Chase has introduced Android and iOS apps for Chase Freedom cardholders that allow them to redeem cashback rewards at the register on their mobile phone... More
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RBC brings HCE mobile payments to North America
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has become the first financial institution in North America to go live with a host card emulation (HCE) mobile payment service following a pilot in December 2014... More
High value contactless payments available across Europe in 2017
Consumers will be able to make contactless transactions for high value payments above the current limit at all contactless terminals across Europe by 2017, MasterCard has announced... More
MyECheck offers QR mobile payments
Electronic check technology provider MyECheck has launched a mobile payments service that will let consumers make payments by scanning QR codes... More
Gulf Bank brings contactless POS with NFC
Gulf Bank has become the first bank in Kuwait to launch contactless POS terminals capable of accepting NFC payments, following a partnership with electronic banking services company Knet and MasterCard... More
Lyle & Scott creates contactless payment jacket with bPay
Scottish knitwear brand Lyle & Scott has begun selling a contactless jacket that comes equipped with Barclaycard bPay technology to enable the wearer to make payments with a tap of the cuff at any contactless terminal... More
Singapore commuters trial wristband payments
Commuters in Singapore are testing a contactless wristband to pay for public transport services and for goods at retailers equipped with contactless readers... More
Ingenico joins WorldPay bidding war
Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico has submitted a bid for UK-based payment processor WorldPay... More
Apple granted NFC and Touch ID patents
Apple has been granted 45 patents relating to NFC, Touch ID and Apple Watch in the US, Patently Apple reports... More
UK contactless limit increases to £30
The contactless spending limit of £20 (US$30) has risen to £30 (US$46) across the UK today... More
CaixaBank launches HCE mobile payments app
Spain’s CaixaBank has broadened its range of mobile payment services with the launch of CaixaBank Pay, a new app based on host card emulation (HCE) that allows users to make online and in-store payments at any contactless terminal... More
Coin unveils EMV-ready Coin 2.0 with NFC
Connected device maker Coin has released a new version of its electronic magnetic stripe card that is EMV-ready and incorporates NFC, allowing users to store credit and debit cards and make both contactless and swipe payment transactions for in-store purchases... More
LG U+ to issue UnionPay mobile credit cards in China
Korean mobile network operator LG U+ will issue UnionPay mobile credit cards and payment services in China, in partnership with KB Kookmin Card, from next month... More
Apple Pay gets 98% satisfaction rate for in-store purchases
Apple Pay has gained a 98% satisfaction rate among those that have used the mobile payments service to make an in-store payment in the US, Auriemma Consulting Group’s Marianne Berry has told NFC World, adding that the average number of in-store Apple Pay purchases per week among all users now stands at 2.6... More
Ezetap raises $24m for mPOS expansion
Bangalore-based Ezetap has raised Rs150crores (US$23.5m) to expand its mPOS solution of configurable mobile app and card reader that plugs into a merchant’s mobile device... More
SmarTone unveils Kiss mobile marketing platform with NFC payments and Bluetooth beacons
Hong Kong mobile network operator SmarTone has unveiled Kissco, an end-to-end mobile marketing platform incorporating Kiss Pay, a mobile payments service based on NFC and ultrasound technology, a Kiss Dollars loyalty program and Kiss Beacons to allow retailers to send out offers and promotions directly to customers’ smartphones from their stores... More
Less than half of US small businesses aware of EMV liability shift
Only 49% of small business owners in the US that accept point-of-sale card payments today are aware of the EMV liability shift on October 1, with just 29% intending to make the change before the deadline and 34% intending to do so afterwards. More
RapidNFC provides NFC wristbands for payments at Vieilles Charrues music festival
PARTNER NEWS: Visitors to France’s largest music festival Vieilles Charrues had the opportunity to pay for refreshments during the event using an NFC payment system developed by ticketing solutions provider Weezevent that incorporated NFC wristbands supplied by RapidNFC. More
DigiSEq gets MasterCard approval to provision payments to mass market wearables
MasterCard has approved a solution that enables payment credentials to be provisioned to wearable devices with a secure element and NFC antenna... More
OneBit tests Bitcoin payments via NFC
Bitcoin mobile wallet provider OneBit has begun alpha testing its mobile payment service which works via NFC at the point of sale wherever MasterCard is accepted... More