BlackBerry teams up with telecoms on mobile payments

WATERLOO, ON – BlackBerry has signed a new three-year agreement with EnStream, a mobile payments joint venture between Bell, Rogers and Telus, to provide a secure platform that supports transaction services between banks and consumers.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the agreement, EnStream will use infrastructure to enable financial institutions, like Royal Bank, TD Bank, CIBC and Desjardins, and mobile operators to securely provision sensitive payment card credentials into any smartphone capable of near field communication.BlackBerry said that given its requirements for security, the mobile payments space continues to be an area of focus. The company previously...