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.

Google Updates Wear OS To Support Faster Payments
Google Updates Wear OS To Support Faster Payments
July 26, 2018  |  Google

Alphabet’s Google released on Thursday (July 26) its Android P Developer Beta 5, as the company moves closer to rolling out the release of its mobile...

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FIFA World Cup Fans Turn To Contactless Payments For In-Stadium Spending
FIFA World Cup Fans Turn To Contactless Payments For In-Stadium Spending
July 26, 2018  |  VISA

France wasn’t the only winner at the FIFA World Cup: Payments innovation won big, too, with contactless payments accounting for 45 percent of all Visa...

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Visa Offers payWave In India; PayPoint Teams Up With Anywhere Sim
Visa Offers payWave In India; PayPoint Teams Up With Anywhere Sim
July 18, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Visa’s offering of payWave in India as the country...

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Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
July 17, 2018  |  Wearables

Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17), the expanded partnership...

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NFC-Enabled POS Terminals Numbered Nearly 25M Worldwide In 2017
NFC-Enabled POS Terminals Numbered Nearly 25M Worldwide In 2017
July 17, 2018  |  Point of Sale

A new report has found that the global installed base of point-of-sale (POS) terminals grew to almost 109 million units in 2017. “The world is...

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World Cup Highlights Growth Of Contactless Payments In Russia
World Cup Highlights Growth Of Contactless Payments In Russia
July 16, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Contactless payments scored big at the FIFA World Cup in Russia, with 50 percent of Visa purchases in tournament venues utilizing contactless transactions through cards, mobile devices...

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SIX And Mastercard Equip Cashless Stadium, PT NFC Indonesia Launches IPO
SIX And Mastercard Equip Cashless Stadium, PT NFC Indonesia Launches IPO
July 13, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes SIX Payment Services’ and Mastercard’s rollout of cashless payments at...

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Mastercard Eyes Biometric Tech For UK Cards
Mastercard Eyes Biometric Tech For UK Cards
July 09, 2018  |  Mastercard

As the second payment services directive (PSD2) is set to take effect in Europe next year, Mastercard wants to test out its fingerprint-scanning cards in the...

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Why Mobile Is The Merchant’s Secret Weapon At The Beach
Why Mobile Is The Merchant’s Secret Weapon At The Beach
July 06, 2018  |  Retail

Summer is here, which means Americans will be decamping to the beach en masse this summer — hoping to escape the heat, get a tan...

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