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Knowledge sharingMarch 11, 2025

Taps on your phone.

How NFC-enabled smartphones are turning into payment terminals – taps on your phone.

The payment networks are offering various ‘tapping’ services to make payments even more convenient. They enable the transformation of a merchant's smartphone or tablet into a contactless payment acceptance device.

This development is particularly interesting for acquirers and payment service providers as with offering the ‘tapping’ services, they can expand their merchant base and offer a more cost-effective payment acceptance solution.

How does it work? Merchants download an app and transform their mobile phones into payment terminals that can be used to process and accept payment cards. Behind this, of course, is a complex infrastructure that involves several parties.

And that’s where Explicit Selection’s technical expertise comes in! We help manage this complexity, develop and deploy secure and reliable 'Tap on Phone applications', integrate them with payment networks, and ensure compliance.

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