Friday, July 5, 2013

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In Kazan implemented contactless payments based on NFC

In Kazan implemented contactless payments based on NFC

     Company "MegaFon" and a subsidiary of MegaLabs, «AK BARS" Bank and MasterCard International payment system launched in the capital of Tatarstan, a joint NFC-project - SIM-card with Mobile MasterCard PayPass technology and banking application on the basis of multi-Gold MasterCard card from the "AK BARS" Bank.

      New solution for contactless payments allows "one-touch", just putting the phone to the reader to pay for goods and services multi-bank card. The project is unique in the fact that the owners of these SIM-cards, in addition to the traditional set of "card" services, can use advanced features. For example, users can receive bonuses or cash-back loyalty program "Other companies" pay for travel in the subway and surface transport Kazan. Also, getting on the map to tickets for events of the Universiade 2013, you can use the electronic system during the passage of the stadium - will be enough to touch the phone at the turnstile reader, and do not need to submit a ticket.

      To use the offer, subscribers have in one of the branches of "AK BARS "Bank in Kazan replace conventional SIM-card" Megaphone "on SIM-card with support for NFC and established banking application. If the caller was not up to this client "AK BARS" Bank, it would when visiting the office will open a bank account. service works on phones with support for NFC, certified MasterCard, available on the Russian market. If the user's phone does not support the technology NFC, it is sufficient to establish a special mini-antenna, which can be bought for 10 rubles in the salons of "MegaFon" in Kazan.

      Paying with your phone you can buy in any point of sale, POS terminals equipped with PayPass-readers. Produce payment for goods and services for MasterCard PayPass technology can be in 51 countries, including in Russia, where the contactless payment acceptance network MasterCard actively developed. In the world there are 866,000 marketplaces taking PayPass.


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