BNP Paribas Mobile, the first mobile banking offer in mainland France
Paris, November 23, 2011
On 24 November, BNP Paribas and Orange are launching BNP Paribas Mobile, the first mobile-phone banking service. This offer lets BNP Paribas customers use a novel range of mobile banking services to manage their accounts on a daily basis more easily while on the move.
The strategic industry partnership that BNP Paribas and Orange signed in July attests to the strong desire of both companies to take a strong lead in mobile banking and develop a broad range of innovative features such as contactless mobile services. Both Groups want to support their customers in using the new services, by combining their experience in their own particular fields of excellence, namely, banking services for BNP Paribas and mobile telephony for Orange.
the BNP Paribas Mobile range has four features
a comprehensive mobile banking service for managing and viewing accounts;a practical and innovative mobile payment service, for local and person-to-person payments;a selection of some of the most efficient smartphones in terms of multimedia capability, with models that include contactless NFC technology;4 mobile phone packages.
a comprehensive mobile banking service, with 12 applications for managing day-to-day banking from your mobile, specifically: my Safe, a totally secure way to store your essential documents;my Balance, to see your balance with a single click;my Accounts, to monitor your account activity;my Q&As, to contact BNP Paribas advisers online;my AFP News, to get the latest news news on your mobile.
a practical, innovative and secure mobile payment serviceWith the My Transfers application, BNP Paribas customers can send money to someone from their mobile free of charge, even if the other person is not a BNP Paribas customer. With the KIX service, BNP Paribas customers can pay for daily purchases securely using the NFC based mobile Cityzi service. Contactless mobile payment is already available in Nice and Strasbourg and will gradually be rolled out across France in 2012, for example Marseille in the first quarter of 2012, Caen in the second quarter, and Lille and Bordeaux in the second half of the year.
BNP Paribas is determined to support this rollout by giving NFC payment terminals to its retail clients as well as to all its private customers who have Cityzi enabled mobiles.
8 smartphones and a range of 4 mobile packages available starting 24 November
BNP Paribas Mobile features an attractive selection of 8 smartphones - 3 of which are Cityzi enabled (Acer Liquid Express, BlackBerry Curve 9360 (1) and Samsung Galaxy S2) – along with 4 packages to get the most from your smartphone.
1, 2 or 5 hours mobile calling packagesor 24/7 unlimited calling (2) include the following services:Unlimited sharing: unlimited calls and SMS to 3 mobile numbers of your choiceUnlimited SMS/MMS (excluding premium SMS numbers and short codes)Unlimited calls to any operator evenings and weekends depending on the package chosenMultimedia services: Internet and email access, Orange Maps navigation to turn your smartphone into a GPS device, and 30 to 70 TV channels depending on the package you choose (access limited to 500MB for the 1hr-package and download speed reduced beyond 2GB using any other package including unlimited).
Full details of all packages are available on www.bnpparibas.net/mobile
release of mobile banking and customer support services
All BNP Paribas customers are eligible to subscribe to this offer via any channel: through advisors at any of its 2,250 branches in France, via La Net Agence, via online advisers at the BNP Paribas Customer Relations Centre, or via www.bnpparibas.net.
BNP Paribas Mobile customers can go to the www.orange.fr website to request a 30-minute phone meeting with an Orange expert to help them learn more about their smartphone. Orange customers can also use the 700 number for any question they may have about the service or about using their mobile.
To contact a BNP Paribas adviser about mobile banking or mobile payment, just call 288 from your BNP Paribas mobile.
(1) Cityzi services for this mobile are scheduled to launch in January
(2) Usage in mainland France, excluding premium numbers and short codes, maximum 3 hours/call.
press contacts
BNP Paribas : Loubna Sebti - +33 (0)1 40 14 66 28 - loubna.sebti@bnpparibas.com
Orange : Isabelle Spanu - +33 (0)1 55 22 27 31 - isabelle.spanu@orange.com
Khadija Komara - +33 (0)1 44 44 93 93 – khadija.komara@orange.com
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