Three banks have already fully launched remote Bluetooth payment for the iPhone

Customers of the three banks can already pay for purchases from an iPhone via Bluetooth using the Wave technology, said Dmitry Dubynin, CEO of the National Payment Card System, in an exclusive interview with Izvestia. According to him, two banks have launched this solution based on the Fast Payment System, and another one based on the Mir payment system. After the technology was added to Mir, more than five more banks started implementing it.

Currently, credit institutions are gradually refining remote banking services to make the technology work in their applications, as well as retrofitting the acquiring network. They need to update terminals and create user-friendly client scenarios. This work continues, but bank customers who have already implemented the Wave can use it to pay for purchases.

"The payment scenario itself is very similar to the one everyone is used to. Therefore, the technology really closes the issue of contactless payments using a mobile device," Dmitry Dubynin said.

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According to him, as banks re-equip their networks, more and more retail and service enterprises will be able to accept payments via Bluetooth. Then, as the head of the NSPK noted, it will no longer matter which device a person has — iPhone or Android.

Read more in Dmitry Dubynin's exclusive interview with Izvestia: "Three banks have fully launched Bluetooth payment for iPhone"