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MOBILE DEVICE ARCHITECTURE: Secure elements and native and custom apps are used to manage digital keys The Car Connectivity Consortium has announced the completion of an NFC-based digital key ...

The rollout means that Marylanders can now add their driver’s licence or ID card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet and then use it to prove their identity when travelling by air from either ...

MOBILE ID: Finnish travellers can use the DTC app to add a digital version of their passport to their phone Citizens of Finland travelling on Finnair flights to and from London, Manchester and ...

OPEN LOOP: The KTEL bus group is rolling out contactless payments across 33 Greek cities and islands Passengers using bus services across 33 cities and islands in Greece will soon be able to make ...

The countries which have announced increases to date are Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt ...

Google Wallet is to gain support for a wide variety of new types of contactless credentials, including health insurance cards and employee ID badges, and is also expanding its support for mobile ...

PREPAID: Starbucks Rewards unspent stored value grew by almost US$200m in the year Q3 2020 to 2021 Starbucks customers have accumulated a total unspent balance of US$1.628bn on the company’s prepaid ...

Customers at Whole Foods Market stores in the greater Denver area in the US state of Colorado can now gain access to the supermarket and make contactless payments for their purchases with their palm.

Since NFC World first began reporting on developments in the international near field communication market in October 2008, we have covered hundreds of trials, pilots, tests and commercial NFC and ...

INSTANT ISSUANCE: Customers apply for the Visa digital prepaid card by scanning a QR code Football fans attending the FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be able to authenticate payments for purchases at ...

The performance requirements document is anticipated to be published for EMVCo Associate review and input by the end of Q2 2023, chair of the EMVCo CDCVM Task Force Jianhua Ni says. “A Technical ...