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Germany to begin rollout of open national digital identity service ‘later this year’

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:33:32 GMT

German consumers with a Galaxy S20 mobile phone will be the first to be able to use a new government-backed service that allows citizens to securely store their national ID on an embedded secure element in their smartphone, Samsung has announced. The smartphone maker is working with the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), […]

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Coffee shop rolls out face-based payments in Romania

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:10:28 GMT

Tucano Coffee has installed a payments system that enables customers to make contact-free payments using face biometrics at its Afi Park coffee shop in Bucharest, Romania. The international coffee chain’s Afi Park outlet is the second to install the solution in Bucharest, following its introduction in February this year at the city’s Creamier ice cream […]

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Croatian merchants to leverage NFC for in-store consumer reviews

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:01:44 GMT

Croatian digital marketing agency Mint Media has launched a new service that lets consumers tap an NFC-enabled review board to quickly and easily leave a TripAdvisor, Google or Facebook review for a local business. “Over the past few years, we got a lot of requests from clients about how to improve their online reputation,” CEO […]

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Manchester bar to introduce finger vein biometrics for payments, age verification and Covid-19 ...

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:02:39 GMT

The Alchemist, a busy cocktail bar and restaurant in the UK city of Manchester, is to roll out a new service that uses finger vein biometrics to provide a combined payments, age verification and permission-based contact tracing service that removes the need for customers to carry a physical ID card. The service, developed by FinGo, […]

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Three in four US consumers now prefer using contactless cards

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:24:29 GMT

A survey of 1,000 US consumers who are familiar with contactless payment cards has found that 75% now prefer using contactless cards as their primary payment method. Sanitation (70%) and speed (67%) are the top reasons cited by respondents. “This prioritisation is most prominent among Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X when compared to Baby […]

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