27 May 25 @ 11:54

British fintech Curve has become the latest player to disrupt Apple’s long-held dominance over iPhone tap-to-pay functionality. In a move made possible by the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA),... read more

21 Feb 25 @ 12:49

The latest NFC Forum’s Annual Report underscores the exponential adoption of NFC-based solutions across multiple sectors, catalysing innovations in payment systems, identity authentication, vehicular access and healthcare. With notable advancements... read more

18 Dec 20 @ 08:00

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched an investigation into competition in smartphone-based NFC payments, examining whether limitations on access to NFC payments functionality on some devices... read more

13 Feb 17 @ 17:20

Three of Australia’s major banks (National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac), along with Bendigo bank have released a joint statement in response to the Apple Pay submission to the... read more

17 Feb 15 @ 14:46

orderbird, an iPAD POS provider, and its strategic payment partner ConCardis have launched a solution for cashless payment with card or contactless via NFC such as Apple Pay. The newly... read more

01 Dec 14 @ 12:29

Norway is set to roll-out Valyou, its first mobile NFC payment service, which is a collaboration between the country’s leading mobile operator and two of its largest financial institutions, recognising... read more

21 Nov 14 @ 12:35

Retailers in the US are seeing an uplift in NFC payment transactions in the three weeks following the launch of Apple Pay, according to The New York Times. Grocery chain Whole... read more

17 Nov 14 @ 09:43

With Apple driving awareness of the potential of NFC payments with Apple Pay, it’s no surprise that the telcos are trying to defend their space. After Vodafone’s NFC false start in 2012,... read more

14 Nov 14 @ 09:00

Mobile network operator Vodafone is preparing to make NFC payments available to its customers in the UK in time for the launch of contactless bank card payments on London’s public transport network. “Vodafone... read more

03 Oct 14 @ 12:23

UnionPay, China’s largest card company and leading card issuer by number of cards, has launched an NFC payment service with Samsung. UnionPay’s NFC payment system can be used by more... read more

01 Aug 14 @ 11:47

Privredna Banka Zagreb (PBZ, Intesa Sanpaolo Group), Intesa Sanpaolo Card and American Express have initiated a pilot to test – for the first time – HCE (Host Card Emulation) for... read more

30 Jul 14 @ 15:33

Japanese game console maker Nintendo is enabling gamers in Japan to purchase titles on Nintendo’s eShop by tapping their contactless NFC payment cards against their Wii U controllers. Nintendo is... read more

15 Jul 14 @ 16:50

Australian credit union CUA have partnered with Cuscal to rollout redi2PAY mobile payment app that turns any NFC-enabled smartphone running the latest Andorid operating system – KitKat 4.4 or later – into a... read more

11 Jun 14 @ 10:17

Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion, in conjunction with the GSMA, have published a guide to help banks and mobile operators understand the Host Card Emulation (HCE) and SIM Secure Element... read more

18 Mar 14 @ 17:40

Google has announced via email that it will kill off NFC payment service functionality in April for anything below Android 4.4 (device that don’t have Kit Kat – Android 4.4+). In other... 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

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

29 Nov 13 @ 12:34

A US start-up, SimplyTapp, which has created the ‘Host Card Emulation’ (HCE) approach to mobile HCE-based NFC payments recently embraced by Google, has raised its series a funding round. Most of... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 15:22

As the global leader in NFC payments, it comes as no surprise that The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) has issued Best Practice for NFC Mobile Payment in Hong Kong,... read more

26 Nov 13 @ 16:33

Bank of East Asia says it will launch a mobile NFC payment service for its credit card customers in Hong Kong early next year. BEA’s i-Pay system will utilize Near... read more