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Westpac launches solution, leveraging Verifones payment as a service

Tuesday 23 June 2015 09:07 CET | News

Verifone has unveiled that Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac Group) will be the bank in Asia Pacific to deploy its handheld EMV and NFC-enabled terminal solution that is supported with payment services from Verifone.

With more than 13 million customers, Westpac Group is a financial services institution in Australia and New Zealand. Westpac Group, including St.George, Bank of Melbourne and Bank SA, will provide the VX 690 payment terminal from Verifone along with full terminal management support via Verifone’s Payment as a Service platform.

A handheld payment terminal, the VX 690 can accept all types of payments, including EMV, NFC and mobile wallets. It features Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi connectivity that meets merchants’ demands, especially where multiple connectivity options are increasingly required for payment device acceptance. The terminal will also be able to accept cards branded by UnionPay International (previously China UnionPay).

Verifone is a global provider of payment and commerce enablement technology and services.

In recent news, Verifone has partnered with payworks to provide mobile point-of-sale (mPOS).


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Keywords: Westpac, VeriFone, Payment as a Service, Asia Pacific, EMV, NFC, payment, mobile wallets, UnionPay International, Bluetooth
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