Absa

The trial will see five hundred bank staff using BlackBerry NFC smartphones to make MasterCard PayPass payments, and the technology used will in future also support the country's national transportation ticketing technology. More

The South African bank and mobile network operator have signed a multi-milliion rand cooperation deal. "The project is expected to lead to developments in the near field communication arena and usher in a new era of convenience for the customer," says Absa. More