Weve, the joint venture between the UK’s three largest mobile operators, is partnering with MasterCard, to accelerate the development of the UK’s most comprehensive contactless mobile payments system.
The partnership will provide consumers with a convenient way to pay via their mobile phones at point of purchase and receive the offers they love. The partnership will allow consumers to take the next step in the contactless journey by tapping their mobile phone to make a payment.
“MasterCard’s vision of a world beyond cash maps neatly onto our own vision of a world powered by mobile”, said David Sear, Weve CEO. “Its existing relationships with the banks, in addition to its own experience of the mobile payments world, make it an ideal partner for Weve”,
He later added: “it allows the banks to focus on what they’re good at – finding smarter and more elegant ways for their customers to pay for goods and services. Contactless payments have already been embraced by UK consumers and retailers, with the UK the most advanced market for adoption of contactless cards with around 300,000 retail outlets now accepting payments in this way. With MasterCard, we want mobile to reach the tapping point.”
Marion King, President UK & Ireland at MasterCard said “MasterCard is delighted to be working with Weve who is an innovator in the mobile space. We look forward to implementing this contactless mobile payments technology in the UK and providing the technology and service to banks to ensure their customers can benefit from safe and simple mobile payments. The partnership with Weve will play an important part in providing ways to pay as we continue to work towards a world beyond cash.”
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