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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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 ...

CROSS BORDER: The new service will let visitors to Nepal use Indian digital wallets such as Paytm Residents of India will soon be able to make mobile payments for goods and services when visiting ...

NEXT GENERATION: BART plans to add open loop contactless payment to its Clipper fare payment system in 2024 The Clipper fare payment system in the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA is to enable ...

MOBILE DEVICE ARCHITECTURE: Secure elements and native and custom apps are used to manage digital keys The Car Connectivity Consortium has announced the completion of an NFC-based digital key ...

OPEN PAYMENT: Venice public transport users can use contactless cards to pay for their fares Visitors to Venice can now use a contactless debit or credit card to pay for fares on any of the city’s ...

MOBILE ID: Finnish travellers can use the DTC app to add a digital version of their passport to their phone Citizens of Finland travelling on Finnair flights to and from London, Manchester and ...

TRACEABLE: Nike is using an AntChain TaaS solution which connects each pair of footwear to a digital twin More than 130,000 pairs of Nike shoes have been produced containing an embedded dynamic NFC ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...