Android and Apple users in 10 Chinese cities can now download a pilot version of the country’s digital yuan wallet app directly from the iOS and Android app stores that enables them to acquire, store ...

TAP TO PAY: Merchants in Taiwan can now use their iPhone to accept contactless card and digital wallet payments Merchants in Taiwan have become the first outside the USA to be able to accept in-store ...

NFC DIGITAL KEY: Drivers will be able to use Apple CarKey to access BMW’s iX series electric cars Apple iPhone users who purchase a BMW iX electric car will be able to lock, unlock and start the ...

Apple Pay has launched in El Salvador and Guatemala with support for Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards issued by BAC Credomatic and Promerica banks in both countries as well as by Banco G&T ...

Canada’s DCBank has partnered with technology supplier XTM to provide shopping malls and entertainment venues with ‘reverse ATMs’ that let customers instantly convert their physical money into a ...

Customers of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) can now apply for a biometric payment card that allows them to authenticate contactless payments at the point of sale with their fingerprints. KIB is ...

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation “to assess whether Apple’s conduct in connection with Apple Pay violates EU competition rules”. “The investigation concerns Apple’s ...

The central banks of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are to develop an interoperable cross-border payments system that will enable residents of each country to use their ...

Apple Pay has gone live in a number of shopping malls in Kuwait prior to a full rollout in the country “soon”, according to media reports. The partial rollout comes after Apple reached an agreement ...

BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION: Customers register two of their fingerprints and link them to the card Customers of BMCI bank in Morocco can now apply for a biometric payment card that allows them to ...

The number of cities worldwide where Google Wallet users can now store digital transit tickets or make open loop or closed loop contactless fare payments with a credit, debit or prepaid transit card ...

DIGITAL ID: Arizona residents can now add their driving iicence and state ID to Apple Wallet Apple users in Arizona are the first in the US to be able to add digital versions of their driving licence ...