Contactless NFC

Banca Intesa Sanpaolo is partnering with Italian wireless operator N

Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) says it has selected FIS to provide a suite of services that will help bring its much-anticipated mobile commerce solution to the marketplace. FIS will provide MCX with payment processing, routing...

According to a YouGov consumer survey, 29% of British mobile phone owners have said they are keen to use their phone more than cash or cards to pay for goods or services worth less...

INSIDE Contactless' MicroPass 4003 contactless payment processor is powering the MasterCard PayPass technology recently launched in Rio de Janeiro. Housed in a key fob, the MicroPass 4003 is the first contactless payment technology introduced...

According to reports in Australian papers, Commonwealth Bank will install 5000 contactless payment readers across Australia by Q4 2009, as it takes the lead in what is shaping as a new battleground in Australia. The...

As companies globally race to position themselves in the swap of physical wallets and plastic cards for virtual ones, Canada’s largest telcos unveiled the grand expansion of their mobile payments app - Suretap. The Suretap app was...

Mobile wallet and transactions platform provider C-SAM and MasterCard announced a global strategic partnership, as well as a minority investment by MasterCard. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Founded in 1998, Chicago-based C-SAM...

Visa Inc, Visa Europe and Google have announced that Google has received a worldwide license to Visa payWave, NFC-based payment technology. Visa payWave enables consumers to make fast and secure payments at retail locations...

According to a new research from Timetric, contactless payments have become a major tool for migrating consumer payments from cash to cards, particularly debit cards. “Contactless cards have gained popularity in the UK, contributing to...

New Zealand's three mobile operators Vodafone, 2degrees and Telecom New Zealand are to form a joint venture with local payments provider Paymark that will enable users to make payments via their mobile phones. The JV...