Payleven
| Payleven Holding GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | March 2012 |
| Seat |
Berlin , Germany
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| management | Konstantin Wolff, Rafael Otero, Alston Zecha |
| Number of employees | 79 (annual average 2014) |
| sales | 2.9 million euros (2014) |
| Branch | Mobile payment |
| Website | payleven.com |
| As of December 31, 2014 | |
Payleven was a mobile payment provider founded in 2012 and based in Berlin and London . Payleven made it possible for traders to process debit and credit card payments using smartphones or tablets. The Fintech - startup company was active in ten European countries: in addition to Germany and the UK also in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland and Spain. In 2012 Payleven expanded to Brazil. In April 2016, Payleven was taken over by its competitor Sumup .
Products
The Payleven mobile payment system is app- based and can be processed with two different devices: with Swipe & Sign and Chip & PIN . The app is free and compatible with iOS and Android devices.
Swipe & Sign
Swipe & Sign consisted of a plug-in module, the so-called dongle, which was attached to either the smartphone or the tablet. After the card was swiped through the magnetic stripe reader, the customer signed on the smartphone or tablet and the transaction was completed by sending the receipt by email. Swipe & Sign was recently no longer offered because it no longer meets the security requirements.
Chip & PIN
With the introduction of Chip & PIN , Payleven was the first provider in mainland Europe to accept all debit and credit cards. The mobile card reader is a separate device that is connected to the smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth and enables the personal PIN to be entered on a keypad.
In spring 2014, Payleven announced that it would bring a card terminal onto the market that would enable card payments via an NFC interface.
Web links
- Payleven Germany
- Payleven Austria
- Pay with your smartphone - bye, bye cash . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 10, 2012.
- Rocket Internet's Mobile Payments Startup Payleven Expands Android Support Outside Germany: App Now Also In UK, Italy, Poland . In: Techcrunch.com , December 19, 2012.
- One step ahead: Payleven launches Europe's first mobile Chip & PIN solution . In: Focus , February 8, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements for the 2014 financial year of Payleven Holding GmbH. In: Bundesanzeiger , November 5, 2015, accessed in the company register on January 12, 2017.
- ^ Ingrid Lunden: SumUp and Payleven merge as European 'Square clones' consolidate. In: Techcrunch.com , April 27, 2016.
- ↑ SumUp and Payleven: Berlin mobile payment services are merging. In: Handelsblatt , April 27, 2016.
- ↑ http://gigaom.com/2014/03/19/payleven-announces-nfc-capable-mobile-point-of-sale-card-reader/