MTS, MasterCard, and "MTS Bank" presented first in Russia, the decision to make purchases based on NFC technology

The mobile operator MTS, the payment system MasterCard and JSC "MTS-Bank" announced the start of sales of the first Russian payment solutions based on NFC technology for contactless payments for goods and services from phone technology MasterCardPayPas.

The kit «NFC-payment" is SIM-card with the "prescribed" on her credit card "MTS Money" and NFC-flexible antenna. The solution, according to the company, allows MTS subscriber using the phone to pay for goods and services in "one touch", simply attach the phone to a NFC-reader at the checkout. Withdraw funds from an account is a bank card. The solution is suitable for almost any mobile phone or smartphone, even if he does not have native support for NFC.

At the first stage of SIM-card with support for NFC is available in stores MTS in Moscow and Moscow region, to the end, MTS plans to start sales in other major Russian cities.

The main benefits of MasterCard PayPass - is the security, convenience and speed of transactions: the case of payments to 1,000 rubles, does not require a PIN to sign the check, run the application on the phone or send SMS, which significantly reduces the time of customer service in the retail trade and services.