Customers of Australian bank Westpac can now make mobile payments through Android Pay using their Mastercard debit and credit cards... More
Archive: News in brief
Samsung Pay begins Malaysia beta test
Samsung has begun a beta trial of Samsung Pay in Malaysia with Maybank... More
App offers order ahead restaurant service
US consumers using the Chase Pay QR code-based mobile payments service can now order ahead, pay for food and access special offers at participating Boston restaurants using the app... More
Google’s browser connects with BLE
The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser allows websites to interact with Bluetooth Low Energy devices... More
Belgian bank joins mobile payment platform
Belgian bank Belfius has joined ING and KBC in the development of a common mobile payment and loyalty platform in Belgium built on ING’s existing Payconiq mobile payments app... More
India Reserve Bank drops two-factor authentication
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
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
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
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
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
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
Join us on Thursday for HCE mobile payments webinar
Join NFC World, Proxama and South Africa-based payments processor Tutuka at 3pm GMT on Thursday 8 December to discover the real-world issues faced when implementing a host card emulation (HCE) mobile payments service using Visa and Mastercard’s cloud-based payment standards... More
Indian government working on Aadhaar mobile payments app
The Government of India is working on a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers and merchants for receiving Aadhaar-authenticated payments, “bypassing credit and debit cards, PIN and password”, Business Standard reports... More