Bell rings for Eftpos mobile payments
The eftpos payment scheme has picked Bell ID as the key supplier to finally steer the scheme into the maturing niche of online and mobile payments.In a media release yesterday, eftpos did not spell out any timetable for the project or the availability of the functionality.The language used in the announcement referred to "a flexible, domestic mobile payments capability, including secure tokenisation services."A handful of local banks already use similar solutions - including host card emulation or HCE - to widen the utility of mobile phone based apps.Bell ID is one of the pioneer firms in the sector with origins as a public sector agency servicing European governments with a bent for nifty identity card solutions.