Rio de Janeiro metro enables contactless payments

Rio de Janeiro's underground system has rolled out contactless payments in a partnership with Visa and other local and international providers. The technology is in place across all of Metro Rio's 41 stations. The offering is underpinned by Visa's Secure Access Module platform, which allows acceptance of any card, mobile phone or near field communication (NFC)-enabled device and eliminated the need to change the underground operator's current infrastructure at the gates. In this initial phase, the contactless system will only work with Visa credit cards and mobile digital wallets Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.