In the future, the discounter Lidl would like to install its own payment system in its customer card app Lidl Plus. Lidl-Digital managing director Dominik Eberhard told WirtschaftsWoche that the “payment function one of the next extensions for the German app will be “. The application was launched last month as a discount program with various functions such as digital brochures, a branch finder and a product search. According to Lidl, it has already been downloaded several million times.

Start date unknown so far According to a report by Wirtschaftswoche, mobile payment via customer app in Germany is to be implemented with a direct debit procedure. Last year, the discounter in Spain tested a payment function with credit cards stored in the app, which works via QR codes. This system is now running in Poland and Spain. Lidl has not yet responded to heise online’s request as to when the payment function can be expected in this country and how it is technically implemented (NFC, QR code).

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