What's New in Payments

More than three quarters of cashless transactions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are now contactless

Cashless transaction being made in a bakery in Germany

More than three in four cashless payments made in Germany (77%), Austria (80%) and Switzerland (82%) are now contactless — a rise of more than 35 percentage points from an average of 40% across the three countries in June 2019, according to figures published by Nordic payments processor Nets... More


What's New in Payments

Google Pay goes live in Austria

Google Pay logo

Google Pay has officially launched its app for owners of both Android smartphones and Wear OS smartwatches in Austria. Austrian customers of neobanks and fintechs including Curve, Monese, N26, Revolut and Viva Wallet have been able to use Google Pay via their mobile banking app since November 2020. More