Apple has reportedly held meetings with Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Group, as it looks to launch Apple Pay in the country... More
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Apple Watch patent transfers data in a shake
Apple’s latest patent details how an Apple Watch could exchange information with another when wearers greet each other with a handshake... More
Cale parking card readers to accept Apple Pay
US parking payment systems provider Cale will offer contactless card readers that accept Apple Pay as well as other NFC mobile wallets in July... More
Apple publishes UK contactless FAQ
Apple has published an FAQ explaining how the contactless limit will work in the UK for Apple Pay transactions... More
Twin Peaks offers mobile payments with MyCheck
US sports bar chain Twin Peaks will offer mobile payments through an integration with MyCheck at its locations in August... More
30 more banks add Apple Pay
Apple has added a further 30 US banks and credit unions to the list of financial institutions that support Apple Pay... More
Almost one in six US consumers are using mobile wallets
Almost one in six US consumers (15%) have used a mobile wallet in the past six months, up from 9% in the same period in 2013, and an additional 22% are likely to adopt mobile wallet functionality in the coming six months, a study released by market research and consulting firm Chadwick Martin Bailey has found... More
Verifone to support Apple Pay loyalty schemes
Payments giant Verifone will support retailer loyalty and rewards programs, in addition to NFC mobile payments, via Apple Pay from the autumn with the release of iOS 9... More
Whole Foods to add loyalty card to Apple Pay
US grocery chain Whole Foods Market will be among the first companies to add their loyalty cards to Apple Pay later this year, alongside iOS 9 and the Passbook app to be renamed ‘Wallet’... More
Wegmans to add loyalty card to Apple Pay
Wegmans will be among the first US supermarkets to offer customers the ability to redeem discounts while using Apple Pay... More
Lloyds Banking Group makes Apple Pay pledge
Lloyds Banking Group will begin offering Apple Pay to its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers from autumn this year, following the service’s UK launch in July... More
Square offers free NFC mPOS readers
Square will give away 250,000 of its NFC mPOS terminals unveiled during Apple’s WWDC this week... More
Worldpay and First Data announce Apple Pay UK support
Payment processors Worldpay and First Data have announced they will offer their merchant customers access to Apple Pay when it launches in the UK next month... More
Apple Pay users in UK will be able to make payments above contactless card limit
Customers who choose to use Apple Pay when the service launches in the UK will be able to use the mobile payments service to make transactions over the current contactless limit of £20 (US$30) at select retail locations, according to Visa Europe’s executive director of mobile... More
MasterCard confirms UK Apple Pay support
MasterCard has confirmed its role in the UK launch of Apple Pay later this year following comments it made last week that it was ready to switch on the mobile payments service in Europe... More
Synchrony Financial supports Apple Pay
Consumer financial services provider Synchrony Financial will offer private label credit cardholders the ability to add their cards to Apple Pay, starting with retail partner JCPenney... More
Barclays in talks to support Apple Pay
“We’ve been talking with Apple about how our customers could use Apple Pay, in addition to our existing contactless and mobile payment services,” Barclays said in a statement sent to NFC World following its notable absence from the list of banks supporting Apple Pay in the UK... More
Zapp prepares for UK mobile payments service launch
Zapp, the UK mobile payments startup formed by payments infrastructure operator VocaLink, has confirmed that it will launch its service in the autumn of this year, with NFC in-store payments to follow... More
Visa Europe to participate in Apple Pay UK launch
Visa Europe has confirmed that it will play a part in the the UK launch of Apple Pay and will give debit, credit and reloadable prepaid cardholders access to the payment system... More
Apple Pay adds loyalty cards and expands to UK
Apple Pay will be available in the UK from July 2015, vice president of Apple Pay business Jennifer Bailey has announced at the iPhone maker’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Users of the mobile payments service will also be able to add store credit, debit and loyalty cards to their Apple mobile wallet from “this fall”. More