Canadian grocery chain adopts Visa contactless payments
01 December, 2011
category: Contactless, Financial
Metro Inc. is partnering with Visa to bring payWave contactless payments to its chain of 600 grocery stores across Ontario and Quebec.
Beginning early next year, shoppers at Metro, Metro Plus, Super C and Food Basics will be able to pay for items with a tap of a contactless Visa credit or debit card against a reader at the point of sale.
Visa payWave employs EMV chip technology that uses a standard 128-bit encryption technology to securely store and encrypt confidential information. According to Visa, the system also supports NFC payments from payWave-enabled mobile devices.