Absa Bank Uganda has became one of the first banks in Uganda to officially launch a contactless Vertical card in Uganda. Their unique vertically oriented card enables its customers to tap into fast, easy, and safe contactless payments for everyday items.
Tapping to pay is safe, simple, and can be used for everyday purchases. Get through checkout quickly with a touch-free and easy way to pay. You can pay with a safe, simple, and secure tap of your contactless debit vertical card for everyday purchases.
Tapping to pay with your Visa contactless card can help you avoid touching surfaces at checkout. It is a simple, no-contact tap is all it takes. Just like the trusted security of chip the vertical cards, each transaction is accompanied by a one-time code that protects your information.
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The vertical card uses Near Field Communication (NFC) chip embedded in the wireless symbol shown below on the card. Tapping to pay uses this short-range wireless technology to make secure payments between a contactless card or payment-enabled device and a contactless-enabled checkout terminal. When you tap near the Contactless Symbol your payment is sent for authorization.
This Wi-Fi-looking symbol on the Absa Vertical card is the EMVCo Contactless Indicator*. It indicates that your card can be used to tap to pay on a contactless-enabled payment terminal.
Your Absa VISA card should have the above Contactless Indicator on it. When prompted, simply tap your Visa contactless card over the Contactless Symbol (below). Your payment is processed in seconds. Once your payment is confirmed, you’re good to go.
Tapping to pay with your Absa Visa contactless card is a safer way to pay because it helps you avoid touching surfaces at checkout. It’s also secure because just like the trusted security of chip cards, each transaction is accompanied by a one-time code that protects your payment information. To make a payment, your contactless card must be placed within 1- 2 inches of the Contactless Symbol located on the checkout terminal in order for the sale to take place (so you can’t pay accidentally). And don’t worry, even if you tap twice, you won’t be charged twice.
