Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L,VOD) announced that, following the new agreements with Visa and Carta Worldwide, bank card payments via Vodafone Wallet will be enabled in European markets from the second quarter of 2015 onwards. The company's customers will be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals. The service requires a Vodafone NFC SIM, and will be supported on a wide range of Android smartphones.
Vodafone Wallet is currently available in Germany, Spain, the UK, Italy and The Netherlands. The company said its customers can already add loyalty cards into the Vodafone Wallet, as well as pay with Vodafone SmartPass that was launched in partnership with Visa in 2013.
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