YESpay and YES-wallet today announced the launch of cloud-based NFC contactless card emulation services conforming to PayWave and PayPass standards offering a more convenient and efficient payment solution for merchants and consumers.

By integrating YES-wallet pouch digital wallet service with YESpay EMBOSS payment service, both companies will provide a cloud service based e-Money/pre-paid/gift-card payment platform that allows provision of convenient and efficient payment methods on NFC smartphones based on Visa PayWave and MasterCard PayPass standards.

Both companies have been focusing on development and provision of Near Field Communication products that comply with NFC global standard.

The partnership allows e-Money (pre-paid gift-card) related business, merchant, and mail order house to implement contactless card payment system without having to make heavy upfront investment by using the Pouch cloud service. YESpay will contribute by providing "payment terminals based on NFC reader/writers" and providing "EMBOSS payment processing services to cultivate and manage merchants" and YES-wallet will contribute by providing "PayWave or PayPass standard virtual payment cards cloud system via its Pouch digital wallet service".

In the near term, both companies will focus on e-Money payment service based on PayWave/PayPass contactless smart card for closed-loop e-Money applications on behalf of Enterprises. In the future, the partnership expects to form partnerships with bank card issuers and enterprises issuing Visa and MasterCard.