Speaking at the online promotion meeting of Akbank Mobile POS, Burcu Civelek Yuce, the Deputy General Manager of Akbank Strategy, Digital Banking and Payment Systems stated that Akbank Cebe POS application will make a difference in the digital payment world with the mobile credit card. Expressing that they continue their digital transformation strategies in payment systems with the credit card that they implemented last month, Yuce said:
‘’I would like to share with you another innovation that excites us very much. Akbank POS devices are now in the mobile. Contactless payments of more than $ 250 from intelligent devices is becoming available for the first time in Turkey via ‘Cebe POS’.’’
Yuce reminded that Akbank is the first bank to implement PIN supported ‘Tap to Phone’ technology with the collaborations of Visa and Provision partnerships in Mobile POS sector. She said:
‘’In this way, card payments can be made by typing a PIN on the Android-based phone or tablet screen. As always, we put our customer experience and technological infrastructure at the basis of this innovation. In this process, which we designed as a digital experience from start to finish in partnership with Visa, workplaces will be able to start using the Cebe POS application as soon as their applications on our digital platforms are approved.’’
Yuce stated that member merchants can receive payments both contactless and by QR with their Pocket POS applications. She emphasized that it is the first and only mobile POS application in Turkey receiving QR payment through Akbank and all other banking applications.
Yuce pointed out that customers who do not have a contactless card or phone can also pay with QR and said:
‘’Our workplaces will be able to start receiving payments quickly and securely with this digital product we provide. We are also excited to see the in-store reflections of this digital transformation that we started with SME workplaces in our POS devices. We will also have special campaigns for the workplaces during the launch and afterwards.’’
‘’We enable them to use their smart phones for payment acceptance.’’
Merve Tezel, the General Manager of Visa Turkey pointed out that they observed that millions of individuals demand the convenience of paying with their cards wherever they shop, regardless of location and platform during the pandemic period. Stating that a major transformation, which would normally take years, especially in the adoption of contactless payments, took place within a few months, Tezel said:
‘’With Visa’s PIN-supported Tap To Phone technology, we enable SMEs to use their smart phones for payment acceptance without the need for any additional equipment. With this technology, which is low-cost, easy to install and at the same time provides Visa security standards, businesses can easily accept card-based contactless payments. Consumers, on the other hand, can make their payments safely within seconds by scanning their contactless cards or phones on the smart phone of the workplace.’’
Tezel stated that when the application started in November, Akbank’s Pocket POS solution, which uses Visa’s PIN-supported Tap to Phone technology, can accept all contactless Visa cards, just like traditional POS devices, and said:
‘’All businesses need to do is download the application to Android based mobile phones. We are happy to be a part of this innovation that will expand the contactless payment acceptance infrastructure of SMEs.’’
source: AA / translated by Melisa Karayusufoglu