You’ll likely have seen the abbreviation “NFC” when browsing smartphone, wearable, and app features — but what exactly does it mean? Most smartphones have Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology ...

Near-field communication (NFC) mobile payments are a type of digital payment used among consumers of all ages. Below, we’ll explain what NFC mobile payments are, their pros and cons and everything ...

Apple Pay is Apple's mobile payments service that initially launched in 2014. It is designed to allow iPhone, iPad, Mac, ...

Banks, credit card issuers, telecommunications providers and cellular-phone manufacturers all are battling to carve out a role in the nascent mobile-payments market. In May, Google unveiled plans to ...

NFC is an increasingly useful technology in the modern world, and now it’s getting a range boost as the standard will now operate at 2cm away, nearly four times the previous requirement in a change ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Apple is being sued by the US Department of Justice for an ...

The launch of Apple Pay last month jump-started the mobile payments business, with several companies pushing hard to become your preferred payment method in stores. Even more competitors are on the ...

Cash App has launched Cash App Tags, starting with a $25 accessory that lets users tap to pay with a sparkly wand.

Paying for your morning coffee by tapping your phone against a terminal has become so routine that it's easy to forget how much happens behind the scenes during those two seconds. Apple Pay launched ...