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

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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 ...

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

CONTACTLESS: Users report the results via the GTT@home app by scanning the test device fob using their NFC smartphone The University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in the UK is to trial a ...

Smartphones will in the future come with the ability to read RAIN RFID tags, opening up new opportunities for consumers to engage with the world around them via their mobile device, wireless ...

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, ...

An Australian parliamentary committee has held a public hearing at which it heard evidence from representatives of leading Australian banks, payment services providers and other financial bodies on ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...