MasterCard on exploding contactless payments and tokenisations
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...
Contrasting HCE and SIM secure element approaches to NFC payments
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...
Research reveals banks’ attitudes to HCE
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...
Analytics and loyalty will drive proximity payments growth
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’ to launch NFC in region
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 launches NFC ticketing with smartphones
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...
MCX and Softcard state Apple Pay overthrow plan
At Money 2020, and in the wake of Apple Pay and its dominance of the headlines, US mobile money ventures, Softcard (formally ISIS) and merchant-run MCX, have been setting out their strategies for wining...
Is CurrentC dead before it launches?
CurrentC, the MCX backed mobile payment system developed by a consortium of major retail chains, has made headlines lately for brazenly blocking Apple Pay transactions.
The heat CurrentC faced from that poor strategic move is nothing,
though, compared...
Barclays set to launch contactless payments wristband
Barclays has announced plans to tap into demand for wearable devices, with the launch of a trial of its bPay contactless payments wristband.
Around 7,000 consumers will be able to try out the bPay band...
U.S. Bank launches Go Mobile using an iPhone
U.S. Bank FlexPerks Visa customers in Salt Lake City will be the first U.S. Bank customers invited to try a new mobile payment service called U.S. Bank Go Mobile. The service allows customers to...
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Payment industry history with first AES DUKPT key management implementation
Verifone says it has implemented AES DUKPT with its end-to-end encryption solution, VeriShield Total Protect, its Engage family of payment devices, and Carbon 8 & 10.
Co-designed by Verifone, AES DUKPT...
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