Pick n Pay second retailer to add in-store QR payments

Pick n Pay announced that it will also be adding scan-and-pay technology at till points nationwide so customers don’t have to touch point-of-sale terminals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This comes after the Shoprite Group, which owns Shoprite, Checkers and Usave stores became the first South African food retailer to offer dynamic QR payments which will be available at the tills in all Shoprite, Usave, Checkers and Checkers Hyper stores within the next two months.

Customers simply have to scan the QR code at the till point with their phones and pay with Masterpass, SnapScan, Zapper, FNB Pay or Nedbank Pay in any of the Group’s stores.

“Masterpass lets customers securely download a free digital wallet from any of the major South African banks to their mobile phone. Customers can then safely and simply pay for their purchase by scanning the QR code at the till from the Masterpass app and entering their bank Pin on their phone. This means that customers and cashiers don’t have to exchange a bank card and the payment Pin pad is avoided,” Pick n Pay said in a statement.

Customers will also be able to use the SnapScan and Zapper apps to make payments, it said.

Pick n Pay CIO Richard van Rensburg said the number of customers making use of contactless “tap and go” payment functionality over the past month has “increased significantly as they limit unnecessary contact”.

“We piloted the new scan-and-pay QR payments last week in selected stores, and customer feedback was very positive. We will complete our roll-out to all our stores nationwide by the end of next week,” Van Rensburg said.

Pick n Pay said it also offers a cardless option for its Smart Shopper loyalty system, with customers able to scan a QR code from the retailer’s mobile app at the point of sale.

 

Written by: Staff Writer.

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