RBC Wallet available to more Canadians, devices and
carriers
TORONTO,
Dec. 18, 2014 /CNW/ - RBC today
announced the addition of Host Card Emulation (HCE) to the RBC
Mobile app, allowing Canadians to pay with most Android mobile
phones without worrying about being on the right mobile network or
having the right SIM card. RBC is the first North American
financial institution to develop a HCE payment solution, providing
more clients with more choice.
HCE allows clients to use any near field communication (NFC)
enabled Android phone to pay at the point of sale with the RBC
Mobile app anywhere in the world. The new solution will be first
available to a group of RBC employees, allowing them to pay with
their RBC Interac Debit card, leveraging Interac
Flash contactless functionality. Visa and MasterCard will be added
shortly.
"We are committed to providing our clients with the most
innovative, convenient and secure solutions to pay how they want,
when they want - HCE is a critical step," said Linda Mantia, Executive Vice-President of
Digital, Payments and Cards, RBC. "HCE makes RBC Secure Cloud
mobile payments even easier to use."
The employee pilot begins on December 18,
2014 and will run through winter. This pilot will allow RBC
employees to test HCE on most Android devices and mobile networks
using their RBC Interac Debit card. Credit cards and other
value-added services will be coming shortly.
"As a leading innovator within the Canadian payments space, we
are pleased to support RBC on the addition of HCE to the RBC Mobile
app," said Mark O'Connell, president
and CEO, Interac Association and Acxsys Corporation.
About RBC and Payment Innovation
RBC is at the forefront of payment innovation. We provide
industry-leading mobile banking flexibility and convenience to
clients through our RBC Mobile app and RBC Canada app - available
for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Windows 8 -
backed by our RBC Online Banking Security Guarantee. Further
information about RBC mobile solutions is available at
www.rbcroyalbank.com/mobile. More information about the RBC Wallet
is available at www.rbc.com/securecloud.
ABOUT RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is
Canada's largest bank, and one of
the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We
are one of North America's leading
diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and
commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, investor
services and capital markets products and services on a global
basis. We employ approximately 78,000 full- and part-time employees
who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector
and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 38 other countries. For
more information, please visit rbc.com.
RBC supports a broad range of community initiatives through
donations, sponsorships and employee volunteer activities. In 2013,
we contributed more than $104 million
to causes worldwide, including donations and community investments
of more than $69 million and
$35 million in sponsorships. Learn
more at www.rbc.com/community-sustainability.
SOURCE RBC