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Scooter startup Bird tests QR code-based mobile payment service

Wednesday 26 February 2020 12:16 CET | News

US-based electric scooter and moped hire startup Bird Rides has extended its services into mobile payments as the company seeks a path to profitability.

Called Bird Pay, the service allows users to use the Bird app to pay for purchases at the point of sale, scanning a QR code to link to the merchant before the app prompts for a payment amount. The service is currently being tried out in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, although the company did not disclose how many businesses were participating in the trial.

The service is not only being pitched as an easy way for customers to make payments but as a benefit for business users by encouraging Bird users to shop there. Bird itself claims that Bird Pay was created in direct response to requests from local businesses, since 58% of all Bird riders head to or end at local businesses each day.

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