Through the partnership of Payrexx with Samsung, Payrexx users in Switzerland can seamlessly offer mobile payments via Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay is the mobile payment solution for Samsung Galaxy smartphones and the Galaxy Watch. The app provides worldwide, contactless payments in face-to-face transactions as well as browser-based online and in-app payments in remote transactions with the stored credit, prepaid or debit card.

In recent years, a significant increase in mobile payments has been observed. According to studies, payment via smartphone is becoming increasingly common in stationary as well as online trade and is also expected to become significantly more important in the future. A survey on the preferred payment method for online purchases in Switzerland revealed that 51% of respondents prefer mobile payment.

The first Payrexx Comerciante are already benefiting from the mobile payment solution

The availability of Samsung Pay is meeting with great interest among Payrexx users. The first 100 Comerciante have already activated the new payment method. Among them is Parking Luzern.

The website of Parking Luzern offers various possibilities around parking in the city of Lucerne. Not only can all available parking garages and their occupancy be viewed, but a comprehensive range of different parking options is also provided. To facilitate online payments for the “Luzern Park Card”, Parking Luzern relies on the payment solution from Payrexx, which offers the most common payment methods, including Samsung Pay, from a single source.

“Providing the most popular payment methods not only facilitates the purchase process but also makes it significantly more attractive.”

— Etienne Bucher, Managing Director of Tiefgarage Bahnhofplatz AG, Lucerne.

Website and Checkout Parking Luzern

A partnership with a lot of potential

Samsung Pay and Payrexx both recognize great potential in this partnership.

Ivan Schmid, CEO and co-founder of Payrexx says:

“The success of our users is our top priority. Intelligent payment methods that meet all requirements for user-friendliness, security, and speed are essential for a successful purchase. We are pleased to be able to offer our Comerciante and their customers an all-around first-class user experience through the partnership with Samsung Pay.”

Dario Casari, Country Manager at Samsung Switzerland, is also pleased about the collaboration:

„We are pleased to further increase the acceptance of our mobile payment solution in the online area together with Payrexx. With this step, we want to further simplify secure, mobile, and contactless payments for our users.”

How payment with Samsung Pay works

For customers, usage is simple: Choose Samsung Pay at checkout, enter the email address of the Samsung account (only on desktop PCs or tablets), and authorize the payment on the smartphone. This is done securely via fingerprint or PIN; and within seconds the purchase is completed. For payments of online purchases with Samsung Pay, no further payment data is required. Using two-factor authentication, tokenization, and encrypted transmission, customer information is protected. In addition to tokenization, Samsung Pay also supports preauthorization.

This is Payrexx

Payrexx was founded in 2015 in Thun and has specialized as a payment institution in the processing of digital payment methods. The Swiss company operates a self-developed payment platform as a registered payment facilitator of Mastercard and VISA. Over 40,000 customers process their payments across Europe via the cloud-based platform. The range extends from regionally strong companies like BKW, Swiss Youth Hostels, and Swissmilk to large corporations like SBB, the Swiss Post, Swisscom, and ALDI Suisse.

The platform unites over 40 payment providers and more than 200 payment methods and currencies from all over the world through a single interface. These include popular payment methods such as Mastercard and VISA as well as Samsung Pay, PostFinance, and PayPal.

All systems of Payrexx are redundantly designed, guarantee maximum reliability, and are certified according to the strictest PCI-DSS Level 1 guidelines.

This is Samsung Electronics

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