Customers can now leave their cash at home and use their
smartphones to make everyday purchases
TORONTO,
April 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Canadians are
about to think differently about cash, cards and their bulky
wallets. Today, Rogers is launching the suretap wallet, a new
application that lets customers use their smartphones to make
payments at tens of thousands of retailers across the country. With
the suretap wallet, customers can safely store eligible payment
cards on their smartphone and make purchases by simply holding it
up to contactless payment terminals, just like they do today with
plastic credit and debit cards.
"Our customers are inseparable from their smartphones, and we
know they are ready and want to use them to make payments. With the
suretap wallet, their smartphones and wallets will now be one and
the same," said Jeppe Dorff,
Vice-President, Transaction Services, Rogers Communications. "Now
thousands of our customers across the country can make simple,
secure and fast payments using their smartphones instead of
fumbling through their wallets to find their payment cards."
Starting today, customers can add multiple cards to their
suretap wallet including a Rogers Prepaid MasterCard that can be
topped up with funds for mobile payments. Also available for
purchase are gift cards from leading Canadian food and beverage
merchants and retailers including Swiss Chalet, Milestones Grill
and Bar, Montana's Cookhouse,
Harvey's, Kelsey's, Indigo, Earls Restaurants, Ardene, and
Spafinder Wellness 365. In the future, the suretap wallet
application will offer more retailer gift cards, as well as store
loyalty cards, coupons and ID cards.
Within the suretap wallet application, customers can add funds
to their prepaid card, check account balances, view transaction
history and use location-based features to find retailers nearby
that accept contactless payments. The application is available for
download on select Android and BlackBerry 10 smartphones that
include near-field-communications capabilities.
Customers can have the peace of mind that their payment
information and passcodes are securely stored on the suretap
wallet's SIM card. The wallet is backed by technology that lets
customers make payments anywhere in the world that contactless
payments are accepted. For merchants and retailers, accepting
mobile payments with the suretap wallet means no additional or new
fees.
To learn more about the suretap application including
suretap-ready devices and the features and functionality of the
wallet, visit www.rogers.com/suretap.
About Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications
and media company. We are Canada's
largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services
and one of Canada's leading
providers of cable television, high speed Internet and telephony
services. Through Rogers Media we are engaged in radio and
television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade
publications, sports entertainment, and digital media. We are
publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and
RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further
information about the Rogers group of companies, please
visit rogers.com.
SOURCE Rogers Communications Inc.
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wallet, a new application that lets its customers use their Android
and BlackBerry smartphones to make payments at tens of thousands of
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