Contactless NFC

Mobile Payments World interviews Chris Kangas on how MasterCard technology platform is being used to support the exploding contactless market and innovations like tokenisation of payment card credentials on the MasterCard platform for MasterCard Issuers...

Global bank-led industry association, Mobey Forum, has published a white paper detailing the results of a survey that outlines the attitudes of its international membership toward the adoption of host card emulation (HCE). The survey...

Online research from Equifax, shows that using a debit or credit card with a PIN number is still the preferred method of payment for 42% of people in the UK. Contactless methods followed at...

As the recently launched iPhone X makes mobile payments even easier with Face ID, MoneySuperMarket reveals that a quarter (23%) of Generation Z predicts physical cards will soon be obsolete as mobile payments reign supreme. The new...

Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion, in conjunction with the GSMA, have published a guide to help banks and mobile operators understand the Host Card Emulation (HCE) and SIM Secure Element approaches for NFC payments. The...

In the Netherlands, mobile payments using HCE are becoming ubiquitous. Other European countries, such as Belgium, France or Germany follow the same trend, with adoption rate reaching in some cases 40% yearly increase. One of...

One quarter (26%) of British shoppers expect to start using contactless payments with a smartwatch, bracelet, keyring or other forms of wearable payments, according to new figures from Mastercard. In the UK, contactless spend on...

Mobile proximity payments have to date proven lacklustre and despite hundreds of millions spent on developing these platforms, consumer take-up remains low. While the reasons for this are many, the application of loyalty rewards and...

Dubai First and du, the UAE's integrated telecom services provider, have announced a joint partnership for the launch of the first NFC-based pilot programme for mobile payments in the Middle East and North Africa...

Rio de Janeiro will be the first city in Brazil to launch a pilot program enabling mobile NFC ticketing for public transportation. This initiative is a partnership between RioCard Tecnologia da Informação, Gemalto, Motorola Mobility...