The service became possible due to Citis partnership with the Plus wireless network. New tool is very flexible and available without supplemented applications irrespective of the mobile phone model.
Citi Handlowy, Polkomtel, and local company mPay, in conjunction with the Warsaw Transport Authority introduce the application for clients using public transport.
The service will enable customers to have time-limited tickets – up to a maximum of 90 minutes in advance – by direct dial on their mobile phone. Payments, up to a maximum of PLN 300 for any one transaction, will be extracted direct from the user’s bank account.
The activation of the service may be accomplished by signing an electronic payment instrument agreement with the bank in Citi Handlowy branches or by calling CitiPhone.
“It is the first time a bank, a mobile network operator and an acquirer have agreed upon a common business model,” says Sonia Wedrychowicz-Horbatowska, global consumer group, Poland country business manager, and vice president of the management board of Citi Handlowy. “The innovation in mobile payments offered by us can become a mass-market service, and a standard that others will follow.”
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