Allegro has announced a new service implemented in one of the platform's delivery methods - One Kurier. From now on, customers using this method and paying for cash-on-delivery purchases can pay by card or smartphone using the contactless method on the courier's device used to manage shipments. This is because an application terminal offered by PayTel has also been installed on it. Allegro boasts that this is the first in Poland and one of the first such applications of softpos in Europe.

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Softpos is an application that can be installed on any Android device equipped with an NFC proximity reader. Thanks to this, for example, a smartphone, which can be used in stationary shops to pay by contactless card, can become a payment terminal. All you need to do is to put e.g. your card to the "back" of the shop assistant's smartphone. If a transaction needs to be authorised with a PIN, this is entered on the retailer's device.

Softpos is a fairly new solution, but one that is gaining more and more interest. In Poland we already have a few applications of this type, e.g. Polcard Go, or the terminal of the Polish fintech Softpos, founded by the managers of the Payarto company (implemented e.g. by ING or Credit Agricole). Paytel is another player that introduces an application terminal to the market.

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"Since April we have been offering courier services with same-day delivery, and now we are the first in the logistics industry in Poland to introduce a new payment standard. Thanks to the fact that the whole process takes place on a single device, payment is faster and the supplier is not burdened with keeping cash - which is especially important for purchases of higher amounts that are still often ordered by cash on delivery", says Jacek Powałka, responsible for the development of One by Allegro services.

In turn, according to Bartosz Berestecki, President of PayTel, the application provided by the company responds to the payment habits of consumers who are increasingly willing to pay without cash, even if they order cash on delivery. “Our application will find its followers both in large corporations, such as Allegro, but also in small freelancers, especially those running mobile business. The possibility of integration with other applications is an advantage, as it avoids the need to repeat operations in another program, which improves customer service and minimises the risk of error”, believes PayTel's CEO.