February 7, 2006
Use your SIM to make payments

Great news for those who are continuously on the move and don’t have time to draw out checks or access the Internet to make payments.

Vesta Corporation, a leading virtual commerce solutions company, and Axalto, a leader player in microprocessor smart cards, in collaboration, are in the process of launching a new SIM based technology that will allow GSM customers to make payments directly from their mobile phones.

Using a dropdown menu, customers will be able to make payments from their credit cards, debit cards or from their online checking accounts. The companies have promised to create a mobile transaction environment that is highly secure, can be remotely managed and is integrated with other features on the handset. Security for the payments module is being ensured through end-to-end encryption running over non-public wireless network.

The new service can be offered by GSM players throughout North America and is likely to benefit some 80 million customers.