samsung Pay has teamed up with global point of sale providers Verifone, Ingenico, First Data and Clover, PAX Technology, Equinox, ID Tech, MagTek, USA ePay and OTI Global to accelerate the adoption of the mobile payment service... More
NXP and HID Global to enable wearable devices to unlock doors
PARTNER NEWS: NXP has teamed up with HID Global to work on enabling consumers to open electronic locks at commercial buildings, hotels and workplaces with a tap of an NFC wearable device. More
Mobile payments will overtake cards and cash by 2025, says UK retailer
UK retailer The Co-Op has predicted that 65% of all transactions at its supermarkets and convenience stores will be made using mobile phones by 2025. The forecast follows research released by the company which shows that almost 11m contactless transactions now take place at its 2,800 locations every month. More
Nets to launch HCE mobile payments in Denmark
Nordic payments service provider Nets is to launch a mobile payment service in Denmark in autumn 2016 that will use host card emulation (HCE) technology from Japanese card issuer JCB, the two companies have announced. More
WeChat integrates with Givex to push in-store presence
Chinese ecommerce giant Tencent’s WeChat mobile payments and messaging app has been integrated with Givex’s Vexilor point-of-sale solution to enable users of the service to make in-store purchases by scanning a QR code. More
Shake enables Bitcoin payments using NFC
Bitcoin wallet provider Shake has introduced the first version of its app to let consumers make everyday purchases using the virtual currency with a tap of their NFC device at any contactless terminal... More
ShopKeep reports on mobile payment adoption
Nearly nine in ten US merchants using ShopKeep technology (87%) have seen little-to-no adoption of mobile payments at their business in the past six months, research released by the POS system provider reveals... More
Orix to push Alipay in Japan
Financial services provider Orix is to promote Ant Financial’s Alipay mobile payment platform in Japan and encourage more stores to accept the service... More
Tourists in Japan to get fingerprint payments by 2020
The Government of Japan is to pilot a system that would let tourists verify their identity and make in-store payments using their fingerprint... More
Adobe prototype store uses RFID shopping bags
Shoppers at Adobe’s prototype “store of the future” in Las Vegas are being given RFID chip-enabled shopping bags that allow them to purchase items simply by putting the bags on a checkout counter... More
Ingenico buys Think&Go
POS terminal maker Ingenico has acquired NFC specialist Think&Go... More
NAB Pay signs up 18,000 users since launch
More than 18,000 Australians have downloaded National Australia Bank’s NAB Pay host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service since it launched in January 2016, with more than 60,000 transactions registered to date... More
Android Pay to expand into Europe ‘soon’
Google is actively working towards launching Android Pay in Europe, director of emerging platforms Spencer Spinnell has revealed at Money20/20 Europe... More
Swiss banks and retailers to launch joint mobile payments solution
The five largest banks in Switzerland are in talks with financial infrastructure operator SIX and retail giants Coop and Migros over the launch of a common solution for mobile payments “across all channels” that can be “rapidly spread” across the country. More
Waitrose to open first cashless store this summer
Upmarket UK supermarket chain Waitrose is to become the country’s first major supermarket to operate a cashless store where customers will only be able to make payments by using a card or mobile phone at one of its five self-service checkouts... More
SK Telecom launches hands free mobile payments and rewards
More than 100,000 customers of SK Telecom in Korea have subscribed to T Pay, a hands free mobile payment and rewards service based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology that launched earlier this month. More