SMART RING: Customers can connect their payment card to the ring to make contactless payments Nearly nine in 10 European consumers using a contactless payment ring say that it is their preferred ...

The number of cities worldwide where Google Wallet users can now store digital transit tickets or make open loop or closed loop contactless fare payments with a credit, debit or prepaid transit card ...

BIOMETRIC TICKETING: Baseball fans sign up for Go-Ahead entry on the MLB app and add a facial scan Fans of the Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball team in the US can now sign up to test a ...

DIGITAL RUBLE: Metro employees will be able to purchase a Troika transit card with the digital currency Moscow Metro is to pilot the use of Russia’s digital ruble for fare payments as part of the ...

Google Wallet is now available in Argentina, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro, bringing the total number of countries where the digital wallet is available to 66. The ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has officially launched six first-round pilots of a digital Hong Kong dollar or e-HKD with support from 16 banks, payments and technology firms to test the ...

NatWest bank is launching a software-only point-of-sale (softPOS) solution that will enable merchants in the UK to accept in-person contactless payments on Android NFC smartphones. The bank is rolling ...

Customers of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) can now apply for a biometric payment card that allows them to authenticate contactless payments at the point of sale with their fingerprints. KIB is ...

Apple Pay has launched in Honduras and Panama with support for Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards issued by BAC Credomatic and Banco Promerica in both countries as well as by Banco Ficohsa in ...

Apple Pay has launched in El Salvador and Guatemala with support for Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards issued by BAC Credomatic and Promerica banks in both countries as well as by Banco G&T ...

BLOCKCHAIN: The Expo Digital Wallet is being developed for the event for cashless mobile payment The World Expo 2025 in the Japanese city of Osaka will be the first world’s fair to be entirely ...

ANTI-FRAUD: The digital medicare card includes an animated hologram to show its not just a screenshot Residents of New South Wales in Australia can now add a QR code-enabled digital version of their ...