Clients of Sberbank that use Sberbank Online app will from now on be able to make payments with the help of their smartphones using Pay QR service.

According to Sberbank press service, QR-code-based payments allow clients to make non-cash payments at points where the traditional acquiring is unavailable.

Pay QR will allow micro and small businesses to accept non-cash payments from buyers without additional equipment. Traditionally, non-cash method of payment contributes to increase of sales, and QR secures this with minimal expenses from businesses.

The vendor only needs to have a QR-code from Sberbank, which the buyers scan with the cameras of their phones though Sberbank Online app. The system is also simple in use for cashiers, who see the necessary information about the acquisition via Sberbank Business Online mobile app for legal entities.

The payment based on QR-codes will give clients of Sberbank (physical entities) the opportunity to make non-cash acquisitions and receive bonuses at trade points, where traditional acquiring is unavailable: markets, points of consumer service, small beauty salons, flower shops.

To make payments one only needs Android- or iOS-compliant smartphone and Sberbank Online app with access to phone camera.

Pay QR service will be available for micro and small business throughout Russia until the end of August.

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