EMVCO certification for Nothing Phones

Manu7217

Bonjour

Ma banque refuse le sans contact sur mon Nothing 2a+ parce que le téléphone n’est pas certifié EMVCO, qu’en est il du Nothing 3a?

Merci de votre retour

Kpuche

Hey, same here with 3a Pro.
Can you do something please ?

Manu7217

Kpuche

Je n’ai malheureusement aucune solution, juste attendre et espérer une certification par EMVCo…. Ou changer de banque !

Kpuche

Manu7217 the “can you do something” was’nt adrress to you xD but to nothing 😃
On the EMVCO site, when we see the certification fo the phone 1, 2 or 2a we see delivered dates before the launch dates of the phone… that worries me there is no nothing 3A document on their site …

(https://www.emvco.com/approved-products/?search_bar_keywords=nothing)

Edit: I asked the support by their contact form on the website too

Edit2: The support told me they have transmit to the corresponding services. I hope it will move fast

Edit3:
To put the answer from the support:
"Please be informed that the Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Pro have not yet obtained EMVCO certification for contactless payment.

In addition, we currently have no plans to obtain this certification for these specific models."

So wait and see i think

kifjeff

+1 EMV approval

TouKa03

Hello,

Same case here for the 3A Pro 😕
For the 2A they did it before the official launch.
But for the 3A/Pro, nothing…
And the Phone 1 lost his certification the 17th june 2025…

I tried to ask the person in charge for the last certifications appearing on the EMVCO website.
Hope i’ll get an answer 🤞
Keep you in touch

rcward

+another 1 asap please. I am not changing bank but will change the phone!

Update.

I live in France and Google Wallet with my bank will not work with this phone as it is not on the EMVco list.

I have got arround this by using the Android Wise App.

Creating the new account and adding a new virtual Debit card.

I added funds from my French bank account to the Wise virtual Debit card.

The new card number and details I added to Google Wallet and it works fine.

This may be a work arround for many of you with Nothing phones as I think it is very unlikely they will ever be added to the EMVco list.

R_D__GQmmuLV9B6

Hi, any update of that topic? February 2026 and still EMVCO certification for the 3a and 3a pro.
It’s getting a little ridiculous not being able to pay with my credit card on such a modern phone… Disappointing

Kpuche

R_D__GQmmuLV9B6 I think it’s pointless to expect an update about this certification…
as i see on the link i shared previously, it still haven’t move…

there is only the phone 2 and 2a that still have it, the phone 1 has lost it.

the Phone 3a or even the newly annouced 4a are not referenced…

Phone 3a Pro will be my first and last Nothing Phone I think because of that.

gregory_XIgFwZsHtA

Kpuche Maybe the problem is from the bank app. I use CIC Pay on my Phone (2) and it stopped working since last month. I was looking on EMVco list and find that Euro-Information, the company who develop apps for “Groupe CIC/CM”, is referenced on EMVco.
Approval Expiration Date: July 7, 2027
Default-SDK Name: Monetico 3DS SDK Android
Supported Operating System Version(s): Android 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

My Nothing Phone (2) is on Android 16.

Kpuche

gregory_XIgFwZsHtA Nope, nothing to do with my bank.
as you can see on the link
https://www.emvco.com/approved-products/?search_bar_keywords=nothing
Only the 2a is still approved until 28 Dec 2026
The 2 has lost its EMVCO certtification too (as the 1 byt the same way)
When i bought the phone and ask the support, they told me that they didn’t ask for it, and they won’t ask for it 🙂
at least i finally able to use Wero , but still no payment with my credit card through my phone 3A pro

gregory_XIgFwZsHtA

Kpuche Nothing phones are great but no contactless payment, Pass Navigo (Paris french public transportation) stop working in december 2025, no eSim.
I am sad not to consider Nothing for my next phone, I will miss Nothing OS and Glyph so much.

Kpuche

gregory_XIgFwZsHtA yeah yeah me too, but contactless payment was a thing I used alot with my previous phone.
I love my phone 3APro, but as I said, if Nothing don’t do anything for this on their future phone, i will go see another brand 🙁

TouKa03

Hello everyone,

I found a working solution.

You can bypass this limitation by using a card aggregator like Curve.

Link your bank card, retrieve the details of the Curve virtual card, and enter them into Google Wallet.

Have fun ! 👋

R4ynix

Hello everyone,

Same exact problem on my side, I started to use mobile payment with my previous phone (Asus Zenfone 9) a few weeks through the app of my bank (CM Pay) before changing it for a Nothing Phone 4a Pro, and I was pretty disappointed to not be able to use mobile payment with my brand new phone. I thought it was a bug or a temporary problem. And after doing some research I find that topic.

And I’m now very upset to discover that it doesn’t work only because Nothing refuses to pay for EMVCO certification. What the hell?! The phone itself is amazing, I love Nothing OS and Nothing X is really an amazing app. But not being able to use mobile payment for such reason is like a cold shower. It’s really ridiculous… Come on Nothing, you can do better than this.

Edit: I just contacted Nothing support about that and here’s the answer I got:

“We understand your disappointment regarding this limitation and we thank you for your feedback. We currently have no announced plans to obtain EMVCo certification for our phones. However, we continuously monitor user feedback and market developments.”

So basically, if we want Nothing to change their plans about EMVCO certification, we must let them know what we want by contacting their support. Use this address to contact them: https://nothing.tech/pages/contact-support

And I think that adding comments under publications from their accounts on social networks like Instagram, X, Tiktok and Discord would also help for that.

Have a good day everyone!