Near-field communication (NFC) mobile payments are a type of digital payment used among consumers of all ages. Below, we’ll explain what NFC mobile payments are, their pros and cons and everything ...

Starbucks says it has done just fine using basic barcode scanning technology for its successful U.S. smartphone payment system, which raises the question: Who really needs Near Field Communication ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Apple has proposed opening its NFC payment technology to third-party developers in Europe, allowing direct rivals to Apple Pay to operate on the iPhone for the first time. Historically, the use of ...

That’s understandable, as NFC and mobile payments have been grouped together by analysts, pundits, researchers and retailers since the short-range wireless technology first started making headlines in ...

Earlier this year, Apple opened up the iPhone’s NFC chip to third-party contactless payment services in the EU to comply with the DMA. Following some extensive evaluation, the EU is reportedly happy ...

Customers can now make payments simply by tapping their phones on an NFC (Near Field Communication)-enabled QR code through bKash.

British fintech company Curve has launched contactless payments for iPhone users in the European Union, becoming the second third-party payment service after PayPal to take advantage of Apple's newly ...

STMicroelectronics has released its ST53G system-in-package (SiP). The solution consists of an integrated secure element (SE) and RF booster, in the same package, that can be built into wearable ...

PayPal today unveiled a new peer-to-peer payment functionality that allows Android users to pay each other by tapping two near field communication (NFC)-enabled devices together. The feature, which ...