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.

Garmin Earnings Boosted By Smartwatch Popularity

Garmin Earnings Boosted By Smartwatch Popularity
Garmin Earnings Boosted By Smartwatch Popularity
February 21, 2019  |  Earnings

With the demand for watches by outdoor adventurers bolstering earnings, Garmin’s stock reached its highest point in 11 years, rising 17 percent. The company’s revenue...

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Investors Eyeing Card Volume, B2B Gains For Visa’s Earnings Report
Investors Eyeing Card Volume, B2B Gains For Visa’s Earnings Report
January 29, 2019  |  Earnings

Investors and analysts will have their eyes on Visa’s growth across cross-border transactions and card spend in its fiscal first quarter, a double-digit trajectory seen...

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Today In Data: Adapting To The New Rules As Written
Today In Data: Adapting To The New Rules As Written
January 29, 2019  |  Today In Data

Digital commerce is evolving around the world. In some places, like India, it is happening by statute, and leaving no small amount of confusion in...

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Discover, Garmin Pay Team On Payments
Discover, Garmin Pay Team On Payments
January 28, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Discover, the payments company, and Garmin International announced on Monday (Jan. 28) that Discover cardmembers can now make payments using Garmin Pay, a contactless payment solution...

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Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
January 28, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round...

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UK Banks Urged To Help Street Vendors Take Contactless Payments
UK Banks Urged To Help Street Vendors Take Contactless Payments
January 02, 2019  |  Mobile

The Big Issue Foundation is urging U.K. banks — as well as the country’s financial regulator — to make it easier for its homeless vendors...

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JCB Debuts QR Codes In South Asia
JCB Debuts QR Codes In South Asia
December 26, 2018  |  Point of Sale

JCB subsidiary CB International has rolled out a new EMV QR code payment service that will allow the cardholder to make contactless payments using a...

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Italian Bank Intesa Sanpaolo, Mastercard To Test Biometric Contactless Payment Cards
Italian Bank Intesa Sanpaolo, Mastercard To Test Biometric Contactless Payment Cards
December 19, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Digital security company Gemalto announced Wednesday (Dec. 19) that it is supplying Intesa Sanpaolo, the Italian bank, with what it said is the first Mastercard...

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