CaixaBank, Gemalto, Telefonica and Visa Europe are gearing up to deliver an m-payments service at Mobile World Congress.
The show takes place next week in Barcelona. An app, developed by Telefonica Digital, will enable delegates to make mobile contactless payments using a prepaid card (issued by MoneyToPay, a new subsidiary created by CaixaBank) which works with Visa technology. Delegates will experience the service on a Sony Xperia smartphone. The app will come pre-loaded with Euro 15, allowing delegates to make payments at Visa terminals across the Fira Gran Via conference centre as well as 16,000 more around Barcelona and 700 taxis.
Sandra Alzetta, SVP, Visa Europe, says: "Contactless transaction numbers quadrupled across Europe in 2012 and will quadruple again this year. There is a natural evolution from contactless cards to mobile devices and we've seen a fantastic response from the markets where this kind of service is commercially available.”
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