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Contactless cards are consumers tool of choice for low-value payments
Contactless cards will account for 57% of payment cards worldwide by 2023 as issuers increasingly offer them as standard, and...
Cash Vs Contactless – The UK payments market
That the use of cash in the UK is falling is not news, with predictions that fewer than one in...
BBVA launches tokenized global mobile payments platform
Spanish bank BBVA has developed a new platform to enable secure mobile payments in all countries it operates. Using token...
2.6 billion smart payment cards shipped globally in 2018
Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, has published its 2018 annual top smart payment...
Contactless payments continue to rise – £6 billion per month
Contactless payments are on the rise. Across all markets that have reached a critical mass consumers are starting to understand...
8.2 billion payments chip cards distributed globally
According to figures released by the chip card industry standards body, EMV Co, more that 8.2 billion chip cards have...
The wider implications of why JCPenney stopped Apple Pay
Last week it was reported that one of the major US retailers JCPenney stopped support for Apple Pay. Was it...
FIME brings NFC Forum certification services to Japan
FIME is the only testing laboratory in Japan accredited to provide NFC Forum testing and certification services. Japanese card, terminal...