New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Visa has announced the first successful live deployment of Tap to Phonecard acceptance solution. The technology is certified by the Payments Card Industry (PCI). The global leader of payments technology, Visa, partnered with DigitSecure and HDFC Bank to deploy this solution. DeliveryPlus is the first merchant to go live with HDFC Bank as an acquirer.

The solution enables merchants to securely accept contactless card payments through an app on their NFC-enabled Android smartphones. NFC is a method of wireless data transfer. It enables devices like smartphones, laptops, tablets etc to share data among the devices nearby. NFC powers contactless payments through mobile wallets as well as cards. Therefore, merchants will ...