Belgian Bank KBC has added two new services to its mobile banking app enabling customers to pay automatically for car parking and to hire bicycles... More
KBC app enables customers to link number plates for easy parking payment
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Apple Pay to charge Slovak banks 0.2% transaction fee
Apple is to charge participating banks a 0.2% transaction fee when its Apple Pay service launches in Slovakia later this year, according to local newspaper Hospodárske Noviny... More
NatWest Bank to trial contactless biometric card
NatWest Bank is to run a trial of fingerprint-on-card authentication allowing a cardholder to make contactless payments above the current level of £30... More
Alibaba hotel unveils face recognition room entry
Chinese technology and retail group Alibaba has opened a hotel which uses the facial recognition biometric to secure guests’ rooms and the lifts... More
MegaFon adds loans to its mobile banking app
MegaFon is working with Mastercard to develop a full service financial marketplace for its mobile network subscribers in Russia... More
India rolls out national transit card system
India is launching a single card which can be used to pay for travel on all transportation systems across the country... More
Hyundai replaces car keys with smartphone app and NFC
Hyundai Motor Group is enabling drivers to access their car and start the engine using a smartphone app and NFC instead of a physical key... More
KFC launches digital receipts and automatic loyalty points for customers
Customers of KFC will be sent a digital version of their receipt when they pay with certain bank cards following a tie-up between the fast food chain in the UK and Flux... More
University of Copenhagen develops phone-readable ‘fingerprint’ to combat counterfeiting
A transparent ink ‘fingerprint’ which can be sprayed onto products and read by a smartphone to combat counterfeiting has been developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen... More
New York MTA begins testing mobile wallet-based ticketing
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has started final testing of a new contactless ticketing system which it announced in 2017... More
LG G8 ThinQ smartphone unveiled with hand vein authentication
LG’s latest flagship uses your hand veins to unlock — TechCrunch — “LG says the phone’s Hand ID tech is the first to use ‘advanced palm vein authentication’ — which could well be accurate… LG’s Hand ID identifies owners by recognising the shape, thickness and other individual characteristics of the veins in the palms of their hands.”
E Sun Bank fits face recognition to ATMs
E Sun Commercial Bank has fitted face recognition security to its ATMs... More
UK consults on replacing high-value rail tickets with open loop cards
The UK Department for Transport has launched a consultation as it looks to expand account-based ticketing beyond London into areas which would see rail commuters using their bank cards as high-value tickets... More
US military tests continuous multi-factor biometric verification on Android phones
The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is testing Android phones which continually verify the identity of the person using the device... More
Barclays links retail loyalty programmes to payments cards
Barclays is rolling out a service which will enable customers to collect points from different retailers’ loyalty schemes when they pay with their Barclays bank card... More
Apple patent allows drivers to secure vehicles with Touch ID on their phone
Apple has applied for a patent for a system that uses the Touch ID or Face ID biometric authentication facility on its phones to unlock a car... More
Belgian banks roll out mobile payments app that supports both NFC and QR codes
A mobile payments app that supports contactless payment via NFC and both static and dynamic QR codes has been launched in Belgium... More
Samsung Pay adds support for low-cost international remittances
Samsung Pay starts overseas remittance service in 17 countries — Pulse — “Samsung Pay users can now wire money [internationally] through their mobile phones and save in fees compared to sending money overseas via a conventional remittance route… The beta service will be available in 17 countries including the United States, China, and Japan. The company plans to gradually expand the service to other countries as well as add more partners.”
Chinese banks fight tech giants for share of mobile payments market
China UnionPay has reported an increase in the number of Chinese consumers using their bank accounts to make mobile payments... More
NFC puck enables one-touch logon to WiFi networks
A stylish wooden puck incorporating an NFC tag that allows iPhones as well as Android devices to log onto a WiFi network with a single tap has been launched by New Jersey-based Ten One Design... More