In Russia, the question arises about a new method of payment through NFC-tablets and SBPey.

For months, more than 1.1 thousand NFC-tablets for contactless payment via SBPey have been installed in Russia, Kommersant writes.

They are installed by NewPay. In the near future, another 700 points with NFC-tablets will appear.

In the third quarter, the number of transactions in NewPay increased from 1 to 3 thousand per day.

Contactless payment goes through the offer: the seller enters the amount at the checkout and selects the NewPay (SBP) payment method, the information about which refers to the chip in the NFC tablet, the client brings the Android smartphone, after which the payment is automatically calculated, which can be used for payment through SBPey. iPhone owners can scan a QR code to get to the payment system.

First, you need to link a bank account in the SBPey application. Now SBPey has many banks, including Sberbank and Tinkoff Bank.

NewPay’s partner in the production of NFC tablets is the all-Russian ISBC. The company can produce several million ISBC Pay payment tablets with NFC technology + QR code.

But not all banks are ready to pay for NFC-plates and payment tags. For example, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank are still focused on plastic cards. This is partly due to the fact that the purchase and installation of NFC tags has risen in price. In addition, banks earn significantly less transactions through SBPey, so it is more profitable for them to develop card payments. [Коммерсантъ]