Desjardins Group Launches New Mobile Card Payment Systems

Published September 25, 2015, 8:56 a.m. EDT

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Updated August 26, 2020, 9:55 p.m. EDT

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Canadian credit union cooperative Desjardins Group is offering mobile credit and debit card readers for small businesses.

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Monetico Mobile and Monetico Mobile + are aimed at on-the-go or self-employed workers like plumbers, painters and other merchants.

They are composed of an Android and iOS-compatible keypad which can read customers' Visa and MasterCard chips, and an app. Monetico Mobile + offers additional functionalities, including product catalogues, invoices and other business expense management tools.

The payment systems are EMV and PCI DSS-compliant, and have been certified by Visa and MasterCard.

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