PARTNER NEWS: Digital payment solutions provider Proxama is to supply transaction automation solutions provider Printec Group with its NFC mobile payment, PIN management, tokenization and EMV enablement solutions across Central and South-Eastern Europe. More
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White paper explores payment industry in Bangladesh
A 29-page white paper that explores the payment industry of Bangladesh and includes a detailed examination of its current systems, the evolution of alternative payment methods and the uptake of NFC, tokenization and EMV is now available to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre. More
Bank of America enables Apple Pay and Samsung Pay at ATMs
Apple Pay and Samsung Pay can now be used to make withdrawals and transfers at Bank of America ATMs, according to a user on Reddit... More
Axis Bank to launch contactless transit and payments card in India
Commuters across Bengaluru in India will soon be able to pay for travel on buses operated by Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) with a tap of an open loop contactless card provided by Axis Bank... More
Erste Bank launches range of NFC payment options in Austria
Customers of Erste Bank und Sparkassen in Austria will now be able to make NFC payments using a wristband, sticker or mobile app launched by the bank. All three payment methods are available countrywide and can also be used to make withdrawals at the first NFC-enabled Erste Bank ATM in Vienna. More
US startup raises funds for multipurpose smart wallet
US startup Spendwallet is raising funds on Indiegogo for an electronic wallet device that can store up to 20 magnetic stripe cards and will let the owner make payments at the point of sale using the company’s self-developed Magnetic Flux Emulation (MFE) technology. More
LG Pay to launch in September
LG is expected to launch its LG Pay mobile payment service in September, according to ETNews... More
Wells Fargo to add NFC-based mobile payments to banking app
Customers of Wells Fargo Bank across the US will soon be able to make NFC-based mobile payments and ATM withdrawals with a tap of their phone using the Wells Fargo Wallet, a mobile payment service expected to launch “later this summer”... More
Bank of America adds Android Pay withdrawals at ATMs
Bank of America (BofA) customers can now make cash withdrawals at ATMs in the US using their mobile phone and Google’s Android Pay mobile payment service, the bank has announced at this week’s Google I/O conference... More
Telefonica and Fidor Bank to launch mobile bank in Germany
Mobile network operator Telefonica is to launch a mobile banking service in Germany this summer using technology supplied by Fidor Bank... More
Jetco launches P2P payment service with Gemalto
PARTNER NEWS: Hong Kong ATM network Jetco has selected Gemalto’s Ezio Mobile Suite for the launch of its Jetco Pay P2P payment service in conjunction with 12 Hong Kong banks... More
Citibank customers in New York get ATM access via BLE beacons
Customers at Citibank’s smart banking branches in Manhattan, New York have been gaining cardless after-hours entry to ATM lobbies using their iPhone or Apple watch and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons installed by Gimbal... More
BitPay launches BitPay Visa card
Bitcoin payment gateway BitPay has launched the BitPay Visa Card, a debit card that will let US consumers make payments with the virtual currency wherever Visa is accepted and make ATM withdrawals... More
Turkey aims to be cashless by 2023
Turkey has introduced its own card payment system in an attempt to move towards a cashless society by 2023... More
Samsung Pay goes live at Woori Bank ATMs
Samsung Pay has enabled ATM withdrawals for customers of Woori Bank in South Korea, the company confirmed at the Samsung Developer Conference 2016... More
Proxama makes the case for digital PIN delivery
A white paper that examines the advantages of using new, digital PIN delivery mechanisms to replace traditional PIN mailers is now available to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre. More
Sberbank enables cardless cash withdrawals in Kazakhstan
Customers of Sberbank Kazakhstan can now withdraw cash without a card at any of the 900 Sberbank ATMs across the country that have been integrated with OpenWay’s Way4 Cash technology... More
ABN Amro lets customers update debit card settings via mobile
Customers of Dutch banking group ABN Amro can now change the settings on their debit cards via its mobile banking app... More
mBank cancels NFC SIM deals in favour of HCE and bank-backed Blik mobile payments
Poland’s mBank has withdrawn the facility for customers to add mobile versions of their debit cards to the NFC payments services offered by mobile network operators T-Mobile and Orange... More
Samsung Pay to enable deposits at South Korean ATMs
Samsung Pay users in South Korea will soon be able to both deposit and withdraw money from the ATMs of Woori Bank, Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea and NH Nonghyup Bank... More