Danish banks roll out Dankort mobile payments

Members of the BOKIS banking collective have become the first in Denmark to offer mobile payments using Dankort, the national debit and credit card.

The BOKIS partnership consists of 62 banks that form the small to medium-sized banks segment of the Association of Local Banks, Savings Banks and Cooperative Banks in Denmark, together with four nationwide banks: Sydbank, Spar Nord Bank, Arbejdernes Landsbank and Nykredit Bank.

Last month, the collective launched a digital wallet that allows customers with an Android device to make contactless mobile payments. Today it is launching a mobile wallet for iPhone alongside the Dankort payments, which provides almost half of the country with a mobile payments facility.

To make a mobile payment using Dankort, customers must first download a wallet app from one of the BOKIS member banks. Sydbank, Spar Nord Bank, Nykredit Bank, Arbejdernes Landsbank and Lan & Spar each have their own wallet, while local banks utilise the common My Wallet.

Jan Kondrup, director of BOKIS and Local Banks, said: “Being the first banks to offer mobile payments with Dankort is a milestone that we are extremely proud of. It reflects the culture of innovation that fuels the BOKIS collective.”

Søren Nicolaisen, director of BOKIS and Association of Nationwide Banks, added: “Dankort continues to be the favourite Danish debit card, and we are seeing a growing interest in mobile payments among Danes, so this was the obvious next step. We are looking forward to hearing our customers’ feedback on our new solution, but also understand that a period of familiarisation will be required for both customers as well as Danish merchants.”

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