Orico, a Japanese consumer credit and cobranded card issuer, is wrapping up an NFC test of Mobile MasterCard PayPass that was launched last November that lets customers use their phone to make credit and debit transactions at any merchant equipped with a PayPass-compatible contactless payments terminal.

For the trial, mobile network operator KDDI provided the NFC-enabled mobile phones and SIMs. Orico was responsible for the issuance of the PayPass application and French smart card provider Gemalto provided issuance and application technical support.

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