Pay With Speed
Simply place your phone close to any terminal that accepts mobile contactless payments, just like you do with your Visa payWave enabled Debit or Credit card. Within seconds, you’ll see a payment confirmation on your device.
Mobile contactless payments
Now you can leave your wallet at home, and pay with Visa on your mobile! All you need is the payment app on your smartphone and any contactless payment terminal. Contactless payment using your phone is the next step in Visa's contactless payment capability, now available in Singapore.
Overview
Pay With Ease
Stop carrying around a packed wallet. Now all you need is your smartphone. Visa on your mobile enables contactless payments using your phone, bringing more convenience to your life. It’s the perfect way to pay for small purchases, from your morning coffee to late night petrol pit stop.
Pay With Security
Visa on your mobile uses the same contactless technology as Visa payWave and is protected by multiple levels of security just like a normal chip card. What’s more, your phone doesn’t need to leave your hand when you make a payment, putting you in control of the transaction.
How does mobile contactless payments work?
1. Get the app
Download the Android Pay or Samsung Pay app from Google Play store, or open the Wallet app on your iPhone*.
2. Add your Visa card
It’s as simple as snapping a picture of your Visa card from the app.
3. Make a purchase
To activate the payment functionality, simply tap to pay with your phone at the contactless terminal and follow any prompts on the phone.
*Note that not all smartphone handsets and operating systems are compatible with mobile contactless payments.
Q + A
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You can use Visa on your mobile anywhere that accepts contactless payments. Simply look for the Contactless Symbol on any point of sale terminal.
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If your phone is lost or stolen, simply contact your bank and all transactions will be blocked instantly.
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Yes, you can, just follow the instructions in the app to add another payment card.
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Please contact your bank to find out if they support contactless payments using your phone with Visa cards.
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When you enrol your Visa card for contactless payments with a phone, your payment card information (including the 16-digit account number found on the front of your Visa card) is substituted by Visa and your card issuer with a virtual account number that can be securely stored on your mobile device - and passed to merchants to process transactions you make with your phone. By creating a unique virtual account number for your payment information, your name and full card details are never shown in the app and never shared with the store.
When using Visa on your mobile, your phone does not need to leave your hand, which puts you in control of the transaction. You can also add an extra layer of security by activating your mobile passcode.
Every transaction using Visa contactless payments with a phone is protected by multiple layers of security, just like any other Visa card transaction, such as real-time fraud monitoring - all transactions on mobile are processed through Visa’s global processing network, VisaNet, in exactly the same way traditional Visa cards are. Transactions are analysed in real-time and scored for their fraud potential. Visa is able to use a comprehensive view of the global payments system to identify fraud patterns and detect suspicious transactions right at the point of sale.
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Contactless payment with a phone will be processed using the same technology used for Visa payWave - the Near Field Communication (NFC), which enables the device to securely and wirelessly interact with other devices, including payment terminals.
Your credit and debit card information are assigned a unique virtual account number that’s transmitted to the merchant instead of your Visa card number, so your full card details are not shared with your payment. Think of it as a digital stand-in for your payment information.
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You may pay contactless with your phone wherever Visa mobile contactless payments are accepted.