Dal team di Nokia Money nasce iKaaz, un sistema per ricevere pagamenti NFC
Dopo che Nokia, ad inizio dell'anno, aveva deciso di chiudere il progetto Money, il team di sviluppo, situato in Bangladesh, ha deciso di concentrarsi su un nuovo progetto, denominato iKaaz. Questo servizio permetterà a tutti i negozianti di ricevere pagamenti NFC in semplicità.
Sarà possibile aprire un conto su iKaaz per gestire le transizioni e, più interessante dal punto di vista tecnologico, sostituire il proprio costoso POS con uno smartphone NFC, capace quindi di essere utilizzato come mezzo per ricevere pagamenti NFC. Il sistema non funzionerà solo con NFC, ma è sicuramente questo l'aspetto più interessante. A seguire il comunicato stampa e il video della presentazione.
Ex-Nokia Money Team Launches iKaaz Tap & Pay Mobile Payments Platform for Enterprises
BANGALORE, October 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
iKaaz, a Bangalore-based mobile payments solution provider, launched its new iKaaz mobile payment platform for enterprises (you can view the product launch event video at http://www.ikaaz.com). The iKaaz platform broadly caters to two major segments.
The iKaaz Consumer Wallet for Enterprises allows enterprises including banks, operators and merchants to offer the convenience of mobile wallets to their customers for quick and easy payments. Soma Sundaram, Founder and CEO of iKaaz said, "The iKaaz solution can be delivered in the form of a mobile app across all types of mobile phones, as well as through SMS and USSD channels for lower-end phones that do not support apps. With the iKaaz app, account holders of a bank or prepaid can initiate money transfers and merchant transactions, customers can pay bills and subscribers of mobile / DTH service providers can recharge their accounts with just their mobile phones."
The iKaaz M-POS solution allows merchants to replace expensive POS equipment with just a mobile phone that settles payments electronically. With the iKaaz Tap & Pay solution, that leverages NFC (near field communication) technology, merchants can receive payments from customers with just a tap of a phone at the checkout terminal.
This revolutionary concept aims to change the way shoppers go about their daily shopping at their favourite retail outlet. No more fumbling for cash or swiping of the card. A simple tap of a phone will complete the payment. "On one hand, customers can transform their mobile phones into a mobile wallet using a smart iKaaz NFC tag and complete payments faster at merchant locations. On the other hand, merchants can benefit by significantly reducing the transaction processing fees typically paid for conventional settlements," said Soma Sundaram.