“SoftPOS adoption is set to surge over 1000% by 2028, with India leading the charge. AI and 5G will further enhance fraud ...

“Brands can leverage rich data streams made possible by DPP initiatives to track all the value derived from a product. When ...

Global contactless payment transaction values will increase from US$7.7tn in 2025 to US$18.1tn in 2030, a rise of 106%, ...

STABLECOIN PILOT: UAE taxi passengers can now pay their fares via AE Coin on their mobile phones Passengers using taxi services provided by Abu Dhabi-based Tawasul Transport can now take part in a ...

The move marks the first time that Google Wallet and Google Pay have been available in Bangladesh. Apple Pay is not yet available in the country, which has a population of 175.6m. Customers can add ...

TAP TO TRANSFER: NFC P2P feature lets Samsung Galaxy users tap their phones to send money Samsung Galaxy owners in the US can now transfer funds directly to a contact’s bank account by just tapping ...

The NFC Forum has published a candidate specification for a new NFC Digital Product Passport (NDPP) standard that will enable NFC Forum tags already in use for other applications to also store ...

The move follows last year’s deal between Apple and the EU to open up access to the iPhone’s NFC functionality so that third-parties can offer iOS users a host card emulation-based alternative to ...

Adoption of Visa’s Tap to Phone softPOS solution has increased 200% year-on-year globally and by 234% in the ‘highest’ countries — the US, the UK and Brazil — Visa reports. There are now “millions of ...

Zebra Technologies has unveiled an enterprise Android smartphone that comes with built-in support for both ultra high frequency RFID and NFC tag reading — and the ability to also function as a ...

The FiRa Consortium has published an update to its technical specifications for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology that add support for “advanced UWB applications that require various combinations of ...

Smartphones will in the future come with the ability to read RAIN RFID tags, opening up new opportunities for consumers to engage with the world around them via their mobile device, wireless ...