Smart eMoney partners with Hybrid PayTech for mobile payments in the Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Hybrid PayTech World Inc. announced that Smart eMoney Inc. (SMI) the financial services subsidiary of Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), and Hybrid PayTech Asia Inc. (Hybrid) have collaborated for the deployment of a pioneering mobile payment ecosystem platform to enable enterprise and retail businesses in the Philippines.

Under the recently signed agreement, SMI will use the HybridVIRTUO Ecosystem Platform for mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) roll-out, which includes a unique host of solutions for easy integration with other existing payment systems.

The scalable Hybrid platform will enable SMI to deploy a full suite of compliant mobile payment solutions for businesses and includes Hybrid's HybridMPOS APPs, a mobile application built on the most popular operating systems for wireless devices such as Android, IOS, BB, and Win6,7,8.

Hybrid's platform which allows for multi-device interoperability using Bluetooth or audio-jack payment acceptance units will offer clients of SMI the ability to acquire mPOS MasterCard credit card transactions, allowing processing and acceptance of card payments conveniently.

Plans are underway for SMI to deliver online debit using Personal Identification Number (PIN) system with existing Philippine Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards for smartphones, tablets and mobile enterprise devices. This mPOS platform operates on all mobile platforms: IOS, Windows, Android, Blackberry, and all major and most local mobile devices brands.

The system is also compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS), the global security standard that helps to prevent card and data fraud by evaluating payment account data security and assessing an organization's network architecture, software design, security policies, procedures and protective practices.