The EU has ordered Apple to open up a range of iPhone NFC connectivity features to third-party connected devices

Tod's has added NFC digital product passports to the sole's of custom Gommino moccasins to authenticate the product

The RAIN Alliance has announced plans to create a new standard for RFID tag reading on mass market smartphones

The NFC Forum has issued a request for feedback on the design of a digital product passport (DPP) specification

One in seven travellers plan to use digital credentials by 2032, according to research on the adoption of DTCS

Half of all contactless payments in Ireland are now made via NFC according to the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

Barclays says a record 94.6% of all eligible in-store card transactions were made using contactless in the UK in 2024.

In a major update to its core NFC specification, the NFC Forum has extended the standard reading range over which certified devices must be able to

The UK government's planned pilot of a GPS-based digital transport ticketing system is to go live in September, the Department for Transport (DfT) has

Apple is to expand support for digital IDs and in-store payments in iOS 26 for US customers in autumn 2025

Samsung has rolled out its NFC P2P Tap to Transfer payments feature in the US for users of Samsung Galaxy handsets

Alipay is partnering with smart glasses manufacturers Meizu and Rokid to enable payments using augmented reality

The US state of Iowa has added support for Google Wallet to its mobile driver's license program

EPI has signed a 'landmark' agreement with European domestic payments brands for cross-border in-store mobile payments

City Bank customers are the first in Bangladesh to be able to use Google Pay for payments at contactless POS terminals with their NFC phone.

STABLECOIN PILOT: UAE taxi passengers can now pay their fares via AE Coin on their mobile phones Passengers using taxi services provided by Abu

Global contactless payment transaction values will increase from US$7.7tn in 2025 to US$18.1tn in 2030, a rise of 106%, market analysts Juniper Research

"Brands traditionally focus on how to increase customer lifetime value — the total revenue they extract from a single customer over time," Bain &

A Worldline India study forecasts that India is set to take the lead in SoftPOS adoption and will outpace the world in cashless transactions