Fuel Station Provide Mobile Payment Service, What Does Mobile Payment Mean For Customer?

 Nowadays, drivers in Estonia have access to order and pay for their fuel directly from their smartphone at a station where an automated cloud-based self-service system is installed.

 

                               

This move fully takes advantage of mobile payment, location, and cloud platforms. Drivers can scan the QR code on the fuel station pump to confirm their location and choose the fuel type and the maximum amount. Next, they can pay for the fuel with their bound credit or debit card and receive digital receipts after payment is verified.

 

In fact, it was not the first fuel station to support mobile payment services. Earlier in 2016, the retail company Carrefour’s fuel station mobile payments service had made nine out of ten Spanish customers treated it as very satisfying experience.

 

Why fuel stations customers are such satisfied with mobile payment? What exactly mobile payment means for them? Maybe we could analyze it based on the features and advantages of mobile payment.

Convenience is the main cause to attract mass popularity. Mobile payment can break the constraints of time and space, cash and credit card at anywhere and anytime. As long as there is the network, various fees can be paid by a mobile phone, which greatly save transaction cost and save time. Under the pandemic, mobile payment seems more important than any other time as most customers tend to online shopping and home delivery method.  

Security is another factor complemented by customer. Sometimes, people might lose cash or wallet unconsciously and hard to find it any more. However, if people use mobile payment, their funds will be stored in a private account to prevent stolen. Furthermore, they need to enter a password or scan their fingerprint/ face to verify their identity before the transaction, which is good to enhance financial security.

 

Environmental protection deserves another part. People’s awareness of environmental protection is increasing day by day. Compared with cash, mobile payment is healthy and environmentally friendly as the latter will be damaged and need renewal in circulation, which will undoubtedly damage the environment and waste resources. Meanwhile, cash will potentially carry bacteria and poses a threat to human health. It is not a better choice for customers anymore.

In order to satisfy customer’s needs for mobile payment, Telpo created a mobile payment family that covers mobile POS, EFT-POS, bus validator, barcode scanner, etc. Aiming to provide practical and corresponding mobile payment terminals for different scenes and create a smart mobile payment landscape in all aspects. More details could be found at Telpo official website.