Shinhan Card Promotes Contactless Payment Service for Long-term Care Hospitals

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Shinhan Card announced that it held a strategic partnership agreement ceremony to promote non-face-to-face payment services for nursing hospitals on the 10th at the Danal Auditorium in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do. Lee Byung-chul, head of Shinhan Card's Life Curation Team (left), Park Ji-man, head of Danal (center), and Nam Ki-woong, director of Brain Healthcare (right), are taking a commemorative photo at the partnership agreement ceremony.

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Shinhan Card is promoting a contactless payment service for nursing hospitals.

On the 12th, Shinhan Card announced that it plans to launch a contactless payment service that allows patient guardians to pay hospital bills via mobile phone without visiting the nursing hospital in person, and to split the hospital bills among guardian family members.

Considering the ongoing occurrence of infections in nursing hospitals due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Shinhan Card has been expanding contactless payment services to ensure both hospitals and customers are satisfied and can make payments more safely. Shinhan Card collaborated with 'Danal,' a leader in mobile payment service innovation, and 'Brain Healthcare,' the number one company in the electronic medical record (EMR) market share, to build a joint contactless payment solution based on a survey of difficulties and necessary services from nursing hospital stakeholders.

The contactless payment methods to be introduced include manual payment without hospital visits, SMS payment where a payment link is sent via mobile text message for immediate payment, and regular payments linked to automatic transfers. Additionally, split payments allowing guardians to share hospital bills are also possible. Nursing hospitals can continue using their existing EMR systems without additional fees while managing payment processing and outstanding balances.

To introduce the service to all nursing hospitals nationwide as quickly as possible, Shinhan Card signed a strategic partnership agreement with Danal and Brain Healthcare. The signing ceremony was held on the 10th at Danal’s main auditorium in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, attended by Lee Byung-chul, Head of Shinhan Card Life Curation Team, Park Ji-man, Head of Danal, and Nam Ki-woong, Director of Brain Healthcare.

Shinhan Card is already implementing the regular payment service for some nursing hospitals and is offering 2 to 6 months of interest-free benefits for contactless payment service usage until the end of December for hospitals currently using the service.

A Shinhan Card official said, "Interest in contactless medical services is increasing due to COVID-19, which led us to promote this contactless payment service for nursing hospitals," adding, "Through this partnership, we will strive to enable contactless payments not only in nursing hospitals but also in various nursing facilities."

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