The Reserve Bank of India has removed two-factor authentication — involving the use of one-time passwords sent to mobile phones — for online card transactions up to Rs 2,000 (US$29), Live Mint reports... More
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Lessons learned from implementing HCE for cloud-based NFC mobile payments — See the webinar now on NFC World
NFC World’s ‘Case study: Lessons learned from implementing HCE for cloud-based NFC mobile payments’ webinar is now available to view online... More
Cartes Bancaires picks Gemalto to ease member banks’ NFC mobile payments offer
PARTNER NEWS: Groupement des Cartes Bancaires (GIE CB), the French bank card association which pioneered the use of chip cards for payments in the 1980s, has selected Pure, Gemalto’s white label mobile wallet solution, to enable its member banks to more quickly deploy their own NFC mobile and in-app payment services by bypassing one-to-one negotiations with international payment schemes... More
Alipay comes to more Australian stores
Australian merchants using Quest Payment Systems payment terminals can integrate support for Alipay mobile payments following a software update... More
Australian bank reveals NFC payments sticker use
Some 400,000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) customers have registered to use the bank’s NFC payments sticker, making 600,000 monthly payments, The Sydney Morning Herald says... More
Apple Pay adds US and Australian banks
More than 30 banks and credit unions in the US have added their support for Apple Pay, as well as five more in Australia... More
German MNO begins SIM-based NFC mobile payments pilot
Vodafone Germany customers are testing NFC mobile payments using their Girocard — the most common debit card in the country — through Vodafone Wallet... More
Take part in our ‘Lessons learned from implementing HCE’ webinar today
Join NFC World, Proxama and South Africa-based payment processor Tutuka at 3pm GMT today to get real-world insight into the practical issues faced and lessons learned when deploying a host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service, using Visa and Mastercard’s cloud-based payment standards... More
Apple Pay targets US retail and transport expansion
Apple Pay is now accepted by 35% of US retailers, representing about 4m locations across the country, Apple VP Jennifer Bailey has revealed during the Re/code Code Commerce event in San Francisco... More
Pakistan bank offers mobile ATM cash withdrawals
Customers of Pakistan’s Askari Bank can now withdraw cash from ATMs using their mobile phone... More
Samsung Pay set for 2017 UK launch
Samsung Pay is to be launched in the UK in 2017, the company has confirmed to NFC World... More
Canadian bank replaces NFC SIM-based service with HCE
Canada’s Scotiabank has replaced the NFC SIM-based mobile payments service inside its My Mobile Wallet app with a host card emulation (HCE) based solution, the bank has confirmed to NFC World... More
Android Pay launches in Ireland
Android Pay has launched in Ireland with support from Visa and Mastercard and banks AIB and KBC with “more banks being added in the coming months”, Google’s Pali Bhat writes... More
E-wallet added to Carrefour Romania app
Supermarket chain Carrefour Romania has integrated card transactions provider Romcard’s e-wallet into its Carrefour Pay mobile app... More
MacBook Pro Touch Bar has NFC controller
A teardown conducted by iFixit has revealed an NFC controller in the Touch Bar of Apple’s new MacBook Pro... More
Indian payments app ties up 15 mobile wallets
The Andhra Pradesh Government has launched the AP Purse mobile payment app, an Android service tying up 15 mobile wallets and payment gateway apps, including Paytm, MobiKwik and Freecharge, Live Mint reports... More
Alipay expands across Europe after deals with major banks and payment providers
Another 930,000 European merchants will soon accept Alipay mobile payments at the point of sale, following partnerships between the company and some of Europe’s largest financial institutions and payment service providers... More
Android Pay offers Christmas rewards
Android Pay users in the UK are receiving virtual Christmas rewards whenever they use the mobile payment service to pay in-store or on the Transport for London network... More
Loyalty and gifts added to Apple Pay
Prepaid card provider Blackhawk Network is to integrate gift cards, egifts, loyalty and rewards programs into Apple Pay... More
Amazon Go store will let customers shop and go without checkout queues
Amazon employees in the US are testing a physical grocery store format that will use technology developed for self-driving cars to allow consumers with a dedicated mobile app to walk in, pick up the items they want and leave without going through a traditional checkout... More