Google Pay is now available for all boon users in France / With boon, you can use Google Pay regardless of the bank

Aschheim (Munich)/Paris (ots) - Wirecard, the global innovation
leader in digital financial technology, is making its mobile payment
solution boon available to download in the French Google Play store
to tie in with the launch of Google Pay in France. As a result,
according to Statista more than 38 million Android smartphone users
in France will benefit from a fully digital application for mobile
payment, regardless of which bank they use.

For a long time, new payment methods have not been accessible to
all consumer groups. Here, a significant growth opportunity has
opened up for the entire sector. Last year, 64% of French consumers
stated that they make mobile payments. Google Pay users in France
will immediately be able to make secure, contactless payments via
their cell phone at the checkout: With the Android app, boon
customers can simply add their digital Mastercard to Google Pay. boon
enables every Android smartphone user to sign up in a few minutes and
then securely pay with boon and Google Pay. Users simply take their
cell phone, hold it over the till terminal - without even having to
open up the app - and the payment is complete.

In addition, the boon app provides a transaction overview in
real-time as well as P2P transfers. The digital Mastercard can also
now be used for online payments.

Georg von Waldenfels, Executive Vice President Consumer Solutions
at Wirecard, says, "We are delighted that, with Google Pay now being
launched in France, we will be able to bring boon's advantages to as
many consumers as possible, right from the start. boon participating
in the launch of Google Pay in France will drive the digitization of
payments further forward, and in doing so will make payment as simple
as possible."

Florence Diss, Head of EMEA Commerce Partnerships at Google, adds,
"As of today, customers will be able to link their boon digital cards
to Google Pay and make payments securely, quickly and hassle-free at
millions of locations in France and all over the world, as well as on
their favorite apps and websites."

The boon account can be loaded using all Visa or Mastercard
variants as well as via bank transfer. As a result, it is not
necessary to already own a credit card from a bank supported by
Google Pay.

boon is the industry's first fully digitized mobile payment
solution and can be used independently of banks and
telecommunications providers. In addition to France, boon is already
available on Android end-devices in Austria, Belgium, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The app is also available
in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK
using iOS.

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

To download boon, please click https://play.google.com/store/apps/
details?id=de.wirecard.boonpayment.

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both
corporate clients 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 solutions in the areas payment and risk, retail and
transaction banking, loyalty and coupon programs in addition to data
analytics and conversion rate enhancement across all sales channels
(online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard operates regulated financial
institutions in several key markets, in addition to holding 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.

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