Mobile Payment at Germany's Oktoberfest - Munich Based Payworks Enables Cashless Payments at the Oktoberfest 2012

Mobile Payment at Germany's Oktoberfest - Munich Based Payworks Enables Cashless Payments at the Oktoberfest 2012 PR Newswire MUNICH, Germany, September 17, 2012 MUNICH, Germany, September 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It is the world's largest fair and one of the most famous events in G e r m a n y with close to 7 million visitors from all over the world. This year, the charming saleswomen, selling souvenirs like Bavarian hats, stuffed animals and flowers directly at the marquees, will be using a mobile Point of Sale application developed by M u n i c h based company payworks in order to accept card payments and facilitate the payment process for their customers. The application has been deployed for the Austrian Payment Service Provider PayUnity and works with a small card reading device, which is simply plugged into an iPhone. The Munich based Startup payworks has deployed its mobile Point of Sale application for the innovative Austrian Payment Service Provider PayUnity, enabling small and medium sized merchants to seamlessly accept card payments from their customers. Merchants only require an iPhone with the application as well as a EMV chip reader, which is plugged into the phone. Customers verify themselves with a signature on the touchscreen. With the pretty saleswomen from BavaRoi, PayUnity now equips one of the first merchants with the new solution. The application will be used at Oktoberfest's celebrity hotspots Hippodrom and Kaefers Wiesn-Schaenke.