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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 Pay Boss Reveals US Merchants’ Plans to Use NFC Tags for Payments and Loyalty Sign-up

May 8 2019

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“Garment manufacturer Bonobos, parking meter management firm PayByPhone and scooter rental startup Bird are all working with NFC tags to eliminate the app-enrolment process, Bailey said. Bird and PayByPhone are running pilots and Bonobos is adding NFC tags to merchandise displayed in its showrooms, enabling shoppers to try items on in store and then easily […]

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Apple to Unlock IPhone NFC to Read Secure Data From Passports

April 9 2019

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“The UK Home Office has been in talks with Apple to extend the capability of the NFC chip to reading passports so that a smartphone app used to verify the identity of EU citizens applying to continue to live in the UK after it leaves the EU can be used on iPhones.”

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The NFC Forum’s Latest Spec Is Aimed Squarely at QR Codes

March 5 2019

“Backers of near-field communication technology for mobile payments made it plain on Tuesday they’re ready to fight back against quick-response codes, a rival technology that has won support not only from giant systems like China’s Alipay and WeChat Pay but also domestically from merchant apps from big chains like Walmart Inc. and Kohls Corp. The NFC […]

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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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Mexico Pilots National NFC and QR Mobile Payments System

May 16 2019

“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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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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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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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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HonkMobile Launches App-free Apple Pay NFC Payments

June 20 2019

“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 […]