Absa, the largest consumer bank in South Africa, has concluded a nine-month pilot of contactless payment technology and says it will soon roll out contactless tap-and-go cards to customers, according to ITWeb. Absa’s cards will be available as prepaid or debit, and can be used to tap and pay for goods at retailers as well […]

Toppan Forms and Hewlett-Packard Japan have announced a partnership to help improve the contactless payments infrastructure in Japan and lower the costs for merchants and businesses to offer e-money services. Toppan Forms will supply its system equipment development technology for contactless smart cards and HP Japan will offer its IC Chip Access Server for FeliCa […]

Turkcell has announced the official launch of its new NFC-enabled T20 smart phone. Developed alongside Chinese telecom Huawei, the UICC and SWP equipped T20 will enable users to conduct contactless mobile payments via Turkcell’s MasterCard PayPass-enabled mobile wallet service, Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan. In addition to mobile payments, customers can use the handset to share information, […]

Gemalto has announced that it will provide its Optelio contactless stickers to UniCredit Slovakia for the country’s first commercial mobile payment deployment. The technology will enable UniCredit Slovakia customers to turn their regular handsets into contactless payment devices by simply attaching the Optello sticker. Users can make contactless tap and go payments of up to […]

Visa has announced that more than 1,400 McDonald’s restaurants across Canada have adopted contactless payWave technology. Already used in 1,200 McDonald’s restaurants in the UK, the technology allows customers to pay for their meals with a tap of a payWave-enabled payment card or mobile phone. The new technology is available only at the counter, but […]

Bank of Ireland (BoI) has announced plans to introduce contactless Visa debit cards to its customers later this year, according to Independent.ie. The new cards will enabled customers to simply tap and pay for items up to €15 without having to sign or enter a PIN. In order to promote the new cards, the bank […]

Oberthur Technologies has announced that it will provide its contactless FlyBuy stickers to MasterCard for tap and go payment at festivals and events. Equipped with MasterCard PayPass technology, the contactless payment stickers were integrated into the wristbands worn by MasterCard selected VIPs at the UK’s Isle of Wight Festival in June. The wristbands enabled contactless […]

Attendees of this year’s Oppikoppi Music Festival in South Africa will be able to make contactless payments using Standard Bank’s Mimoney NFC technology, according to Moneyweb.co.za. The bank will issue festival-goers “Oppikoppi cards,” which can be preloaded with money for tap and go payments at vendors on festival grounds. Users can load credit onto the […]

Barclaycard has announced that pub chain Slug and Lettuce has begun accepting contactless payments at its 80 locations across Great Britain. According to Barclaycard, the roll out comes after a “hugely successful” trial in four Slug and Lettuce London pubs, which saw Barclaycard terminals processing 1,500 contactless transactions in one month alone. The new technology […]

Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and Telefónica are joining forces to develop a standardized m-payments logo and terminology in order to promote their NFC payments and marketing platform among European consumers, reports Marketing Week. The as-of-yet undeveloped logo and terminology marks a significant move from Europe’s three largest mobile operators in a field that is heating up […]