ANZ Bank has announced that it will not be pursuing contactless paymentshe form trialled earlier this year. In the trial the bank worked with Visa's Paywave system to issue NFC-enabled MicroSD cards to members of its staff. However, the use of the MicroSD cards was not a satisfactory way to implement the technology.
The bank is now looking at other ways to bring contactless payments to its customers but its next move is unclear. Some feel ANZ will look at devices with built-in capability such as the Nokia N9 or Samsung Nexus S but all the bank had to say was that they will "continue to look for ways to support contactless payments in the market". Also adding:
"Overall, we found the trial extremely useful as it confirmed that customers like to use contactless for low-value transactions under $100. Contactless is an extremely exciting piece of innovative technology and we're looking forward to seeing how we can implement it for our customers in the future."
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