TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2014--(CNW)--
RBC Wallet available to more Canadians, devices and carriers
TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2014 /CNW/ - RBC today announced the addition of Host
Card Emulation (HCE) to the RBC Mobile app, allowing Canadians to pay
with most Android mobile phones without worrying about being on the
right mobile network or having the right SIM card. RBC is the first
North American financial institution to develop a HCE payment solution,
providing more clients with more choice.
HCE allows clients to use any near field communication (NFC) enabled
Android phone to pay at the point of sale with the RBC Mobile app
anywhere in the world. The new solution will be first available to a
group of RBC employees, allowing them to pay with their RBC Interac Debit card, leveraging Interac Flash contactless functionality. Visa and MasterCard will be added
shortly.
"We are committed to providing our clients with the most innovative,
convenient and secure solutions to pay how they want, when they want -
HCE is a critical step," said Linda Mantia, Executive Vice-President of
Digital, Payments and Cards, RBC. "HCE makes RBC Secure Cloud mobile
payments even easier to use."
The employee pilot begins on December 18, 2014 and will run through
winter. This pilot will allow RBC employees to test HCE on most Android
devices and mobile networks using their RBC Interac Debit card. Credit cards and other value-added services will be coming
shortly.
"As a leading innovator within the Canadian payments space, we are
pleased to support RBC on the addition of HCE to the RBC Mobile app,"
said Mark O'Connell, president and CEO, Interac Association and Acxsys
Corporation.
About RBC and Payment Innovation
RBC is at the forefront of payment innovation. We provide
industry-leading mobile banking flexibility and convenience to clients
through our RBC Mobile app and RBC Canada app - available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and
Windows 8 - backed by our RBC Online Banking Security Guarantee. Further information about RBC mobile solutions is available at www.rbcroyalbank.com/mobile. More information about the RBC Wallet is available at www.rbc.com/securecloud.
ABOUT RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is Canada's largest bank, and one of the largest
banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North
America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provide
personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance,
investor services and capital markets products and services on a global
basis. We employ approximately 78,000 full- and part-time employees who
serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and
institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 38 other
countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com.
RBC supports a broad range of community initiatives through donations,
sponsorships and employee volunteer activities. In 2013, we contributed
more than $104 million to causes worldwide, including donations and
community investments of more than $69 million and $35 million in
sponsorships. Learn more at www.rbc.com/community-sustainability.
SOURCE RBC
