The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based PSCU announced it is expanding its digital wallet offerings to include Masterpass by MasterCard and Microsoft Wallet. The CUSO plans to make the wallets available by September.
"As more members adopt the new generation of digital wallets, our owner credit unions need the flexibility to offer a wide range of digital payment options to their members," Denise Stevens, SVP of product delivery for PSCU, said. "The availability of Masterpass and Microsoft Wallet enables our owners to offer a digital wallet to meet virtually any member requirement for device compatibility, convenience and security."
Members can utilize Masterpass in the checkout process and with purchases online, in-app and in-store with one secure account. Members are required to register online and load their credit union's MasterCard credit or debit card. Members can also store their cards and shipping information to make it easier to shop online, in-app and at more than a million store locations.
The digital wallet includes multi-tiered security to help keep members' information private when they shop at online merchants or store locations. When members pay using the Masterpass Android app, the merchant only receives a unique number instead of actual card details, which helps keep their information protected.
PSCU said it would automatically enroll owner credit unions in the Masterpass digital wallet that have executed MasterCard Digital Enablement Service agreements through the CUSO unless they choose to opt out of Masterpass participation by Sept. 1, 2016.
The CUSO said it will also offer owners access to Microsoft Wallet, a new, cloud-based mobile payments service. Members in the U.S. with phones running Windows 10, including the Lumia 650, 950 and 950 XL, can tap to pay for purchases at retail locations any time they see the contactless NFC payment symbol or the Microsoft Wallet logo at the POS.
Microsoft Wallet supports credit union credit and debit cards from MasterCard and Visa. Members can store as many credit and debit cards as they want in their Microsoft Wallet.
With Microsoft Wallet, retailers never receive a member's credit or debit card numbers during a transaction. Instead, when a member taps to pay, the retailer receives a single-use transaction number and an encrypted security code unique to that purchase. This, plus requiring the device PIN to make a purchase, makes using the Microsoft Wallet more secure than using an actual card alone and reduces the risk of fraud.
Masterpass and Microsoft Wallet complement the other digital wallets that PSCU offers, which include Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay. Nearly 200 PSCU owners are currently live with Apple Pay, 123 are live with Android Pay and 124 are live with Samsung Pay.
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