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.

Visa Gauges Contactless Payments Progress 10 Years After Its Introduction
Visa Gauges Contactless Payments Progress 10 Years After Its Introduction
September 04, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The U.K. is leading contactless payments adoptions 10 years after the technology first emerged, according to a new report from Visa. The payments processing company’s...

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Why Mastercard Is Powering Contactless Payments In Poland
Why Mastercard Is Powering Contactless Payments In Poland
August 31, 2017  |  Mastercard

Poland has been hard at work burnishing its image as a tech hub over the last several years. A country in which financial services were largely...

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Mastercard Partners With Fitbit To Bring Contactless Payments To Its New Smartwatch
Mastercard Partners With Fitbit To Bring Contactless Payments To Its New Smartwatch
August 29, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Though still perhaps an overlooked part of the market, wearables and the people who own them are emerging as an important piece of the digital...

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FitPay and NXT-ID: Securing Contactless Payments One Device At A Time
FitPay and NXT-ID: Securing Contactless Payments One Device At A Time
August 24, 2017  |  Startup Check-In

Gone are the days where most people kept a few dollars in their wallets. Today’s consumers are turning to card and contactless payments. FitPay is...

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Down Under, Cash Remains Steady
Down Under, Cash Remains Steady
August 21, 2017  |  Cash

Cash and contactless payments in Australia are all up in each other’s grills (er, barbies) over small-value transactions. And, according to the PYMNTS.com Global Cash...

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Pay By Sound: It’s Back!
Pay By Sound: It’s Back!
August 09, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Sound travels at 767 miles per hour, so if you want a faster contactless payment, audio waves aren’t a bad vehicle for it. But harnessing...

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xPressTap: mPOS Without The Dongle
xPressTap: mPOS Without The Dongle
August 07, 2017  |  Payment Methods

A payments solution that requires micromerchants to buy — and then wait for — special hardware isn’t much of a solution if you ask Joe...

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Brick And Mortar’s Technology Evolution
Brick And Mortar’s Technology Evolution
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Technology has certainly seen a big evolution over the last few decades. In the consumer world, we’ve moved from large desktops and rotary dial phones...

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USAT CEO On The Unattended Retail OS
USAT CEO On The Unattended Retail OS
July 27, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

Following the slow implosion of brick-and-mortar retail, what phoenix will rise from the ashes? Will the world be left to choose between a small number...

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