Rogers expands "digital wallet" service to Android and BlackBerry 10 models

TORONTO – Rogers has announced the certification of its suretap service for the Android and BlackBerry 10 operating systems (or, mobiXpress in Quebec). The certification allows banks and other credentials issuers with loyalty or reward programs to develop mobile payment solutions for Android and BlackBerry 10 devices that leverage the secure SIM card in an NFC-enabled device. As of today, three Android NFC-enabled smartphones and four BlackBerry smartphones are suretap mobile-payment-ready, which means they are now certified ready to support new mobile payment applications that accept MasterCard and Visa credit cards. Those smartphones are: BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Curve 9360,...