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Some of New Zealand’s biggest banks and telcos have joined forces to launch Semble, a SIM-based NFC mobile payments service. Telcos Vodafone, 2degrees, Telecom teamed up with bank-owned payments network Paymark on the joint venture nearly three years ago, promising to enable New Zealanders to make secure payments, collect loyalty points and use public transport [...]

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The Payment Systems Regulator, which launched on Wednesday, will open up access of the infrastructure underpinning financial transactions, from mobile payments to house purchases. The largest lenders, such as Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC, own and control the main systems, such as Faster Payments, which are used to make money transfers. Hannah [...]

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Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals. Following new agreements with Visa and Carta Worldwide, contactless card payments via Vodafone Wallet will be enabled in European markets from Q2 2015 onwards. This service, which requires a Vodafone [...]

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A recent rise in fraudulent Apple Pay transactions raises concerns among security analysts that the service’s simplicity may be a major weakness. Users only have to open the app on smartphones and enter a credit card number, the expiration date, and the verification code, and then Apple scores those users as safe or risky according [...]

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Research and opinion on mobile payment trends contain conflicting predictions and conclusions, partly as a result of banks commissioning fewer market studies, leaving researchers to find a new starting point for evaluation, says consultant Steve Mott. For example, research from Auriemma Consulting Group found at least 42% of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users have [...]

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