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Contactless Payments: Touch to Pay? Here’s What It Is

Stax

It’s easy to implement contactless payments if you are working with a payment provider who offers the service. Touch to pay (also called tap to pay or touchpay) payment services allow you to make a payment simply by tapping your card, wearable device, or smartphone on a contactless payment terminal.

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A Study on Contactless Payments by Country

Clearly Payments

Contactless payments market has been growing quickly. As digital infrastructure continues to advance, the ease and speed of contactless transactions are becoming increasingly attractive to consumers and businesses. What are Contactless Payments? Here’s a breakdown of each type and its growing significance: 1.

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Smart Payment Association reports on growth in contactless payment card shipments

NFCW

CONSUMER PREFERENCE: Customer demand is driving the uptick in contactless card shipments: Nine in ten of the 3.2bn smart payment cards and modules shipped in 2023 included support for contactless payments “as consumers in all markets embrace touch free payments and tap-to-pay goes mainstream”, the Smart Payment Association reports.

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Polar introduces Contactless Payment Wristbands Powered by Fidesmo

Fintech Finance

Polar Electro , the world leader in personal guidance for fitness, sport, and health, has announced a partnership with the pioneering Swedish tech company Fidesmo to introduce a new collection of sports watch wristbands that are enabled for convenient and safe contactless payments.

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Wearable Paytech Provider MuchBetter Launches Contactless Payment Ring for Free in Italy

Fintech Finance

MuchBetter’s contactless payment ring functions just like any other payment device, and can be used to make payments all over the world, anywhere that Mastercard is accepted, just by tapping the ring on the contactless payment terminal. delivery charge to get their hands on the ultra-stylish ring.

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Apple to open up NFC payments access to third parties

Finextra

Apple is opening up the NFC chip technology that enables iPhone users to make contactless payments to third-party providers in a host of countries - including the US and UK - but will charge associated fees.

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Apple reaches deal with EC on NFC payments access

Finextra

Apple has staved off massive European Commission fines by agreeing to open up the NFC chip technology that enables iPhone users to make contactless payments to third-party providers.