The new mobile platform will allow Belgian consumers to use their mobile devices to make "in-app" payments, receive tickets and coupons, and participate in loyalty programs for mobile shopping.
Based on the terms of the agreement, Accenture will assist Belgacom and BNP Paribas Fortis to design and build a mobile wallet and platform based on the Accenture Mobility platform.
Furthermore, Accenture has agreed to offer application maintenance services and create a developer community for participating Belgian merchants to create mobile apps.
Being designed to integrate directly with merchant mobile apps to build an ecosystem for mobile commerce, the Belgacom’s and BNP Paribas Fortis’ joint platform is expected to be deployed in the spring of 2014.
Irrespective of smartphones and mobile operators, all customers can access the mobile wallet, who have a debit or credit card from any Belgian bank.
Belgacom Enterprise Business Unit evp Bart Van Den Meersche said, "This mobile commerce platform opens the door to a level of modernization, efficiency and customer satisfaction that could make Belgium a leader in the worldwide mobile revolution."
With 200,000 staff in 2012, BNP Paribas Fortis provides an array of financial services for private and professional clients, wealthy individuals, corporate clients, public entities and financial institutions.
