Optus, an Australian contactless payments service provider, is now offering payment stickers and bands as part of its strategy to find a user base beyond Android phones. The new offering, called “Cash by Optus,” relies on near-field communication (NFC) and Visa’s payWave technology to let...
Australians are banking on their smartphones and plan to ditch their debit and credit cards for their mobile device within 18 months, according to a recent Australia-based Fair Go Finance survey, conducted between March 30-April 15, 2015. And around 11 percent said they would use...
November 21, 2016
Why shouldn’t your coffee cup be able to make mobile payments? That’s the question Australian telco Optus must have been thinking when it slapped an NFC chip inside coffee cups. According to a report, Optus is partnering with Frank Green, which makes reusable so-called “smart” cups and bottles that let people pay for their coffee with […]
February 09, 2016
Optus, an Australian contactless payments service provider, is now offering payment stickers and bands as part of its strategy to find a user base beyond Android phones. The new offering,...
June 22, 2015
Australians are banking on their smartphones and plan to ditch their debit and credit cards for their mobile device within 18 months, according to a recent Australia-based Fair Go Finance...
