“Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is working with Apple to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone for its U.S. customers later this year. The solution allows Adyen’s U.S. customers to use their iPhones to accept contactless payments, without the need to purchase or manage additional hardware or payment terminals. Adyen is working with enterprise customers and commerce platforms, such as Lightspeed Commerce and NewStore, to bring the feature to even more businesses. With Adyen’s support, NewStore will pilot the new capability with its customer Vince.”

“GoDaddy has announced it is launching into in-person payments by allowing users to turn their device into a point of sale ( POS ) device.    GoDaddy’s solution is somewhat novel: unlike Square’s physical reader (which connects to an iPhone) or Apple using the iPhone’s NFC chip, GoDaddy is using QR codes and its app to let people pay merchants.”

“Apple today announced plans to introduce Tap to Pay on iPhone. The new capability will empower millions of merchants across the US, from small businesses to large retailers, to use their iPhone to seamlessly and securely accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets through a simple tap to their iPhone — no additional hardware or payment terminal needed. Tap to Pay on iPhone will be available for payment platforms and app developers to integrate into their iOS apps and offer as a payment option to their business customers. Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone to their business customers, including the Shopify Point of Sale app this spring. Additional payment platforms and apps will follow later this year.”

“Small businesses will soon be able to use iPhones to accept payments without the need for Square-style extra hardware, according to a Bloomberg report . The feature has been anticipated since Apple bought contactless payment startup Mobeewave in 2020, and Bloomberg now says it could be coming via a software update “in the coming months.” Mobeewave previously worked with Samsung on similar NFC functionality, trialling a system called Samsung POS in the startup’s home country of Canada in 2019 before launching it worldwide. Samsung POS enabled Samsung phones to accept payments directly from contactless cards and NFC payment services like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay.”

“An estimated 500,000 new merchants across the Middle East and Africa will soon be able to benefit from simple, seamless and convenient digital payment acceptance via Network International’s Tap on Phone technology, which enables mobile phones to act as payment terminals. The initiative marks a new milestone between Mastercard, a technology leader in the global payments industry, and Network International, a leading enabler of digital commerce. Tap on Phone powered by Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS), gives small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) the ability to accept payments through a smartphone.”

“MagicCube, the startup that created the Software Defined Trust (SDT) category, announced today a $15 million round of investments led by Mosaik Partners, with participation of Bold Capital, Epic Ventures, cardreader maker ID Tech, and individual investors in the fintech space. Funds raised in this round will be used to accelerate deployment of the company’s unmatched software-based security solutions aimed at replacing security chips used today as the standard to safely store sensitive data and authenticate whoever needs access to it.”

“NMI , a leading global payments enablement technology company, and J.P. Morgan , the No. 1 acquirer of web transactions in Europe* for the sixth year running, will utilize NMI’s portfolio of retail, mPOS, unattended and tap to mobile technologies to serve J.P. Morgan customers in a selection of European countries…NMI’s broad range of payment technologies and solutions focusing on contactless enablement, unattended and emerging tap to mobile, can provide J.P. Morgan’s merchant customers with innovative card-present capabilities to support consumers’ needs as they return to stores.”

“After piloting Tap to Phone in more than thirty countries, Visa (NYSE:V) today announced its first Tap to Phone pilot in the United States. Visa is touching down in Washington, D.C., one of the U.S. cities with the highest percentage of Black-owned small businesses (SMBs) to launch Tap to Phone and deliver resources and education via Visa Street Teams as part of Visa’s goal to digitally-enable 50 million SMBs . Washington, D.C. is the first stop on Visa’s six-city SMB revitalization initiative, which also includes Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami.”

“Viva Wallet, a pan-European neobank providing localised payment services to businesses has launched a Tap on Phone solution for both contactless and pin payments, with the capability of turning any NFC enabled Android device into a card terminal. With no installation, no contract, no monthly charges, and no purchase of a physical card terminal required, Viva Wallet’s aim is to provide a cost-efficient alternative to payments acceptance and at the same time, meet consumer expectations in this increasingly digital world where contactless payment is preferred.”

“MagicCube’s software that converts Android devices into mobile point-of-sale terminals will be deployed in the U.K. and Ireland through a partnership with payments provider Dojo. London-based Dojo’s payment acceptance technology will integrate with MagicCube’s i-Accept software. The companies are testing the technology in different venues in the U.K., with plans to scale as soon as tests are complete. MagicCube has long focused on technology that allows customer use of PIN on a glass surface , as well as advancing contactless payment technology during the global pandemic.”

“PayTabs, MENA’s award-winning payment solutions powerhouse, today announced the launch of their PayTabs Touch product, globally known as Tap to Phone – a contactless merchant payment acceptance solution. With the Tap to Phone touchscreen solution and owing to changing lifestyles, consumerism and the rapid growth in e-tailing, millions of merchants will now be able to rely purely on contactless software-based solutions to accept payments. Tap to Phone aims to make traditional expensive location centric devices like physical POS devices and terminals, obsolete.”

“MagicCube , the leader in the new category of Software Defined Trust (SDT), today announced that Visa® has issued a security compliance allowance for i-Accept™, a complete software-based replacement for traditional payment acceptance terminals. This compliance confirms that MagicCube has successfully completed the security evaluation by Brightsight, the largest independent security testing lab in the world, based on requirements set out in the Visa Ready Tap to Phone mPOS Solution Requirements with optional PIN capture guidelines.”

“Spanish banking group BBVA is to pilot a service which will enable merchants to accept contactless payments on their Android smartphones without the need of additional hardware. The proof of concept pilot will integrate fintech company Rubean’s PhonePOS solution into the merchant apps of up to 2,000 of BBVA’s merchant clients in Spain, allowing them to turn their smartphone into a contactless POS terminal.”

“The Kroger Co. today announced the launch of a contactless payments pilot across the QFC division, located in Seattle, Wash., allowing customers to use their mobile device for a more seamless checkout experience. The pilot includes the acceptance of Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Fitbit Pay, mobile banking apps and contactless chip cards, underpinned by near-field communication (NFC) technology.”

““Tap to Phone makes it easy for sellers to use Android smartphones to accept payments without any additional hardware. It’s as simple as downloading an app. “This means millions more sellers everywhere will be able to accept contactless payments using current-generation mobile devices. Customers win too, as they’ll be able [to] make payments in seconds by simply tapping their contactless card, phone or watch to the seller’s Tap to Phone-enabled smartphone.” “While 40% of the national GDP in emerging markets is contributed by small and micro-sellers, fewer than 10% of these sellers accept digital payments,” the payments network adds.”

“Mobeewave Inc. , a Montreal-based specialist in technology for contactless payments, said on Wednesday it is launching a streamlined merchant-onboarding process in connection with a payment-acceptance service it introduced in October with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. That service lets merchants accept contactless payments via a near-field communication link between the consumer’s card and the merchant’s phone.”

“The iCON case provides an easier means of managing devices in-store. Currently designed for Ingenico’s Moby/8500 and Link/2500 mobile point of sale (mPOS) devices, the iCON case is a magnetic enclosure enabling in-store customer service, wait staff, concierges and others to easily attach and detach their preferred smart devices from their mPOS. This allows them to engage with their customers when and where they’re needed and provide a new level of value while limiting any friction customers typically experience during checkout. In addition, the solution’s docking station allows merchants to lock down devices at the end of the day, adding another highly-valuable security measure for merchants.”

“Merchants and retailers may soon be able to accept contactless card payments on their phones. Global payments major Mastercard is set to launch a solution in India where a smartphone can become a contactless acceptance device.”