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 ...

Merchants in the USA including fashion retailers Vince, Burton, G-Star and Scotch & Soda have begun enabling staff to accept in-store contactless payments on iPhones using Apple’s Tap to Pay software ...

The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has named the partner organisations that will support the next phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DIGITAL CURRENCY: Bahamians can now use the Sand Dollar to pay and make transfers from a digital wallet Citizens of the Bahamas can now make payments and transfers from a digital wallet using 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 ...

BIOMETRICS: More than 32m journeys were paid for using the FacePay contactless fare system in 2022 Passengers travelling on the Moscow Metro and Moscow Central Circle services in the Russian capital ...

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 ...