01 Aug 13 @ 20:38

FIME Korea, a mobile device consulting and testing specialist, has achieved test bench qualification for EMVCo Contactless Card Level 1 in Korea, authorising the company to offer contactless card level... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:03

The European mobile payments landscape is evolving, with Poland’s BLIK and Sweden’s Swish set to extend their NFC payment capabilities to iOS users. This shift follows Apple’s decision to open... read more

02 May 24 @ 09:27

In 2023, Nexi recorded an 88 percent increase in the value of in-store mobile payments transactions via smartphone and smartwatch in Italy, new data reveals. According to further data released... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 13:24

A new study claims there will be one billion users of contacless mobile payments globally by 2024, up from 782 million in 2022 for growth of 60 percent. Increased investment... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 09:51

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

19 Oct 20 @ 03:06

The contactless payment market exceeded $40 billion in 2019 and will grow at 15 percent CAGR from 2020 to 2026. Global shipments of contactless-enabled equipment are projected to reach 15... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:18

Driven by contactless card payments and by increased card usage, in 2017 the number of card payments continued to grow across the 33 countries covered by our Yearbook. POS payments... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 11:33

Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2016. This was supported by the rollout of contactless technologies,... read more

05 Apr 17 @ 12:53

No personal consumer device seems to have had the same impact as the smartphone. Unbelievably It is only ten years ago that Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at a Macworld... read more

03 Feb 17 @ 14:02

Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2015. This was supported by the roll-out of new technologies,... read more

23 Nov 16 @ 13:11

Europol has warned that they believe criminals are using Android phones to trigger fraudulent NFC payments. The alert comes in Europol’s 2016 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment report. Experts had... read more

28 Sep 16 @ 06:14

FIRST ANNAPOLIS RECENTLY completed the third edition of its semi-annual Study of Mobile Banking & Payments tracking consumer adoption and use of mobile banking and payments products. Given the energy... read more

02 Feb 16 @ 10:44

Cards and card payment at the point of sale (POS) and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2014, supported by the roll-out of contactless technology. The... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:24

As issuers explore when and how to roll out mobile wallets, they should consider certain core accelerators, argues a recent white paper from payment processor, TSYS. These include a well-established... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:55

Shipments of NFC-enabled handsets are projected to increase to 756 million in 2015, up from 444 million in 2014, according to latest research from IHS Technology. According to the key... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:06

Ingenico Group and Intel Corporation have announced a collaboration to combine Intel technology and Ingenico Group secure payment acceptance for the Internet of Things. The companies will jointly develop a... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:05

O2 is rumoured to have acquired the Weve mobile commerce and advertising consortium saying the business will be run as a standalone subsidiary. In a statement, the former joint venture... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:12

Microsoft is planning to enter the mobile payments space with an NFC proposition. It showed a contactless feature as part of its Windows 10 phone during the WinHEC conference for... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

Microsoft is planning to enter the mobile payments space with an NFC proposition. It showed a contactless feature as part of its Windows 10 phone during the WinHEC conference for... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:41

Samsung, which is gearing up to launch its own mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in Korea and the US this summer, has decided not to collect fees on Samsung Pay... read more