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Android Pay Expected to Support HCE, Targeted to Encourage More Third-Party...
By: Kiona Smith-Strickland NFC Times Exclusive Insight– Google’s recently announced API for NFC payments applications, Android Pay, is expected to support apps using host card emulation, or HCE, but...
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Google Unveils Response to Apple Pay, Pitching Android Pay as ‘Open...
Jun 5 2015 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google announced its much-anticipated response to Apple Pay, with an updated host-card-emulation-based payments platform, Android Pay, that...
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Google Launches Android Pay as HCE Alternative to Rival Apple Pay Service
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google officially launched Android Pay in the U.S., its host card emulation-based rival to Apple Pay and its second stab at rolling out NFC payments for...
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Google Announces Plans to Expand Android Pay to Australia, as Apple Regroups...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google has announced it will expand Android Pay in the contactless payments hotspot of Australia during the first half of 2016 with at least two of the...
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Many U.S. Merchants Continue to Balk at Accepting NFC Wallets; One Reason:...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive –Few industry sources agree on the size of the contactless-acceptance footprint in the U.S. that enables merchants to accept Apple Pay and other NFC-enabled...
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Barclays: No Plans to Support Android Pay or Samsung Pay; Sees Own HCE Apps...
By: Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight –Barclays has no current plans to support Google’s Android Pay service or Samsung Pay because by adding the Contactless Mobile functionality to the...
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Android Pay Launches in Australia with ANZ but Not Yet with Westpac or Other...
By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google has launched Android Pay in its fourth country, Australia, with one of the country’s big four banks, ANZ, but the launch was beset by delays that...
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Android Pay Continues International Expansion with Launch in Hong Kong
By: Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google is trying to play catch up with Apple Pay and Samsung Pay by accelerating the international expansion of its mobile payments service, Android...
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Google Chases Goal of Multichannel Mobile Payments with Both Checkout and...
By: Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – As global mobile wallet providers Google, Samsung and Microsoft race to deliver multichannel payments to stay on par with Apple, all three have chosen...
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Android Pay Launches in Contactless Hot Spot Poland, but Cards from Only One...
By: Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google has expanded its mobile payments service into a sixth market, Poland, targeting the country’s high penetration of contactless point-of-sale...
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Android Pay Launches in New Zealand with Participation from Only One Bank
By: Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Just a couple weeks after launching its mobile payments service in Poland, Google has expanded to another market, New Zealand–and as in Poland, Android...
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Google Adds Another Small Market with Launch of Android Pay in Ireland
By: Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google has expanded Android Pay to yet another small international market, with the launch in Ireland today, with participation from one of the four...
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How It Works: Android Pay Launches in Japan Without HCE, Backed by One...
By: Dan Balaban and Istvan Fekete NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google is using an embedded secure element to enable users to tap to pay in its latest Android Pay market, Japan–the first time since...
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Top 10 Misses: Wallet Take-Up, Bank Recruitment, Payments Wearables Rollouts...
Jan 5 2017 By: Dan Balaban NFC Times Exclusive – The rollout of digital payments, including services using NFC technology, are undoubtedly making progress, especially compared with just a few years...
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Exclusive: Why are Some of the Largest U.S. Merchants Balking at Supporting NFC?
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – While the base of contactless point-of-sale terminals in the U.S. has grown substantially over the past two and a half years, some of the country’s largest...
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Android Pay Launches in Belgium, While State-Owned Belfius Bank Takes...
By: Istvan Fekete NFC TIMES Exclusive – Two of the largest banks in Belgium have launched, or are planning to launch, HCE-based mobile payments but chose different approaches: BNP Paribas Fortis...
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Analysis: Following Delays, PayPal ‘Soon’ to Launch Next Attempt at In-Store...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – PayPal and Google announced a deal that promises to finally bring HCE payments to U.S. PayPal account holders, after delays–enabling users to pay with...
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Samsung Pay Nears Launch in Taiwan; Android Pay Expected to Follow
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – Samsung Pay is expected to launch next month in Taiwan, followed by Android Pay, as the two global “Pays” wallets gear up to compete with Apple Pay on the island...
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PayPal Will Use Discover Acceptance Infrastructure and Tokenization for...
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – PayPal will use the Discover Financial Services acceptance infrastructure and tokenization for its move to in-store payments with Android Pay, NFC Times has...
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Why is Mobile Wallet Adoption So Disappointing? Some Industry Players Weigh In
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive – NFC wallets are failing to catch on in the U.S., especially for in-store transactions, for a variety of reasons, including poor awareness among consumers and...
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