Caixa, Gemalto, Telefonica, Visa deliver payments app at MWC

News Wireless Spain 18 FEB 2013
Caixa, Gemalto, Telefonica, Visa deliver payments app at MWC

As part of the new NFC Experience at Mobile World Congress, four partners have come together to deliver a mobile contactless payment experience. CaixaBank, Gemalto, Telefonica and Visa Europe will deliver a payments application which will be offered to 3,500 delegates at Mobile World Congress between 25 and 28 February in Barcelona.

Developed by Telefonica Digital, the app will allow delegates to make mobile contactless payments using a pre-paid card especially developed for mobile payments, which has been enabled to work with Visa’s contactless payment technology. The card is issued by MoneyToPay, the new subsidiary for the prepaid business created by CaixaBank. 

Delegates will be able to access the service on an Xperia smartphone provided by Sony Mobile, and using wallet technology developed by Telefonica Digital. The app will come pre-loaded with EUR 15, allowing delegates to make payments at contactless payment terminals across the Fira Gran Via. The app will also allow payments at any of the 16,000 Visa contactless payment terminals in stores, commercial centers and city markets, as well as 700 taxis installed by CaixaBank around Barcelona.

Categories:

Mobile

Companies:

Telefonica- Movistar,  Gemalto,  Sony,  Visa

Regions:

Global

Countries:

Spain

Tags:

e-Payment, IT - applications, Consumer

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