News
Bizum Pay opens a new payment option at some Mercadona stores
Mercadona is already testing Bizum Pay in some supermarkets in Soria. There is no confirmed date for when it will be available in all its stores. The app lets you pay with your bank account and add cards.
Bizum Pay can now be used in more than 1.7 million establishments in Spain. Mercadona is testing the payment method in some supermarkets in the province of Soria, although it has not announced when it will be available across the entire chain.
The company already allowed payments with Bizum in its online store. With Bizum Pay, the service can now also be used in physical shops via mobile phone.
Mercadona shares this payment method with other major retailers. According to Expansión, Inditex, IKEA, Carrefour, Eroski and Alcampo, as well as Burger King and Lidl, are also opening up to the service.
To pay in a shop where the option is enabled, the customer brings their mobile phone close to the payment terminal. The app must be set up on the device and the user needs to have Bizum active with a participating bank. Twelve Spanish banks have joined the service.
Bizum Pay works as a digital wallet and offers an alternative to bank cards for in-person purchases. In the direct payment mode, the amount is charged to the account linked to Bizum. To activate it, Bizum Pay must be selected as the device’s default wallet. The app also supports bank cards, which can be used in shops where direct payment from the account has not yet been enabled.