Customers of Starling Bank in the UK can now set up dedicated ‘Saving Spaces’ for up to five different kinds of expenditure and then create a virtual card for each one that they can use to make payments online and in stores directly from the funds they’ve specially set aside... More
- Eventbrite brings tap to pay to the events industry
- Biometric card pioneer backs away from payments citing lower-than-expected market uptake
- EU calls for feedback on proposed settlement with Apple over NFC chip access
- Google signs deal to take UPI beyond India
- NFC Forum spells out DPP ambitions in ebook
One in two Brazilians now store contactless credentials on their smartphone
More than half of the Brazilian population are now storing and using a digital version of their voter ID card (54%) or driving licence (51%) on their smartphone, while just over four in ten have a digital vaccination card (43%) and one in four have uploaded the recently launched digital Carta de Identidade Nacional national ID card (25%), according to a survey... More
NFC tag management platform ixkio adds support for NFT authentication to create digital twins
EXHIBITOR NEWS: Tag management platform ixkio has added a new feature that enables users to easily verify the authenticity of both a digital non-fungible token (NFT) and the physical NFC tag linked to it in a single interaction... More
Contactless Payments Summit: Call for speakers and sponsors closes today
The call for papers for NFCW’s Contactless Payments Summit — to be held from 24-26 January 2023 — closes today, Friday 9 December. If you’d like to speak, or if your company would like to reach attendees through sponsorship of the event, you should start talking with us today. More
IATA publishes standards to support rollout of contactless biometric ID for document-free international air travel
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a set of industry standards for a mechanism that will enable international air passengers to pass through all airport processes using only contactless biometric recognition technology by generating verified digital travel credentials and sending them to destination authorities and airlines in advance of travel. More
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BMW adds in-car parking payments in Germany and Austria
BMW drivers in Germany and Austria can now find parking spaces and pay for parking from their car using its in-vehicle infotainment system or the My BMW app... More
Central Bank of Nigeria limits cash withdrawals to drive CBDC and digital payments adoption
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is restricting the amount of cash that consumers and businesses can withdraw from ATMs to 20,000 naira (US$45) per day and 100,000 naira (US$225) per week... More
Last chance to register your interest in speaking at NFCW’s Contactless Payments Summit
The call for speakers for NFCW’s Contactless Payments Summit (to be held 24-26 January) closes at the end of this week, on Friday 9 December... More
Rome extends open loop contactless fare payments to buses and trams
Passengers travelling on buses and trams in the Italian capital city of Rome will soon be able to make contactless fare payments with their physical or digital credit, debit or prepaid cards using public transportation operator Atac’s Tap & Go service... More
Thailand Post uses QR codes to deliver secure digital addresses for letters and parcels
Thai national postal service Thailand Post is to launch a Digital Post ID service that will enable customers to address a letter or parcel with a QR code label rather than revealing the sender and recipient’s personal details by writing or printing them on the envelope or packaging... More
Las Vegas casino adds remote identity verification, biometric authentication and digital wallet payment for contactless gaming
Gamblers visiting Resorts World Las Vegas can now register, verify their identity, join a loyalty program and upload funds to a dedicated digital wallet before they arrive at the resort, and will no longer have to confirm their identity with casino staff prior to purchasing gambling chips and placing contactless cashless bets at slot machines directly from their smartphone... More
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Fabric patches harvest static energy to add wearables to ordinary clothing
Researchers at North Carolina State University in the USA have developed and tested a technique for integrating low-cost wearable devices such as motion sensors into clothing by embroidering patches containing yarns that draw energy from a wearer’s movements onto standard fabric or already existing garments... More
Osaka Metro tests hands-free contactless payments for wheelchair users
Passengers who use a wheelchair travelling on services operated by Osaka Metro in Japan are the first to trial a biometric contactless fare payment system that enables them to pay by passing through a wheelchair-accessible ticket gate equipped with face recognition technology... More
Amsterdam gets tap-in tap-out open loop contactless fare payments
Passengers travelling on bus, train, tram and metro services in the Dutch capital and surrounding areas can now pay their fares by tapping onboard readers or ticketing gates at the beginning and end of their journey with their contactless debit or credit card or with their Apple or Android NFC smartphone... More
Port of San Diego adds contactless biometric immigration checks using facial recognition
Passengers arriving on international cruise ships at the US port of San Diego can now verify their identity on entry to the country using biometric face recognition technology rather than by presenting physical documents to immigration officers from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)... More
India pilots digital rupee for contactless in-store and P2P payments
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is this week launching a pilot scheme in four Indian cities to test the retail version of its prototype central bank digital currency (CBDC) for both in-store and peer-to-peer transactions, the central bank says. More
Apple Pay to start pilot rollout in South Korea
Apple Pay will begin a limited pilot rollout in South Korea this week, initially for online payments and with offline payments to follow, according to advertisements seen in the capital Seoul and reported by local media outlets. More
UBS leverages NFC and biometrics to let Swiss residents open a bank account from their mobile phone
Residents of Switzerland can now remotely verify their identity when opening an account with Swiss bank UBS by scanning the contactless chip embedded in their biometric passport with their NFC smartphone and confirming their identity with a selfie using face recognition technology... More
Apply now to speak at NFCW’s Contactless Payments Summit
NFCW will be bringing together senior executives and technical specialists from across the contactless payments ecosystem on 24-26 January for the Contactless Payments Summit, part of our Contactless World Congress series of online events... More