QR codes the new 'tap and go' as eftpos launches futuristic payment platform

eftpos将在澳大利亚推出QR扫码支付这种前瞻性的电子支付平台

Australians could be paying for their Christmas gifts by simply scanning a QR code under a radical new technology launched by payment provider eftpos.

澳大利亚的支付服务供应商推出了一项突破性的新技术,它让澳大利亚人扫描一下二维码便可以购买到圣诞礼物。

Labelled "eQR", the technology allows customers to pay for goods by scanning a QR code with their mobile phone at the checkout.

这种名为“eQR”的技术可以让顾客们在收银台用手机扫描一下二维码便完成付款。

The use of QR codes not only provides a potentially faster transaction, but would allow retailers to roll digital receipts and customer rewards into one single action.By providing a "data rich" transaction, the use of QR codes has the potential to allow merchants to offer customers more security, personalised loyalty offers and storing product warranties digitally.

这种二维码技术的应用不仅可以让交易变得更加快捷,还可以让零售商将数字收据和顾客返利整合到一个操作之中。通过提供“数据丰富”的交易,QR的使用将有可能让商家们为客户提供更加安全,个性化的忠诚度优惠以及数字化产品保证书。

The new payment platform has already attracted a number of partners including the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Coles, Woolworths, Azupay, Beem It and Merchant Warrior.

这种新的支付平台已经吸引了诸多的合作伙伴,这其中包括澳大利亚联邦银行,澳洲国民银行,Coles,Woolworths,Azupay、Beem It和Merchant Warrior。

Eftpos CEO Stephen Benton said the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly made Australians comfortable with how QR codes work, and using them for transactions is a natural progression.

Eftpos的首席执行官斯蒂芬本顿表示,新冠疫情让澳大利亚人迅速习惯了二维码的应用方式,这让使用二维码进行交易成为了一种自然的发展。
(译注:澳大利亚疫情间推出了疫情追踪二维码,这也引发了美国网民对澳大利亚的冷嘲热讽,原因大家都懂)

"The eQR platform aims to provide better experiences for consumers and merchants through added security, loyalty, offers and digital receipts, no matter where they choose to shop – online, on their mobile or at the checkout."

“eQR平台旨在通过增加安全性,忠诚度,优惠以及电子收据为消费者和商家提供更好的服务,无论他们是选择通过互联网,手机抑或是收银台购物。

Several Australian merchants are already trialling the platform, which was completed in July 2021.Woolworths Group's Wpay Managing Director Paul Monnington said the platform will allow customers to combine their reward points and payment in one single action.

一些澳大利亚商家已经开始测试该平台,预计将于2021年7月完成测试。Woolworths集团的Wpay事务总经理保罗莫宁顿表示,该平台将允许顾客在一次操作中便完成奖励积分的收集和支付。

"We know speed and ease through the checkout are increasingly important to our customers amid their busy lives," Mr Monnington said.

莫宁顿先生表示:我们都知道,在顾客们忙碌的生活当中,快捷方便的支付手段对他们而言正变得愈发重要。

"Now is the perfect time to introduce QR and we look forward to building the next generation of seamless payment experiences with eftpos in the months ahead."

现在正是引入QR的最佳时机,我们期待在未来几个月内与eftpos一起构建出下一代的无缝支付体检。