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Absa Mobile Pay allows you to enjoy the best digital banking experience for your business. With an enabled tap-and-pay feature for Android smartphones, Near Field Communication (NFC) transactions can be made safely, quickly and easily. What a game changer!

Get ready to turn your mobile device into a Point-of-Sale (POS) device – giving you the ability to accept contactless Visa and Mastercard payments on your smartphone.

How to register for Absa Mobile Pay:

• Download the Absa Mobile Pay app from the Google Play Store.
• Enter your verification code in the Absa Mobile Pay App to start accepting payments.
• Convert your mobile device into a tap and pay.
• Alternatively, contact 0860 111 222 or contactmerc@absa.co.za

Compatible devices:

• Get paid wherever you do business.
• Android – Near Field Communication (NFC) capable mobile devices can accept transactions.
• The Android phone must run Android Version 7 software or above.
• Contactless Visa and Mastercard qualify.

More information about Absa Mobile Pay:

• Multiple cellphones can be linked to one merchant number. 
• You need data connectivity to run Absa Mobile Pay.
• Simply click on ‘Send SMS’ on the confirmation screen. Enter the mobile number and confirm.
• Stolen cellphone – please contact the call centre to reprovision the cellphone number of the stolen phone. A new verification needs to be generated and sent within 72 hours.
• Must be a registered merchant with Absa before you can register to use the product.
• Commission fee of 2.25% on every transaction.









• No monthly costs for using Absa Mobile Pay.
• Use your own mobile device to accept payments, using the NFC capability. 

Accepting payments:

• No limit to how much you may accept on Absa Mobile Pay. Please note: From an issuing perspective, the normal issuing card limit will apply.
• Trying to accept a payment, but the card tap function is not working?
• Hold the card to the NFC reader on the phone. (Usually at the back of your phone)
• Once the card is recognised, it will register with an audible beep.
• Keep the card on the phone until a second beep is heard, the message, ‘Remove the card’, is displayed.
• Alternatively, tap the card on the back and/or try the front of the phone. Please note that the NFC readers on smartphones differ.

Possible delays when accepting payments:

• When the App takes long to load; please check your data connectivity and ensure that you are using an NFC phone. This can be checked under ‘Settings’, then ‘Connections’, and then check if there is NFC and that it is enabled.

What can you do about cards that are not NFC-enabled?

• These cards will not work on Absa Mobile Pay. Alternative payment methods will need to be offered.
• Customer receipts will be sent via SMS by entering their cellphone number after the transaction.
• You can get the transaction history by contacting the call centre and asking for the batch settlement. Absa Merchant Access Online can be used.

For more information, visit https://www.absa.co.za/business/bank-my-business/make-and-receive-payments/mobilepay/

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