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1. Barclays reports growth in UK contactless spending

   A record 94.6% of all eligible in-store card transactions were made using contactless in the UK in 2024, Barclays reports, “surpassing the previous year’s record of 93.4%”. Shoppers also used the technology more frequently in 2024 – on average, 236 times across the year compared to 231 times in 2023. The cost of the average […]

   Barclays reports growth in UK contactless spending was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.

2. Half of all contactless payments in Ireland are now made via NFC

   Close to nine in ten (87.1%) of all card payments made in Ireland last year were contactless and more than half of those were made using an NFC mobile phone, Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) reports. “Over 1.5bn contactless point of sale (POS) payments, valued at €26.7 billion, were made in shops, restaurants and […]

   Half of all contactless payments in Ireland are now made via NFC was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.

3. One in seven travellers to use digital credentials by 2032

   Adoption of digital travel credentials (DTCs) will reach 15% globally by 2034 “as technical specifications, solidification of supporting infrastructure, growing digital maturity, and deepening interoperability converge to prime the digital ID space,” ABI Research predicts. “While Digital Travel Credentials (DTCs) are a natural evolution from e-passports, their implementation will be gradual due to the security-sensitive […]

   One in seven travellers to use digital credentials by 2032 was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.

4. NFC Forum calls for feedback on digital product passport specification

   The NFC Forum has published a candidate specification for a new NFC Digital Product Passport (NDPP) standard that will enable NFC Forum tags already in use for other applications to also store sustainability data. “The new NFC Forum standard defines a flexible, data agnostic framework to allow a single NFC tag embedded in a product […]

   NFC Forum calls for feedback on digital product passport specification was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.

5. RAIN Alliance to create new standard for RFID tag reading on mass market smartphones

   The RAIN Alliance is to create a new standard that will enable manufacturers to integrate support for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) tag reading into standard smartphones, making it possible for consumers and enterprises to interact with products containing RFID tags without needing specialist equipment. The move follows Qualcomm’s announcement that it is working to integrate […]

   RAIN Alliance to create new standard for RFID tag reading on mass market smartphones was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.