Hong Kong: Hang Seng Bank; PCCW Plans NFC Commercial Launch

Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
Planned
Hong Kong
22.3964
114.109
Launch: 
Nov 2012
Mobile Operator: 
PCCW mobile
Service Provider (application): 
Hang Seng Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
Merchants: 
N/A
Users: 
N/A
NFC Handsets: 
Samsung Electronics phones
TSM*: 
Gemalto
Secure Element: 
SIM
Other Vendors: 
MasterCard Worldwide (PayPass application), Gemalto (NFC SIM cards), NXP Semiconductors (NFC phone chips)

Credit card customers of Hang Seng Bank will be able to tap to pay with NFC-enabled phones from Samsu

NFC Times Take: 

PCCW mobile noted its announcement of NFC commercial service with Hang Seng Bank in November of 2012 was the first of its kind for Hong Kong. Despite active contactless payment programs at the point of sale, such as Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass and the Octopus Card transit fare-collection scheme, as well as a high penetration of smartphones, there have been few NFC or other contactless-mobile payment trials to date in Hong Kong.

 

* Trusted Service Manager: Defined loosely to include companies or other organizations securely distributing, provisioning and managing applications, generally over the air, on secure elements in NFC mobile phones; or licensing their platforms for this purpose.

N/A: Not available or not applicable.
 
Last update: Nov. 2012
 

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