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Barclays rolls out HCE-based contactless payment app

Barclaycard has begun the roll out of a contactless mobile app for Android smartphones using Host Card Emulation technology.

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Malware found at 250 Hyatt hotels

Hyatt Hotels has found signs of malware designed to steal payment card information at 250 of its sites.

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New York subway and buses to go contactless in 2018

From 2018 travellers will finally be able to pay for New York subway and bus journeys with a tap of their contactless bank card or mobile phone.

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Visa contactless tube journeys hit million a day milestone

As the UK prepares to roll out contactless payments across its public transport networks, the technology's popularity has been underlined by figures which show that in a single day last month more than a million journeys on London's tube were paid for with the tap of a Visa card.

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Dubai preps mobile phone number-based payments system

People in Dubai will soon be able to ditch cash, cards and handsets, making instore and online payments using their mobile numbers.

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EMV chip cards account for one-in-three of all card-present transactions globally

One-in-three of all card-present transactions undertaken globally between July 2014 and June 2015 used EMV chip technology.

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Android Pay adds in-app payments; preps Australia launch

Google is expanding the reach of Android Pay, adding in-app payments in the US and promising international launches, beginning with Australia, for 2016.

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China UnionPay unveils mobile payments service

Card scheme China UnionPay has teamed up with over 20 local banks to launch an HCE-based contactless mobile payments service.

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Walmart launches mobile payments service

With no sign of a full-scale MCX launch in sight, Walmart, a leading member of the retailer-owned mobile payments venture, has taken matters into its own hands by adding a QR code-based payments feature to its app.

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ING activates mobile payments for Dutch Android users

Dutch bank ING has added contactless payments to its mobile banking app for Android smartphones, rolling out the service to all customers nationwide following a three-month trial run.

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Target reaches $39.4m data breach settlement

Target has reached a $39.4 million settlement with banks and credit unions over expenses accrued following the massive 2013 data breach at the US retail chain.

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Accounting software outfit FreshBooks enters mPOS market

Toronto-based accounting software outfit FreshBooks is entering the crowded American mPOS market through the launch of an app and dongle-based system that lets small businesses accept card payments through their iPhones.

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German mobile payments outfit Yapital wound down

German retail giant Otto Group is shutting down its Yapital mobile payments business, blaming a competitive market and weak consumer take up.

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Norwegian mobile payments service Valyou shuts down

Norwegian mobile payments service Valyou has been shut down, with owners Telenor, DNB and SpareBank 1 blaming a lack of NFC-enabled payment terminals and support from their fellow banks and telcos for their project's failure.

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MasterCard bids to develop tech spec for mobile loyalty integration

MasterCard is bidding to develop a standard technical specification to ease the integration of retailer loyalty programmes with bank-issued mobile payments apps.

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NCR gets $820m Blackstone investment

Private equity giant Blackstone is paying $820 million for a 17% stake in ATM manufacturer NCR, which intends to use the money to accelerate its transformation into a software and services firm and embark on a share buyback programme.

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Lucova brings selfie payments to college campus

Students at Southwestern College in Kansas can now pay by selfie on campus thanks to a new app developed by mobile commerce outfit Lucova.

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Square sets conservative IPO price range

Square says it expects to price its initial public offering at between $11 and $13 per share, valuing Jack Dorsey's payments startup at up to $4.2 billion.

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Worldline and Equens joins forces

European payments firms Worldline and Equens are merging their processing businesses. Meanwhile, Worldline is also buying Equens' commercial acquiring unit, PaySquare, for EUR72 million in cash.

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Amazon kills mPOS service

Amazon is getting out the crowded mPOS market, shutting down its Register service little more than a year after launch.