PARIS--(Marketwire - Nov 6, 2012) - Ingenico and BNP Paribas Fortis launch the first
smartphone payment acceptance in Belgium
Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), world leader
in payment solutions, today announces that retailers, artisans, and liberal
professions will soon be able to use their smartphone to receive card
payments
in Belgium.
For this purpose BNP Paribas Fortis will offer the combination of a mobile
telephone with a dedicated application and a secured pocket format card
reader
with Bluetooth connection. The retailer enters the amount to be paid via
the
smartphone application and then the customer uses the card reader keyboard
to
enter his/her code in total security. Progressive implementation is
forecast for
2013.
Within the scope of this project, BNP Paribas Fortis finalised a
partnership
with Ingenico which will provide a fully operated solution from the secured
card
reader to the processing of the transaction. To implement its smartphone
payment
solution, BNP Paribas Fortis will also rely on the capacities of easycash
Belgium and ROAM, Ingenico subsidiaries.
Rapid diffusion by Smartphones opens new prospects for the development of
innovative payment methods. Many applications have already been rolled out
by
BNP Paribas Fortis to enable customers to consult their accounts and carry
out
banking operations on their Smartphone. With this new offer they can make
collections while on the move. In addition, this application will enable
its
users to follow their payments more closely and progressively, to have new
services. This offer confirms the central role of the Smartphone in the
relationship between BNP Paribas Fortis and its customers, with an
innovative
and an increasingly elaborate service offer.
Retailers can obtain the card reader directly from BNP Paribas Fortis. The
solution is compatible with all bank cards currently used in Belgium.
Ingenico is happy to be involved with the particularly innovative project
by BNP
Paribas Fortis to launch a secured mobile payment offer that meets the new
expectations of retailers and their customers", stated Pierre-Antoine
Vacheron,
Executive Vice President Ingenico SEPA/Europe.
Peter Vandekerckhove, Head of Retail & Private Banking, added: "Through
this
innovative product, BNP Paribas Fortis would like to offer retailers and
liberal
professions a mobile payment solution which is easily accessible and which
enables secured payment by their customers."
About Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING)
Ingenico is a leading provider of payment solutions, with over 17 million
terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 3,600 employees
worldwide
support retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their
electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase
their point of sales revenue.
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