Denizbank has joined Turkcell Cep-T Cuzdan Platform, enabling its customers to make contactless payment with their handsets using Near Field Communications ("NFC") technology.
Denizbank, differentiating itself with innovative and technological products and services, presents NFC based payment options to its customers to enable them to make contactless payments via mobile phones. People wishing to use Turkey's first offline, no name prepaid card, which can realize their transaction without having to contact the center and buy a physical card, can simply SMS to apply with their mobile phones and simultaneously start shopping with their prepaid cards. With this new application, all Denizbank customers can shop without a password in an easy, fast, and secure manner using their mobile phones the world over wherever the MasterCard PayPass (contactless payment) is accepted.
On the other hand, Denizbank marks a first for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, by gaining Business Card, the NFC feature.
Having underlined Turkcell's history of firsts in the area of mobile financial services, Chief New Technology Business Officer Cenk Bayrakdar commented that "We have started a new era in shopping through Cep-T Cuzdan, which is one of the world's first commercial NFC Services. In converting physical wallet to mobile world, Cep-T Cuzdan presents Turkcell customers with the ease of contactless mobile payment in a secure and practical manner and enables them to experience the advantages of mobility. Through this cooperation, we are glad to introduce Denizbank customers to the convenience of Cep-T Cuzdan."
Murat Celik, Chief Digital Age Banking Officer at Denizbank commented that "Denizbank, closely monitoring developments in the banking sector, following up on the innovations in other industries, and using new technologies in its products and services will transfer the credit cards onto SIM cards via the NFC system at no cost to the customer. During this process, we took into consideration the increasing attention on NFC and potential needs of our customers. Indeed, Denizbank will continue to build on its innovative approach going forward."