Samsung, LG & RIM phones get Visa payWave certification
10 January, 2012
category: NFC, Smart Cards
Visa Europe has announced that NFC-enabled smart phones from Samsung, LG and Research In Motion have been certified for use with Visa payWave, Visa’s mobile application for payments at the point-of-sale.
The Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry Bold 9900/9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9360/9380 handsets have been added to the list of Visa compliant payment products available for commercial deployment by financial institutions.
According to Visa, all of these devices will host the Visa payWave application on a secure SIM card, enabling them to make contactless purchases at thousands of retail outlets worldwide.