Neowin News Feed for: Contactless

Apple reportedly working on tech enabling iPhones to accept NFC payments

Usama Jawad — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Apple will reportedly issue a software update in the coming months enabling iPhone users to accept NFC payments without requiring any external hardware, in a move that will also bypass Square. Read more...

Panasonic is working with partners to enhance arena ticketing in Japan

Paul Hill — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:02:01 +0000

Panasonic has announced a partnership with various Japanese firms in order to enhance the experience at arenas. The firm hopes to make entering stadiums and purchases from stores seamless. Read more...

Las Vegas Monorail tickets now available through Google Pay

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:44:01 +0000

Google has announced that users of the Las Vegas Monorail can now save their mobile tickets to Google Pay in order to board the vehicle more quickly. Once saved, just scan your phone on the reader. Read more...

Visa to pilot contactless payment with sunglasses

Mina Esapa — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:32:01 +0000

Visa is to trial fifty pairs of sunglasses which can be used for NFC payment with partners and influencers at the World Surf League's 2017 Quiksilver and Roxy Pro surf competition in Australia. Read more...

'Curve' is an all-in-one credit card contender vying to replace your wallet

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:16:01 +0000

Curve, an all-in-one credit card, is vying to replace your wallet. But, unlike competitors, the Curve card offers compatibility with chip and pin, magnetic stripe and contactless technology. Read more...

NFC payments coming to McDonalds in the UK

Mike Brown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:30 +0000

McDonalds has revealed plans to install contactless payment technology in all of their UK restaurants this summer, The Mirror reports. Around £1.5 million is being invested into the scheme, which will see the system being... Read more...

Barclaycard plans OnePulse national rollout

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:32:42 +0000

Barclaycard has announced its intention to increase the use of its OnePulse contactless payment cards. The firm said that it will have issued over one million of the cards by the end of this year,... Read more...

Fed weighs future of contactless payments

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:36:21 +0000

You can call it 'cash 2.0': a new age of wireless payment technology that may replace even the smallest cash transactions in the coming years with the wave of a credit card or mobile phone.... Read more...