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

“75% of all Mastercard transactions across Europe are now contactless,” Milan Gauder, Mastercard’s EVP product and innovation for Europe, explains. “This increase in contactless limits will mean ...

STAGGERED ROLLOUT: The ECB aims to present the plan for the potential realisation phase of the digital euro to its governing council in Q3 2023 The European Central Bank (ECB) has laid out plans for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEAMLESS RESALE: The NFC tag enables owners to prove provenance and resell the item via Poshmark : Owners of handbags, wallets, clothes and shoes from Coach’s sustainable Coachtopia brand can now ...

DPP STANDARD: Mandates the data to be included in the EU battery DPP such as origin and composition A new standard that sets out the data to be contained in a digital product passport (DPP) for ...

CONTACTLESS: Shoppers check in at the entrance by tapping their payment card or device Lithuanian supermarket chain IKI has opened its second contactless convenience store in the capital Vilnius, ...

ECONOMIC METAVERSE: The ‘multi magic passport’ enables consumer avatars to authorise payments A consortium of Japan-based financial services and technology providers is to develop a ‘metaverse ...

Tokyo Metro and Tokyu Corporation are to test enabling passengers on subway and rail services in and around the Japanese capital to make contactless fare payments with their debit or credit cards ...

SMARTTHINGS FIND: Users will be able to use their smartphone to track the location of their credit card Cardholders will also receive notifications when their credit card and phone are separated and ...