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MTS Pay Tag

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MTS Pay Tag is an external NFC module for the MTS Pay service.

2024: Launch of NFC from bank cards of the Mir system

MTS PJSC, a digital ecosystem, on April 11, 2024 announced the launch of the MTS Pay contactless payment service from the Mir bank card payment system for owners of smartphones running the Android operating system (OS).

The service allows you to add up to 10 bank cards to the MTS Pay application at once and pay in one touch with the card that is convenient, while it is not necessary to be a MTS subscriber.

To use the service, it is enough to download the MTS Pay application on Google Play or AppBazar, enter the mobile phone number for authorization and add bank card details to the application. The list of available banks will be displayed in the application.

MTS Pay allows you to pay with "one touch" wherever cards of the Mir payment system are accepted and contactless payment is set up, as well as withdraw cash from ATMs. When paying from a card using the MTS Pay service, the user saves the available cashback.

For iOS users, the MTS Pay service is available from February 2023 along with the Pay Tag payment sticker.

2023: Launch of contactless payment service by MTS Pay phone

The company, MTS the digital ecosystem, and "" MTS-Bank announced the launch of MTS Pay contactless payment , a shopping service. phone The service allows you to add debit credit cards different the Russian banks ones to MTS Pay application and choose which of the linked ones to carry out cards. The service payment is available to subscribers of other and customers operators of Russian banks. This was reported on February 1, 2023 by MTS.

The service includes mobile the MTC Pay application and an external NFC module - Pay Tag that can be attached to the case phone or the device itself. Pay Tag can be used to pay in any where terminals contactless payment is possible. plastic cards Payments reliably: in the are protected form of data bank card are stored. encrypted

To use the service, you must:

• install the MTS Pay application in the App Store. It is not necessary to be a subscriber of MTS or a client of MTS Bank; 
• get Pay Tag with NFC module for iPhone;
• add cards of Russian banks.

From February 1, 2023, you can pre-order the NFC module - Pay Tag. The first 50 thousand users will receive it for free. Users who do not have time to get into the first 50 thousand will be able to test Pay Tag for free for one month, and after paying for it in the MTC Pay application. One-time payment - 699 rubles.

The first limited edition Pay Tag will be available in Moscow in early February 2023, and from March NFC modules will appear in MTS stores throughout Russia. The bank will send SMS about the readiness of Pay Tag to users who have left a pre-order on the site.

2022: Service Announcement

The MTS service will replace the disabled Google Pay and Apple Pay in Russia by the end of the year. This became known on July 13, 2022.

With the help of the service, it will be possible to pay for purchases contactless. This was told by Pavel Voronin, First Vice President for MTS Technologies, in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper.

According to him, this service should replace the ecosystems contactless payments Google of Pay Apple and Pay, which were disconnected Russia after the start of the special operation. MTS Pay will allow you to pay for goods using NFC and. Face ID

Judging by the assessment of experts, MTS could spend about 250 million rubles on this service. Its launch is scheduled for the end of 2022^[1] the end^[2].

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