Google announced this Tuesday during an event in Sao Paulo that Brazil will be the first country where users of the Google Wallet application will be able to pay by reading a QR code.
To use this new payment method, users of Google Wallet They must have previously registered in this application the data of their credit or debit bank cards.
Once that is done, it will suffice to point the phone’s camera at the code QR provided by the business where you want to make a purchase and authenticate the purchase by unlocking the device.
The resource has been developed by engineers at Brazilwhere digital payments are already well established, and will be available in the coming months for those with system phones Android.
“It was born here and was made with the Brazilian in mind, how to democratize access to digital payments even more”, affirmed this Tuesday the president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelhoduring a presentation.
coelho explained that the objective of the new resource is “bring functionality and security to payment by approximation so that anyone with an Android has access to this technology”.
Despite advances in digitization in Brazil, only 25% of Brazilians use approximation payment methods with their cell phones, according to a study by the consulting firm eMarketer quoted by Google.
Source: EFE
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