UK card payment solutions provider CreditCall is looking for triallists to sign up for a two month trial of its m-payment service.
CreditCall’s Smartphone Acceptance Trial will test mobile Chip & PIN payments using CreditCall’s own CardEase Mobile application along with a PIN pad. It anticipates the application will be of particular use to businesses that need to take payment “on the go”, such as such as tradespeople, mobile retailers, delivery services, and exhibitors.
As part of its final development stage, CreditCall is looking for businesses who would like to test the smartphone Chip and PIN payment terminal in the real world. The CardEase app will initially be available for download onto BlackBerry Curve, Bold and Torch smartphones, with a version operating on Apple’s iOS and Android due in the first quarter of 2011.
A CreditCall spokesperson said that all card information is encrypted and kept secure, and no card information is stored or kept on the merchant’s phone. The phone and PIN terminal are connected over Bluetooth.
To be considered for the trial, businesses need to:
- Have a credit card merchant account with one of CreditCall’s partner UK banks
- Own a BlackBerry smartphone connected to one of the UK mobile phone operators
- Be prepared to provide weekly feedback to CreditCall on the service.
- Currently be handling at least 5 card transactions a day
Interested businesses can register at http://www.cardeasemobile.com/trial_registration.html. The deadline to sign up is Friday 17 December.