suretap

There were high ambitions for the suretap mobile wallet, which was the basis for NFC mobile payments for Rogers customers on specific Android and BlackBerry smartphones. The mobile wallet was a partnership between fellow carriers Bell and TELUS and was consolidated into Enstream, another mobile wallet spin off created by the Big 3. However, a...

Suretap is the digital wallet created Canada’s ‘Big 3’ carriers Rogers, TELUS and Bell. Currently, the mobile payment solution is limited to select Android and BlackBerry smartphones and lacks iPhone support. As for why it’s not available on the iPhone, Suretap president Jeppe Dorff explained to The Star it’s because Apple did not want to...

The Rogers-backed Suretap mobile wallet has announced a new prepaid MasterCard for its customers, that is reloadable plus comes with a no-monthly fee as part of a ‘limited-time promotional offer’. Jeppe Dorff, President of suretap, said in a statement “We want suretap to meet the digital payment choices of all Canadians,” highlighting growing use of...

Last April, Rogers launched their ‘suretap’ mobile wallet which was only available to select Android and BlackBerry smartphones. The system uses NFC SIM cards along with compatible phones for mobile payments. Now, Bell and TELUS along with their discount brands Virgin Mobile and Koodo have announced they will back Rogers’ suretap wallet to take on...

Word of Rogers and their NFC mobile wallet plans called suretap was first known last October, with a partnership with CIBC and MasterCard, powered by a Gemalto SIM-based NFC solution. Today, Rogers has announced its suretap mobile wallet will launch “in the coming weeks”: “The arrival of our mobile wallet is a major step towards...