Wirecard expands collaboration with Google Pay in Europe

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) -

- Users of the boon App can now add their digital boon Mastercard
to Google Pay in Ireland, Spain and the UK and pay just with a
tap

Wirecard, the global innovation leader in digital financial
technology, is expanding its cooperation with Google Pay and is
making its mobile payment app boon available for the wallet solution
in Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

With boon, users not only benefit from a real-time overview of all
transactions, peer-to-peer and online payments, they can also easily
add their digital boon Mastercard to Google Pay. As a result, users
enjoy paying in an even more convenient way - they just hold their
smartphone on the terminal and approve the transaction, for example,
with their fingerprint. The latest expansion of boon means that
Wirecard's mobile payment solution will be available in Ireland,
Spain and the United Kingdom on four digital payment platforms: Apple
Pay, Fitbit Pay, Garmin Pay, and as of now, Google Pay. boon users
will benefit from fully digitized mobile and wearable payment
possibilities, regardless of which bank or mobile provider they use.

"We are delighted to further bring boon into Google Pay, the fast
and simple way to pay in millions of places," commented Florence
Diss, Head of EMEA Commerce Partnerships at Google. "Google Pay users
in Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom will benefit from having all
of their cards, including boon, in a single digital wallet that is
secure and convenient."

"Our bank-independent mobile payment solution boon has already
seen great success across Europe, and we expect to keep this momentum
going with the latest expansion," added Georg von Waldenfels,
Executive Vice President Consumer Solutions at Wirecard. "At
Wirecard, we are constantly seeking to drive the digitization of
payments forward, and bring the most innovative solutions to the
hands of consumers. With this expansion, we are simplifying digital
payments even more and meeting the demands of consumers who seek fast
and convenient payments on the go."

The success of contactless payments, whether by mobile, wearable,
or card, can be felt across Europe, and especially in the United
Kingdom where, according to Mastercard, nearly one in two in-store
transactions are now contactless. Across Europe, Mastercard found
that contactless spending on Mastercard and Maestro grew 145% in
2017. The same study found that overall, one quarter of Europeans
expect to start using contactless payments with wearables in the
future. The expansion of boon for Google Pay into three major
European markets comes at a time of fast growth and high consumer
demand for digital payment methods.

boon is the industry's first fully digitized mobile payment
solution which is also bank and mobile provider independent. The app
is already available in France, Germany and Italy for Google Pay. On
iOS, boon is available in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Further details can be found at www.beboon.com.

To download boon, please click http://ots.de/pzobkx

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business
customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of
real-time value-added services built around innovative digital
payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem
concentrates on the areas payment & risk, retail & transaction
banking, loyalty & couponing, data analytics & conversion rate
enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard
operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets,
holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card
networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX
and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). Visit us on www.wirecard.com, follow
us on Twitter @wirecard and on Facebook @wirecardgroup.

Wirecard media contact:
Wirecard AG
Jana Tilz
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 4424 1363
Email: jana.tilz@wirecard.com

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