Cards & Payments News Digests

Global: Google beefs up Wallet offering as battle for consumer's top-of-mind intensifies In a blog post yesterday, Google announced a slew of new features for its Wallet app centred around reducing the friction involved in everyday activities such as train or air travel, personal-identity proofs and insurance access. Biometrically protected storage of private information that one might need to hand in, for example, a healthcare setting is also promised. Barcodes and QR will make possible the digitalisation of any pass or ticket, and the company is working with authorities within the United States to legally incorporate State IDs in... Read more >