Nokia and the world’s largest retail electronic payments network Visa Inc have announced they are to deliver Visa payment and payment-related services – including contactless payments, remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications – for Nokia’s next generation handsets beginning with the Nokia 6212 classic, expected to be available starting October 2008.

Head of global product innovation at Visa Inc, Tim Attinger, said: “Visa is already better money – more convenient, reliable and secure than cash. Putting Visa payments and exciting new services into the NFC-equipped Nokia 6212 classic add’s another layer of convenience and security for Visa account holders and Nokia customers around the world.”

The Nokia 6212 classic includes integrated Near-Field Communications chipsets, which allows the mobile handset to behave like a contact-less payment card, where consumers simply wave it within a few inches of a special point of sale reader to complete a Visa transaction.

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