NFC technology enables contactless exchange of data between mobile phones, payment terminals, smart-cards as well as control systems and other devices.

Testing of the new service has commenced in June this year, with commercial operation scheduled to begin on 15 January 2014.

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This NFC payments service will be accessible to all its subscribers with mobile handsets with an NFC module, and clients of Alfa-Bank. Special NFC-support SIM cards are distributed at the bank’s departments.

Kyivstar claims it is set to be the first entity providing such a service in the country.

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