

- 28 oct. 2021
Payment industry revenue to double by 2030
The end of the health crisis occurring now induces multiple effects: we are experiencing multiple shortages not only in semiconductors, we are in an unanticipated economic growth but some sectors are left behind. The whole world economy has been shaken by the Covid and its consequences in terms of closed borders and lockdowns. It is now in the midst of a huge convulsion before the dust settles and we’re back to more usual slow evolutions. Making forecasts, anticipating the fu


- 21 oct. 2021
Pay with your face in Moscow metro
A new step has been taken in the increasing role biometrics play in our daily lives with the announcement by Moscow Metro that its "Face Pay" payment system based on facial recognition was now accepted at all of its 241 stations. Pilots had already been run including face recognition for shopping in China or for paying bus fares in Kazakhstan in 2020, but Moscow is the first large scale rollout of the technology. According to Moscow public transport authorities, the system is


- 15 oct. 2021
Apple’s NFC under EU investigation
News emerged recently that the European Commission was planning to charge Apple over its NFC chip technology, according to Reuters. Actually, since the introduction of NFC on iPhones, many have complained they could not get a full access to NFC functionalities preventing them from developing applications. Apple repeatedly mentioned privacy and safety issues to justify its policies on Apple Pay and, more generally, on NFC features access: · Security: Apple’s doctrine is t


- 7 oct. 2021
Private 5G networks to transform corporations
The world has been talking about 5G for years, and public networks are deployed in 58 countries as of June 2021, according to GSA; 5G networks are expected to reach a billion users by 2023, according to CCS Insight. However, private 5G networks is an aspect of 5G that has been receiving less media attention over the last few years. 5G was introduced as a means to unify all network needs, including IoT, data and voice communication, television, and many other usages. Numerous