MasterCard and online payments processor Netopia launched Wednesday the application mobilPay MasterCard Mobile available for IOS and Android-based smartphones, officials of the two companies told a press conference Wednesday.
The application can be downloaded for free via Google Play and App Store and allows users to pay bills, recharge prepaid cards or purchase products and services provided by partner companies, including holiday packages and IT services.
“mobilPay MasterCard Mobile is the first application of remote mobile payments in Romania allowing MasterCard cardholders to pay via smartphones the products and services offered by partner companies,” said Gabriel Ghita, MasterCard Europe business development manager for Central and Eastern Europe.
He also said that MasterCard Mobile offers a regulated framework for secure mobile payments for both consumers and merchants, in conditions of interoperability.
Antonio Eram, founder and CEO of Netopia mobilPay, said mobile phones will gradually replace wallets. He added Romanians will be able to buy more and more products and pay their bills from wherever and as simple as possible, using a single application on their mobile phones.