Mobile payment and transit trial underway in Taiwan

Taiwanese Cathay United Bank has launched a trial for mobile payments and transit in Taipei. The project enables bank customers to use their mobile phones to make contactless payments at local stores and to access the Taipei public transit system. The NFC-capable microSD cards used as a secure element in this project are supplied by Giesecke & Devrient Secure Flash Solutions. The mobile security card SWP microSD card is the first in Taiwan that is compliant with MasterCard PayPass standards. This card has b
August 1, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Taiwanese Cathay United Bank has launched a trial for mobile payments and transit in Taipei. The project enables bank customers to use their mobile phones to make contactless payments at local stores and to access the Taipei public transit system. The NFC-capable microSD cards used as a secure element in this project are supplied by Giesecke & Devrient Secure Flash Solutions. The mobile security card SWP microSD card is the first in Taiwan that is compliant with MasterCard PayPass standards. This card has been approved for this trial project, which allows users to pay at popular local convenience and department stores by simply tapping their 3876 HTC phone on a specially equipped merchant terminal.

Additionally, the Mobile Security Card SWP has been approved by v Corporation to be used as a contactless ‘EasyCard’, the popular contactless transit card for the Taipei Metro (MRT) and buses. As an alternative to topping up the card’s balance with banknotes, there is an auto top-up feature which allows the card’s balance to be topped up via MasterCard’s credit card functionality, so no cash is needed. Pre-charged fares are deducted automatically from the card when the HTC NFC phone with Mobile Security Card SWP is passed over the EasyCard sensor on fare gates, aboard buses or in merchant stores.

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