Merchant-Presented QR Codes, Explained

The use of QR codes in places such as China and India has made accepting payments easier for many small and micromerchants. And payment facilitators have a significant role to play in helping to expand electronic payment acceptance into emerging markets using QR codes.

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Visa Makes QR Code Onboarding Simple

Visa took its turn this week announcing support for the new QR code specification recently released by industry standards body EMVCo.

Its Visa Ready Program supports the new interoperable standards, making onboarding simpler for merchants who want to implement the mobile POS solution, the company said. The program provides tools that allow banks, processors and payment facilitators more easily deploy the solution for their merchants.

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QR Code Use Expanding with New Global Specification

In another sign that QR code payments are gaining ground globally, EMVCo has released its first QR code specification.

China’s payment network UnionPay, a member of EMVCo, led the working group that developed the specification, the company said in a press release, calling it “the first globally interoperable technical solution for QR code payment.”

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