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At 12, Apple Pay Has Yet to Break the Card Habit In-Store

At 12, Apple Pay Has Yet to Break the Card Habit In-Store
At 12, Apple Pay Has Yet to Break the Card Habit In-Store
October 20, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Your phone can handle the checkout. Your hand may still reach for the same old card. Twelve years after Apple Pay arrived, mobile wallets are...

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Walmart NFC Rollout Accelerates the Move to Wallet-Based Checkout
Walmart NFC Rollout Accelerates the Move to Wallet-Based Checkout
August 24, 2026  |  Retail

Walmart’s move to NFC lands as mobile wallets are taking a larger role at the register, giving one of the prominent remaining retail holdouts in...

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Open-Loop Systems Help Modernize Transit Payments
Open-Loop Systems Help Modernize Transit Payments
February 23, 2026  |  Transportation

Transit systems around the world are moving away from cash and paper tickets. Instead, they are moving toward modernized payments tied to bank-issued contactless cards...

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Visa Acceptance Platform Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone Capability
Visa Acceptance Platform Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone Capability
February 03, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Visa now enables its Visa Acceptance Platform clients to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone. The company introduced a software development kit (SDK) that allows...

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Mastercard Leans Into Agentic Commerce and Stablecoins While Card Volumes Rise
Mastercard Leans Into Agentic Commerce and Stablecoins While Card Volumes Rise
January 29, 2026  |  Earnings

Card spending continued to climb in Mastercard’s fourth quarter, as the payments giant laid out a roadmap that reaches beyond plastic and taps agentic commerce...

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UK Allows Firms to Set Their Own Limits for Contactless Payments
UK Allows Firms to Set Their Own Limits for Contactless Payments
December 19, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said rule changes that will take effect in March 2026 will allow banks and payment service providers to...

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Apple Pay Turns 11 and Its Rivals Are Catching Up
Apple Pay Turns 11 and Its Rivals Are Catching Up
October 20, 2025  |  Mobile

Digital wallets have reached a turning point. Weekly in-store usage has more than doubled year over year, and Apple Pay now moves an estimated $450...

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Credit Unions Bet on 5 Digital Plays to Win the Next Generation
Credit Unions Bet on 5 Digital Plays to Win the Next Generation
September 16, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Keeping Generation Z engaged is more than a marketing imperative; for credit unions, it’s fast becoming a survival strategy. Gen Z’s digital-first expectations and readiness...

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