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Mobile payments pilot begins in Montreal, Canada

Julie Campbell
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Users of the public transit system can use NFC technology based transactions to pay for fare. The public transit system in Montreal, Canada has started to test the use of mobile payments using NFC technology in Android based devices so that riders can pay for their fare on some buses and trains. This has been made possible through a partnership with Suretap, a mobile wallet owned by major Canadian wireless network operators. According to the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), the mobile payments system will initially be available to…

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Suretap mobile wallet app update unveiled

Jennifer Goula
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The smartphone payments application owned by three large telcos in Canada has announced its next big move. The long awaited update to the Suretap mobile wallet has finally been unveiled, and it has shown that these app based payments will soon be compatible with a broader range of smartphones, will be able to include a larger number of credit cards, and will be accepted at more merchants. This has the potential to be a major move in sending the use of mobile payments forward in the Canadian market. Companies have…

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NFC technology enabled mobile wallet launched in Canada

Julie Campbell
Rogers NFC technology mobile payments

Rogers Communications has taken yet another step into the mobile payments sector in the country. Rogers Communications has announced that it has now launched its suretap wallet, which is an NFC technology based mobile payments app that gives consumers with enabled smartphones the ability to store their credit and debit cards in digital form so that they can make purchases at tens of thousands of retailers throughout Canada. The suretap wallet app is designed to make it simpler and more convenient for consumers to shop. According to the Rogers vice…

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NFC technology based wallet from Rogers broadens system reach

John Montgallo
Rogers NFC technology mobile payments

The Canadian telecom giant has used their new suretap™ program to expand its mobile payments. One of the wireless and media giants in Canada that has been the most involved in mobile payments, Rogers Communications, has just announced the launch of their suretap™ wallet, which is to be based on NFC technology, like many of their other smartphone transaction services. Rogers first entered into the Canadian mobile payments space a year ago using this tech. Now, the company is implementing the second step of its overall strategy, which uses NFC…

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