In the near future, contactless stickers will also be automatically provided with the O2 Citi credit cards that are issued in cooperation with VISA. This unique service is provided with new Citi Life, Citi Life Metropole, Citi Broker Consulting, Citi BILLA and Citi CSA credit cards issued in cooperation with MasterCard. They can be used at any of the rapidly increasing contactless payment terminals available in the Czech Republic.” He added: “Payments using contactless stickers are faster, more convenient and are secure as well.
Current holders of Citi credit cards may also request to receive a free sticker,” said Milan Reznícek, Citibank credit card product manager. Therefore it will begin to issue free contactless payment stickers with most new Citi credit cards. “Citibank wants to provide its clients with state-of-the-art technologies that will make shopping easier for them. And now Citibank will become the only bank in the Czech Republic to begin to automatically issue its new clients with contactless payment stickers for credit cards. Citi was the first to introduce a contactless card in the Czech Republic it made the first contactless payment transaction it was the first to begin to issue contactless payment stickers it participated in a pilot project for NFC contactless mobile payments and in September 2012, it was the first bank in the Czech Republic to introduce the first multifunctional credit card of its kind that combines the advantages of a credit card and the regional public transport card, Opuscard.
It has been a market leader in a number of contactless payment innovations in recent years.
The contactless stickers will make shopping even quicker and more convenient for Citibank clients.Ĭiti is a pioneer of new technologies in the Czech Republic. Payments using contactless payment stickers work in the same way as contactless credit cards: simply hold the sticker in front of the reader at the payment terminal, and the transaction is completed. Prague Starting in February 2013, Citibank Europe plc will issue – automatically and free of charge – a contactless payment sticker with each new Citi Life, Citi Life Metropole, Citi Broker Consulting, Citi BILLA and Citi CSA credit card.