HÀ NỘI — The National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) on Monday inrtoduced Apple Pay to its cardholders in Việt Nam, an easy and secure way to pay in-store, in-app and online.

To pay in-store, customers simply double-click the side button, authenticate and hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near a payment terminal to make a contactless payment. Customers do not need to enter their PIN when making in-store purchases with Apple Pay.

Every Apple Pay purchase is secure because it is authenticated with Face ID, Touch ID or device passcode, as well as a one-time unique dynamic security code.

Sharing about the availability of domestic cards on Apple Pay, Nguyễn Quang Minh, General Director of NAPAS said: "In Việt Nam in recent years, we can see strong and rapid development of digital payment card methods on mobile devices. In particular, with the convenient, safe and easy-to-use payment features, payment cards have been applied in payment solutions for many aspects of modern society such as transportation, retail, and dining.

"The availability of Apple Pay on NAPAS contributes to the development of a modern card payment ecosystem as well as international integration, and it meets the payment needs of consumers in Việt Nam.”

Security and privacy are at the core of Apple Pay. When customers use a credit or debit/domestic card with Apple Pay, the actual card numbers are not stored on the device, nor on Apple servers.

NAPAS has coordinated with banks to enable Apple Pay with NAPAS domestic cards starting with Vietcombank and OCB. In addition to cooperation with banks, NAPAS has coordinated with payment service providers, such as OnePay, VNPay, Zalo Pay and Ngan Luong to expand the acceptance of Apple Pay for NAPAS domestic cards. — BIZHUB