Orange
and Barclaycard are to launch the second handset in their Quick Tap
range.
The Samsung Wave 578 has NFC capabilities
allowing users to make contactless payments for purchases of up to
£15 ($23.3) at merchants such as EAT, Subway and
McDonald’s.
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The Quick Tap app is a prepaid account within
the phone which enables users to load funds onto the app from their
bank account. The app also has electronic statement
capabilities.
MasterCard will provide the payment capability
for the contactless mobile transactions.
David Chan, CEO of Barclaycard Consumer
Europe, said:
“Paying with a mobile phone means never being
without the right change and always having access to funds.”
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By GlobalDataThis follows the launch of Orange and
Barclaycard’s contactless payments mobile service, the first of its
kind in the UK, earlier this year.
