Selected by UniCredit
Gemalto has been selected to supply its Optelio Contactless Stickers to UniCredit Bank in Russia.
Gemalto’s payment sticker can be simply affixed to the rear of the mobile phone to turn any handset without built-in contactless features into a secure contactless payment device.
The Optelio Contactless Sticker is certified by international payment associations and is part of the comprehensive range of Gemalto products and services. With this new contract, UniCredit Bank in Russia is once again demonstrating its confidence in Gemalto, having entrusted the company with the migration of their entire banking card portfolio to contactless EMV.
“We are extremely satisfied with how Gemalto managed the migration of our card portfolio to contactless EMV, so they are the natural choice of partner for the new payment stickers,” said Alexander Vishnyakov, head of the Operations Channels Department at ZAO UniCredit Bank. “Gemalto’s Optelio solution offers a cost-effective option to deploy contactless payment services to our existing customers immediately, and will be a springboard for mobile NFC adoption in the longer term.”
“In launching this new innovative project in Russia, UniCredit Bank is further strengthening the country’s contactless eco-system, which will set the ground for NFC deployment,” added Jean-Paul Ternisien, Senior Vice President of Secure Transactions at Gemalto. “Additionally, with Russia’s well-established contactless public transportation infrastructure, customers are already accustomed to completing transactions with a ‘wave’ so we believe that NFC technology will also gain user adoption in the payment domain.”
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