Contactless

14 Feb 14 @ 10:45

Orange and Visa Europe announced the commercial launch of Orange Cash in Caen and Strasbourg, two of the cities with the highest use of contactless payments in France. With the... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 15:51

Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited (JETCO) has begun a commercial rollout of mobile NFC payment. JETCO has the biggest automatic teller machine (ATM) network in Hong Kong and Macau consisting... read more

12 Feb 14 @ 15:24

Global shipments of NFC phones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will surge by more than a factor of four from 2013 to 2018, reaching 1.2 billion units, according... read more

11 Feb 14 @ 16:56

Rail and Tube users could be overcharged because of a quirk in the contactless payment system, it has been revealed. Commuters who, when touching in and out, have their Oyster... read more

06 Feb 14 @ 16:48

Weve, the joint venture between the UK’s three largest mobile operators, is partnering with MasterCard, to accelerate the development of the UK’s most comprehensive contactless mobile payments system. The partnership... read more

04 Feb 14 @ 16:46

CIBC and TELUS announced the launch of the CIBC contactless mobile payment app to TELUS mobile devices with Near-Field Communications (NFC) capability, allowing more Canadians to have access to mobile... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 16:29

El Corte Inglés has received Visa Europe’s certification to implement contactless payments in all its shopping centres. From now on, and for all contactless payments, cardholders won’t have to hand... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 15:28

DeviceFidelity,  a provider of plug and play mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) and security solutions, says that its Isis Ready NFC iPhone cases are available online, and will be available in AT&T... read more

22 Jan 14 @ 10:58

Ukranian mobile operator Kyivstar is to launch the country’s first ever SIM based NFC payment via a mobile phone. Working in conjunction with Kyivstar, Alfa Bank’s pilot paves the way... read more

15 Jan 14 @ 12:43

The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority has awarded a $184 million contract to upgrade its fare payment system to include mobile and contactless payments. The new system will widen payment options... read more

06 Jan 14 @ 09:47

Global banking group HSBC is to launch an NFC wallet with four Hong Kong-based mobile carriers in 2014, according to The Standard. Those carriers are HKT, CSL, SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings and... read more

19 Dec 13 @ 10:47

Visa Europe and leading Spanish bank CaixaBank along with mobile network operators Orange, Telefόnica and Vodafone, have announced the launch of Europe’s largest commercial mobile contactless payments service. From February... read more