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Ticketmaster to Roll Out NFC Ticketing for IPhones and Apple Watches ‘later This Year’

May 20 2019

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“Support for NFC mobile ticketing forms part of SafeTix, a new Ticketmaster service that the company said “leverages new technology to give event owners control over their tickets by tying a unique, identifiable digital ticket to each fan’s mobile phone through an encrypted barcode that automatically refreshes every few seconds”.”

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Mexico Pilots National NFC and QR Mobile Payments System

May 16 2019

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“Mexico’s central bank Banxico has begun trials of its cashless QR and NFC Cobro Digital (CoDi) electronic payment system with employees of financial institutions including BBVA Bancomer , Citibanamex , Santander , Banorte , Banregio and Fincomun . The system works by using QR codes to make electronic transfers through mobile phones which are linked […]

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Apple Announces Support for Apple Pay NFC Stickers, Partners With Bird Scooters and More

May 14 2019

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“Right now, physical Apple Pay transactions require bulky terminals like those you find at retail store checkouts. With the new support, an iPhone will know how to read a specially-encoded NFC tag (that can be as inert as a sticker) and automatically show the Apple Pay purchase interface when a user holds their device near […]

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Apple Announces Support for Apple Pay NFC Stickers, Partners With Bird Scooters and More

May 13 2019

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“Apple’s VP of Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey today announced a new NFC feature for iPhone: special tags that trigger Apple Pay purchases when tapped, without the need to download a special app first. The company is partnering with Bird scooters, Bonobos clothing store, and PayByPhone parking meters for the initial rollout. Apple also announced that […]

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Apple to Let IPhone Owners Use NFC to Read All Types of Contactless Card — Except for Payments Cards

June 10 2019

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“iPhone users will soon be able to read a full array of ISO 7816 contactless smartcards and tags, including passports, transit and access cards, Apple has revealed. “However, for the time being, reading payment cards will not be supported.” Gordon Scott from the Apple NFC Software team revealed the information during a WWDC 19 session […]

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iOS 13 NFC for Japanese Individual Number Cards

June 12 2019

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“No sooner than Apple announced iOS 13 with enhanced Core NFC read/write support than developers are quickly preparing to use it. Engadget Japan and Nikkei both report that the Japanese government will add support for iPhone NFC tag reading Individual Number Cards this fall. Individual Number Cards are a fairly recent development for the Japanese […]

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Barclays Opens Pingit Wearable Payments Store

August 19 2019

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““Customers will be able to purchase Pingit’s newly released range of fashion and lifestyle accessories embedded with payment capabilities, from key fobs to wearable payment bands to The Loop — a holder to add a payment chip to an existing watch or fitness band,” the bank says.”

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NFC Mobile Payments to Account for ‘just 1.6%’ of In-store Transactions This Year

August 12 2019

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“Payment methods like Apple Pay and Google Pay will be used by US consumers to make transactions valued at a total of US$78.6bn this year, representing 1.6% of all US brick-and-mortar retail sales, according to a new forecast from 451 Research .”

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HonkMobile Launches App-free Apple Pay NFC Payments

June 20 2019

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“Parking payments specialist HonkMobile has unveiled a ‘virtual parking meter’ that uses Apple Pay’s new support for NFC tags to let iPhone users tap an NFC sticker to quickly make a payment via Apple Pay — without first needing to download an app or register for a service. HonkTap is now live “in select cities […]

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Google Adds Secure NFC Option to Android 10

September 10 2019

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“A new feature in Android 10 will make it possible for consumers to choose whether or not they wish to be able to make NFC card emulation transactions without first unlocking their device. The function will be available for “off-host card emulation” payment and transit transactions that make use of a secure element on the […]