BOSTON, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Santander
Bank today announced that customers can now add their Santander
MasterCard credit and debit cards to Apple Pay, giving them an
easy, secure and private way to make payments at participating
merchants in stores, apps and on the web using their Apple devices.
Apple Pay is the newest of many customer-focused innovations
the Bank has launched recently to advance its mobile strategy and
ensure it's delivering a great digital experience to its
customers.
"Our customers have been telling us that they want to do more
on-the-go digital banking using their mobile devices," said
Michael Cleary, Santander's Head of
Consumer and Business Banking. "At Santander, we pride ourselves on
listening to our customers. We've responded to their feedback by
investing more resources in our mobile banking platform and
upgrading the digital tools and services customers need to truly
bank anywhere with Santander, and Apple Pay is a great example of
that innovation."
Just in the last few months, in addition to Apple Pay, Santander
has expanded its mobile platform and introduced user-friendly
upgrades, adding many desirable features that make navigation
easier. The Bank has redesigned its consumer app and added new
functionality for retail customers, including a mobile check
deposit feature and a fingerprint login option for customers with
Touch ID technology on their iPhones. And, in the interest of
bringing the same technology innovations to its business banking
customers, Santander launched an entirely new self-service mobile
app in November 2016 exclusively for
its small business customers.
Customers can easily set up Apple Pay and add their Santander
MasterCard credit or debit cards in a few easy steps using Apple
Wallet. Santander customers can now use Apple Pay to purchase
products and services in participating stores by holding their
iPhone near the NFC reader (payment terminal) and using Touch ID,
which recognizes their fingerprint, to complete the transaction, or
with Apple Watch, by simply double-clicking the side button.
Online shopping in apps and on websites accepting Apple Pay is also
as simple as the touch of a finger with Touch ID, so there's no
need to manually fill out lengthy account forms or repeatedly type
in shipping and billing information. When paying for goods and
services on-the-go in apps or Safari, Apple Pay works with iPhone 6
and later, iPhone SE, iPad Pro, iPad (5th Generation), iPad Air 2,
and iPad mini 3 and later. You can also use Apple Pay in Safari on
any Mac introduced in or after 2012 running macOS Sierra and
confirm the payment with iPhone 6 or later or Apple Watch, or with
Touch ID on the new MacBook Pro.
Santander will be adding more features and enhancements to its
consumer mobile app later this year and throughout 2017.
Santander Bank, N.A. is one of the country's
largest retail and commercial banks with more than $83 billion in assets. With its corporate offices
in Boston, the Bank's 9,500
employees, 675 branches, 2,100 ATMs and 2.1 million customers are
principally located in Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware. The Bank is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Madrid-based Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE: SAN)
- one of the most respected banking groups in the world with more
than 125 million customers in the U.S., Europe, and Latin
America. It is managed by Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Banco Santander's intermediate
holding company in the U.S. For more information on Santander Bank, please visit
www.santanderbank.com.
Media
Contacts:
Ann
Davis
617-757-5891
ann.davis@santander.us
Nancy Orlando
617-757-5765
nancy.orlando@santander.us
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