contactless payments

Contactless payments are various touch free ways of paying. When you tap to pay with your contactless card or payment-enabled device, checkout is safe and secure. These payments are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards (RFID, and NFC), or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices.

Ireland‘s AIB Drops Plan To Charge For Contactless Payments
Ireland‘s AIB Drops Plan To Charge For Contactless Payments
March 18, 2020  |  Payment Methods

The coronavirus outbreak, now spreading worldwide, has caused Ireland’s AIB to reconsider charging people for contactless payments. Contactless payments, after all, could help prevent the...

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What Sticks? Scoping Retail Behaviors In The Time Of Contagion
What Sticks? Scoping Retail Behaviors In The Time Of Contagion
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

The partial shutdown of the U.S. retail economy is unprecedented. Terror attacks on 9/11 happened well before the internet was a factor, and are therefore...

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Why Biometrics Could Be Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits
Why Biometrics Could Be Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits
March 11, 2020  |  Authentication

Contactless payments improve the speed of payments but could hit a brick wall at the point of sale if transactions exceed a certain amount. In...

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Making Invisible Payments More Than A Buzzword
Making Invisible Payments More Than A Buzzword
March 11, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

From cash and coins to mobile wallets to wearables … to invisible payments. About 90 percent of purchases are still being made in-store, but the...

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Biometrics: The Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits?
Biometrics: The Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits?
March 10, 2020  |  Authentication

 Digital identity solutions are becoming more and more commonplace, especially as consumers grow increasingly aware of the weaknesses of authentication methods like passwords. A recent...

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Visa On Tap To Pay, Cash Displacement And B2B Payments
Visa On Tap To Pay, Cash Displacement And B2B Payments
February 13, 2020  |  Payment Methods

At its investor day presentation Tuesday (Feb. 11), Visa executives laid out a roadmap to displacing cash and checks across the global stage, digitizing payments...

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New EU Card Rules Could Confuse Customers
New EU Card Rules Could Confuse Customers
February 07, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

The European Union has issued new rules for contactless payments, which has caused confusion and forced one digital bank to issue new cards, according to...

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Big Fizzle: MoviePass Passes Away
Big Fizzle: MoviePass Passes Away
January 31, 2020  |  Exclusive Series

And so it all ends in disappointment, like the umpteenth installment of a Stallone or Schwarzenegger franchise. For MoviePass and its parent company, filing Chapter...

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Visa Logs 700M Visa Direct Transactions, Contactless Payments Surge
Visa Logs 700M Visa Direct Transactions, Contactless Payments Surge
January 30, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Visa’s fiscal first-quarter results showed an acceleration of cross-border volumes, while contactless payments continued to gain ground in the U.S. and beyond. Headline results showed...

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