Global contactless payment transaction values will increase from US$7.7tn in 2025 to US$18.1tn in 2030, a rise of 106%, market analysts Juniper Research predict. NFC ticketing and the arrival of open ...

AR PAYMENTS: Alipay plans to roll out support for payment using Meizu and Rokid AR smart glasses Alipay has announced that it has successfully conducted its first e-wallet transaction to use augmented ...

TAP TO TRANSFER: NFC P2P feature lets Samsung Galaxy users tap their phones to send money Samsung Galaxy owners in the US can now transfer funds directly to a contact’s bank account by just tapping ...

The NFC Forum has announced that it is in the process of developing a Digital Product Passport (DPP) standard that would allow electronic goods manufacturers to use NFC tags and chips to provide ...

The FiRa Consortium has published an update to its technical specifications for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology that add support for “advanced UWB applications that require various combinations of ...

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 ...

Google Wallet can now display airline boarding passes as QR codes on Wear OS smartwatches. The new feature, noticed by a Reddit user who took the picture that accompanies this article, means that ...

ATHENS: Tourists won’t have to buy and validate tickets, and will benefit from the optimum fares for their day’s travel Transport for Athens (OASA), the company that operates metro, tram, trolleybus ...

SMART RING: Customers can connect their payment card to the ring to make contactless payments Nearly nine in 10 European consumers using a contactless payment ring say that it is their preferred ...

Apple iPhone users with debit and credit cards issued by five additional banks and issuers in the UK can now check their current balance, the remaining credit on their credit card and their card ...

SOFTPOS: Alaska Airlines is introducing Apple Tap to Pay on iPhone on selected flights before a full rollout Alaska Airlines has become the first in the US to roll out support for Apple’s Tap to Pay ...

SOFTPOS: Volunteers can now accept donations on their own Android smartphones without a card reader Charities in the UK can now make it possible for any of their volunteers to collect donations on ...