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Contactless Payments Related Topics 
NFCW
JANUARY 15, 2025
Public transportation users in Athens can now use the Greek capital city’s new tap2ride service to pay for their fares with their contactless bank card, smartphone or smart watch. ” Athens switches on contactless payments for public transportation fares was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW. .
Stax
MARCH 6, 2025
This is why 90% of shoppers still prefer contactless payments post-pandemic. Heres a look at the most popular types of contactless payment methods and how they can transform your checkout process. Talk to sales 7 Different Types of Contactless Payments You dont have to jump on every type of contactless payment out there.
NFCW
APRIL 2, 2025
. “Over 1.5bn contactless point of sale (POS) payments, valued at 26.7 “Smartphones and watches have emerged as the preferred payment device over physical cards for many consumers “Out of 296 contactless payments made per person in Ireland on Irish cards in 2024, 159 of these were mobile wallet payments. .
Fintech Finance
APRIL 6, 2025
These sleek additions join the existing brushed black with more styles planned to join the range in future, giving customers even more ways to personalise their payment experience while enjoying the ultimate convenience of tap-and-go transactions.
NFCW
MARCH 13, 2025
SOFTPOS: Quickbooks’ mobile app now enables merchants to accept contactless payments on an iPhone Millions of small businesses in the US that use Intuit’s QuickBooks to manage their accounts can now also accept contactless payments on their NFC mobile phone at no extra cost.
Payments Dive
JULY 12, 2022
Public transport is expected to become a driver of contactless payment usage, especially as environmentally conscious commuters get on board, suggested a survey by card network company Visa.
Payments Dive
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Payments company Stripe said it’s the first time that an airline will use Apple’s contactless payments feature across an entire fleet.
Fintech Finance
APRIL 10, 2025
Absa , in partnership with UnionPay International (UPI), is launching contactless payments to UnionPay cardholders across South Africa , thereby strengthening its commitment to offering a seamless and secure payments experience. It will also enable Absa merchants to offer contactless payment options to more customers.”
Fintech Finance
APRIL 2, 2025
This trend underscores a significant shift in consumer behavior towards mobile-enabled, contactless payments. Later this year, myTU plans to introduce the same functionality with Apple Pay, ensuring that its customers have access to the most popular and widely-used mobile payment platforms.
Cardfellow
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Tap on phone (or tap to phone as Visa calls it and tap to mobile for Amex and Discover) is a contactless payment method where customers tap a sellers smartphone instead of a credit card machine to pay. In this article, well go over contactless payments and specifically tap on phone. What are contactless payments?
Finextra
JUNE 25, 2024
Wearable paytech provider MuchBetter has launched a contactless payments ring in Italy that is free - as long as users load it with €100 through the associated app.
NFCW
JUNE 21, 2024
Adoption of softPOS payment solutions by smaller businesses will drive a 113% increase in contactless payment transaction values by 2029, Juniper Research predicts. ” “As access becomes more widespread, users increasingly expect contactless payments; creating a virtuous cycle of increasing use,” they add. .
Payments Source
JANUARY 25, 2021
Biometric authentication has always been a challenging subject with consumers, who are accustomed to using the technology to unlock their phones but are still wary about how much personal information they share with retailers and card issuers.
Fintech Finance
JANUARY 28, 2025
This allows businesses of all sizes to use the Mollie app on iPhone to accept contactless payments without the need to purchase or manage additional hardware. Mollie , one of Europes fastest-growing financial service providers, has enabled Apples Tap to Pay on iPhone for its UK customers.
Fintech Finance
JUNE 6, 2024
Bank and one of the largest payments processors globally, is partnering with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to offer contactless payment acceptance from any enabled card or mobile device across transit services. Contactless payments have helped shape the way consumers pay.
Fintech News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
This initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of contactless payments in the Asia-Pacific region by providing eligible merchants with Android devices valued at over 3.25 This service allows merchants to accept contactless payments via their mobile devices, eliminating the need for traditional POS systems.
NFCW
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
“As of September 3, riders have tapped a contactless card, phone, or watch over a million times to pay their fares since we launched our contactless payment system on August 1,” the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) reports.
Clearly Payments
OCTOBER 1, 2024
This article covers the interchange fees associated with contactless payments compared to other credit card payment methods, such as online transactions and traditional swipe methods. Understanding Interchange Fees Interchange fees are an integral part of the payment processing system.
NFCW
JULY 9, 2024
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.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 8, 2021
When it comes to moving forward, what type of payment structure can customers count on from public transportation? Jed Danbury, vice president at Computop, a global payment service provider, shares his thoughts on how customers can benefit on transit
NFCW
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
“The quality of the TapToMobile user experience is dependent on NFC read ranges, which determine how close and precisely positioned the payment device needs to be to the acceptance device for payment information to flow,” it adds.
The Fintech Times
MARCH 19, 2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reviewing whether the 100 contactless limit should be removed or increased, aiming to give consumers and businesses more flexibility while keeping fraud protections in place. The consultation is part of wider efforts to encourage innovation in payments and support economic growth.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 12, 2025
enabling small and mid-market businesses to seamlessly and securely accept in-person contactless payments using only an iPhone. These transactions sync directly to their QuickBooks Online account, allowing them to seamlessly manage and reconcile these payments and keep their books up to date, on a single platform.
Fintech Finance
JULY 23, 2024
Key figures for 2023 The total number of payments made in the UK increased by five per cent to 48.1 Contactless and mobile contactless payments Usage of contactless and mobile contactless payments continued to increase. billion, up from 45.7 billion in 2022. During 2023, there were 18.3 billion).
Fintech Finance
JULY 12, 2024
The Transportation Authority in Ajman and Visa , a global leader in digital payments, have signed an agreement to enable the acceptance of open contactless payments on public transport buses in Ajman, in line with the emirate’s smart mobility goals. The agreement was signed by Eng.
NFCW
JULY 17, 2024
.” “Transitioning to this contactless system is a part of the next generation of transportation that our riders deserve,” Transportation Secretary and MBTA CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt says. MBTA to switch on contactless payments across Boston’s public transportation network was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.
NFCW
JANUARY 23, 2025
ANDROID: Zebra’s EM45 RFID smartphone can read both UHF RFID and NFC tags Zebra Technologies has unveiled an enterprise Android smartphone that comes with built-in support for both ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID and NFC tag reading and the ability to also function as a contactless payments acceptance device.
Fintech Finance
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Today, Helcim , a leading provider of payment solutions, now enables its U.S. customers to seamlessly and securely accept in-person contactless payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone. When a payment is processed, Apple doesn’t store card numbers or transaction information on the device or on Apple servers.
NFCW
DECEMBER 11, 2023
SOFTPOS: The refurbished NFC phones enable vendors to accept payments without a separate device Big Issue magazine is enabling its street vendors in the UK to accept contactless payments for copies of the publication directly on NFC smartphones without needing an additional card reader.
Fintech Finance
AUGUST 28, 2024
The product allows business owners to accept payments directly with their Android phones, removing dependencies on physical card machines. Being able to accept contactless payments in the UK is highly important, with 85% of people in the country using contactless payments at least once a month (according to UK Finance).
NFCW
JANUARY 16, 2024
The Swiss central bank’s researchers based their analysis on anonymized, transaction-level data for a large sample of point-of-sale debit card payments made in Switzerland between 2019 and 2021. “In Switzerland – the country we study – the tap-and-go limit was doubled from CHF40 to CHF80 in April 2020.
Fintech Finance
JUNE 25, 2024
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.
Fintech Finance
JANUARY 20, 2025
To pay in-store, customers simply double-click the side button and hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near a payment terminal to make a contactless payment. Contactless payments are already trusted and popular in Egypt, and were excited to bring Apple Pay to our Visa cardholders.”
Fintech Finance
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
tapeeno , UTP’s app for micro-merchants, has enabled its merchants in the UK to seamlessly and securely accept in-person contactless payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone. When a payment is processed, Apple doesn’t store card numbers or transaction information on the device or on Apple servers.
Fintech Finance
JULY 30, 2024
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, this year’s gathering emphasized the importance of cybersecurity and the growing adoption of contactless payments. The event featured a panel session on “Contactless Payments – The New Paradigm.”
Fintech Finance
JULY 31, 2024
Visa , a world leader in digital payments, is introducing resources to help merchants in Vietnam, unveiling a SMB Online Toolkit, for small and medium-sized businesses to accept and take full advantage of Visa’s digital payment solutions. Globally, Visa’s tap to pay penetration reached 65%, doubling from 20192.
Fintech Finance
AUGUST 1, 2024
This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the region’s financial landscape, introducing digital and contactless payments through Waafi by Salaam Bank’s digital first initiative. They can do more with their mobile money and get access to in-store payment, travel and international payment capabilities.
NFCW
JUNE 27, 2024
Cartes Bancaires begins rollout of new contactless payment card limit was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW. . “In this new configuration, the PIN code is verified online, directly by the customer’s bank and in real time, in a secure manner,” CB says.
NFCW
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
CILAB CI230: Now able to validate EMV interoperability and payment acceptance on NFC devices PARTNER NEWS: The Cilab ci230 high speed test bench now includes support for testing NFC device compliance with EMVCo’s new reduced range testing process for contactless payments acceptance on standard NFC devices.
Fintech Finance
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The functionality allows businesses, such as Fresha , the world’s #1 booking platform, marketplace and payments system for beauty and wellness, to use an iPhone to accept contactless payments, without the need to purchase or manage additional hardware. We’re proud to be expanding it to new countries together with Apple.”
NFCW
JULY 3, 2024
” Venice goes live with contactless payments across its fleet of water buses, trams, ferries and more was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW. “Approximately 180 million passengers travel on the Venice public transport network every year.”
Payments Dive
JULY 10, 2020
The rapid demand for safe, contactless merchant payments has led to renewed interest in QR codes, a payment technology that historically dominated Asian markets, but lagged NFC use in the U.S.
Clearly Payments
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The global volume of digital payments will reach over $10 trillion by the end of 2024, a sharp increase from $8.3 This explosive growth is fueled by the rapid adoption of e-commerce, contactless payments , and fintech innovations. What It Means for You: Enable contactless payments at your checkout counters.
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Fintech Finance
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
With 94% of riders expecting public transit to offer contactless payment, transport operators across the U.S. are upgrading to open-loop ticketing systems, where a payment card or mobile device is used in place of a ticket, to streamline the payment process and provide a more seamless passenger experience.
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