contactless payments

Contactless payments are various touch free ways of paying. When you tap to pay with your contactless card or payment-enabled device, checkout is safe and secure. These payments are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards (RFID, and NFC), or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices.

UK’s FCA Seeks Comment on Removing Contactless Card Payment Limit
UK’s FCA Seeks Comment on Removing Contactless Card Payment Limit
March 14, 2025  |  Regulation

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking public comment on its proposal to remove the 100-pound (about $129) limit on contactless card payments....

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Intuit Adds ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ to QuickBooks Online
Intuit Adds ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ to QuickBooks Online
March 11, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Intuit began rolling out Tap to Pay on iPhone capabilities for QuickBooks Online customers Tuesday (March 11), saying this lets small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

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Australia and Brazil’s Shared Vision for the Future of Checkout
Australia and Brazil’s Shared Vision for the Future of Checkout
March 11, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

As digital economies race to streamline the payment process, the checkout experience is at the forefront of change, with innovations around customer experience and security...

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Visa Tops 4.7 Billion Credentials, Logs 44% Growth in Tokens YOY
Visa Tops 4.7 Billion Credentials, Logs 44% Growth in Tokens YOY
January 30, 2025  |  Earnings

Visa’s fiscal first-quarter results noted significant growth in payments done digitally, and in tokens and credentials issued by the payments network. Payments volume grew by...

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Mollie Expands Tap to Pay on iPhone Availability in Europe
Mollie Expands Tap to Pay on iPhone Availability in Europe
January 28, 2025  |  Mobile Payments

Mollie has expanded its Tap to Pay on iPhone capability to merchants in three more European countries: Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom. With this...

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PayByCar Seeks $10 Million to Expand Mobile Payment Services
PayByCar Seeks $10 Million to Expand Mobile Payment Services
January 13, 2025  |  Investments

Mobile payments company PayByCar aims to raise $10 million to expand its services. The Boston-based company announced its funding plans Monday (Jan. 13), aiming to raise that...

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Brazil’s Central Bank Previews Contactless Pix Payments
Brazil’s Central Bank Previews Contactless Pix Payments
November 05, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Contactless Google Wallet payments are coming to Brazil’s Pix system. The country’s central bank this week previewed the new offering — Pix by Proximity —...

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Adyen Expands ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ to 5 More Countries
Adyen Expands ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ to 5 More Countries
October 30, 2024  |  POS Innovation

Global financial technology platform Adyen has extended the availability of Tap to Pay on iPhone to five more countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania and...

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Embedded POS Innovations Are Reshaping the Way Main Street Does Business
Embedded POS Innovations Are Reshaping the Way Main Street Does Business
October 22, 2024  |  Point of Sale

The days of the old-school cash register are numbered. They may even already be over. The final note on their obituary? It’s the fact that...

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