PayPal allows merchants in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands to accept contactless payments on NFC smartphones • NFCW
Salespeople in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands can now accept contactless payments on a standard Android NFC smartphone or other mobile device using a Soft Point of Sale (sPOS) solution rolled out by PayPal.
To use Tap to Pay with Zettle, merchants download PayPal’s Zettle Go application on their Android device and register for the service via the app or directly from a PayPal corporate account.
They can then start accepting contactless payments made with a physical credit or debit card or via a mobile wallet.
Once a payment has been approved, the merchant can choose to print, email or text a receipt to the customer.
“With Tap to Pay, individual sellers and small businesses can start accepting contactless payments within minutes of signing up,” says PayPal.
“Sellers will be able to accept contactless payment via physical cards and digital wallets – such as Apple Pay and Google Pay – on smartphones and connected watches, directly on their Android mobile device.
Using near-field communication (NFC), Tap to Pay enables smartphones and tablets to act as payment terminals by securely capturing card details through a contactless “tap” on the back of the device and by direct communication with card payment processing rails.
“The solution works on devices with Android 8.0 and NFC features.”
A short video shows how the solution works.
Following the launch in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands, PayPal says it plans to launch the solution in other markets “in the near future”.