Orange & Barclaycard to launch Contactless Mobile Payments

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Contactless mobile payments will be launched by the end of the year by Barclaycard in conjunction with Orange. The news has been confirmed by Head of Innovation Marketing, Sarah Mansfield in a presentation at a mobile marketing event organized by the Institute of Sales Promotion and Mobile Interactive Group.

According to Sarah, at the back end of 2010, the company will have a commercial launch with Orange for mobile payments and the consumers will be able to buy an NFC-enabled phone and make payments with it. The trail for the mobile payments was first done by Barclaycard in 2008.

SMS alert is also offered besides having an iPhone and Android Augmented Reality application. The application enables users to find their nearest retail outlet that accepts contactless payments, or their nearest ATM.
A joint contactless credit card was launched by Orange and Barclaycard, last month enabling users to make payments of £10 and under using contactless technology.