STABLECOIN PILOT: UAE taxi passengers can now pay their fares via AE Coin on their mobile phones Passengers using taxi services provided by Abu Dhabi-based Tawasul Transport can now take part in a ...

The move marks the first time that Google Wallet and Google Pay have been available in Bangladesh. Apple Pay is not yet available in the country, which has a population of 175.6m. Customers can add ...

TAP TO TRANSFER: NFC P2P feature lets Samsung Galaxy users tap their phones to send money Samsung Galaxy owners in the US can now transfer funds directly to a contact’s bank account by just tapping ...

The NFC Forum has published a candidate specification for a new NFC Digital Product Passport (NDPP) standard that will enable NFC Forum tags already in use for other applications to also store ...

DIGITAL PASSPORT: Customers can access sustainability details via the QR code on the garment label Dutch jeans brand Garcia is to equip every garment in its range with a digital product passport (DPP) ...

Mastercard is testing a new service that enables cardholders to simply tap their contactless bank card to their NFC smartphone in order to complete an ecommerce or other card-not-present transaction, ...

The NFC Forum is to support the EU's introduction of digital product passports by defining additional standards that will make it possible for NFC tags to be used to process on-product DPPs, enable ...

The EU has agreed to accept Apple's proposal to open up access to the iPhone's NFC functionality via Host Card Emulation (HCE).

SIMPLER PAYMENTS: Alipay’s tap-and-pay service turns a smartphone into an NFC tag reader Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments provider and the pioneer of QR mobile payments, has launched a new ...

Visitors to Venice can now use a contactless card to pay for fares on public transport, including water buses, ferries, buses and trams.

The growth will see global transaction values rise from US$7.4 trillion in 2024 to US$15.7 trillion in 2029. “The launch of softPOS systems, where contactless payments can be accepted using a ...

More than 80% of the respondents to a survey conducted by ABI Research on behalf of the NFC Forum said they have used a smartphone or smartwatch to make a contactless payment. Of those that have made ...