Budapest Bank Unveils Contactless Payments

  • 12 Jun 2018 9:29 AM
Budapest Bank Unveils Contactless Payments
Budapest Bank is offering contact-less mobile phone payment solutions to its customers from Monday, the state-owned bank has announced.

Clients must have smartphones and a Mastercard or Maestro card. Currently the app is only available for Android systems.

Currently only Gránit Bank, OTP Bank, MKB and K&H Bank offer contact-less smartphone payment solutions in Hungary.

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