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The countries which have announced increases to date are Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt ...

PARTNER NEWS: Cilab’s ci230 high speed tester takes a whole new approach to NFC testing that makes it faster and easier to conduct pre-certification testing, makes the certification process quicker ...

CASHLESS: More than 50% of all transactions in the Asia-Pacific region will be contactless this year “India’s SoftPOS market is set to outpace global averages, driven by government initiatives, UPI ...

CONNECTED: Consumers access digital content by tapping the NFC chip in the bottle cap with their phone Consumers purchasing Paco Rabanne’s latest fragrance for men can access a range of digital ...

Below are lists of the territories where each “OEM Pay” system is live and available for consumer use.

Customers at six 7-Eleven convenience stores in Tokyo, Japan, can now make cashless payments for their purchases by interacting with a holographic screen projected from a contactless self-checkout ...

CBDC TRIAL: Laos central bank will issue the DLak to a temporary commercial bank during the pilot The central bank of Laos has begun testing a proof of concept central bank digital currency (CBDC) ...

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, ...

MOBILE ID: South Korean’s can now store and use their digital ID on their smartphones All citizens and foreign residents of South Korea are now able to add a digital version of their government-issued ...

PASSIVE ENTRY: Drivers do not need to take their mobile out of their pocket to unlock or lock theIr car Android users with a Samsung Galaxy 23+ or Google Pixel 7 Pro smartphone can now lock, unlock ...

More than eight in ten consumers have used “an NFC contactless card or mobile payment wallet” (85%) and contactless payment card usage has increased by 30% over ...