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Visa supports Ugos HCE solution launch in Canada

Wednesday 18 May 2016 14:35 CET | News

Ugo, a Canadian open NFC mobile wallet provider, has launched a host card emulation (HCE) based solution to its Ugo Wallet using a tokenization technology from Visa for the service. 

Ugo Wallet for Android devices runs on operating system version 4.4 or higher and will now use encrypted tokens during mobile Visa payment transactions.

Ugo Wallet was developed by Canadian banks President’s Choice Financial and TD Bank Group and was converted into an open NFC wallet proposition in November 2014. In October 2015, the company revealed that it had signed up more than 100,000 users.


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