Wirecard brings Apple Pay to Twisto customers in the Czech Republic

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) - Millions of consumers have access to
fully digitalized payment services for easy and secure shopping via
app Twisto users can now add their digital Mastercard into Apple Pay

. Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial
technology, now offers customers of Twisto, a leading Czech mobile
payment provider, Apple Pay as a means of payment. Users simply add
their digital Twisto Mastercard to Apple Pay to enjoy paying in a
more convenient way. The Czech Republic is the latest country where
Wirecard has integrated Apple's payment service immediately upon the
regional launch, thus further driving the digitization of payments in
Europe.

Twisto is a payment service with an easy-to-use app for
uncomplicated, instant purchases and the settlement of invoices via a
mobile photo scan. Since 2017, Wirecard and Mastercard have been
enabling Twisto customers to pay using credit cards and wearables.
Thanks to the additional integration of Apple Pay, users can now pay
even more conveniently with Twisto when shopping online, in apps, on
websites and at the POS.

Twisto has established itself as one of the leading mobile-first
solutions for day-to-day payment amongst early adopters and
tech-savvy consumers in the Czech Republic as well as Poland, with
customer satisfaction ratings of nearly 98 percent. Together with
Wirecard, the provider is planning to expand into other European
countries in the future, reaching millions of consumers.

With the help of Apple Pay, Twisto customers can pay for physical
goods and digital services via Touch ID or Face ID. Security and data
protection have top priority. Thanks to a unique device account
number, the data is neither stored on the device nor on Apple
servers.

Julian Weste, Vice President Sales Financial Institutions and
FinTech Europe at Wirecard, explains, "The Czech Republic is another
market in which we can offer a combination of a mobile payment app
with the convenience of Apple Pay. Our goal is to continue the
digitization of payment processes in Europe. Together with Twisto, we
see great potential for opening up further markets in Europe."

"With the help of Wirecard, we can offer our customers an
additional, very convenient method of payment and thus further extend
our leading position. We are proud to be the only Czech Apple Pay
payment provider which is not connected to a specific bank. This
makes us very competitive nationally and internationally and enables
us to offer consumers a unique shopping and payment experience,
regardless of who they bank with," says Michal Smida, CEO at Twisto.

Further information can be found at: https://www.twisto.cz

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business
customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of
real-time value-added services built around innovative digital
payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem
concentrates on the areas payment & risk, retail & transaction
banking, loyalty & couponing, data analytics & conversion rate
enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard
operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets,
holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card
networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX
and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). Visit us on www.wirecard.com, follow
us on Twitter @wirecard and on Facebook @wirecardgroup.

About Twisto:

Twisto is a money app simplifying daily payments for consumers.
The money app is an omnichannel solution enabling customers to pay
online with just one click, settle bills and invoices with a photo or
an email and is linked to Mastercard & NFC bracelet enabling payments
anywhere. All payments are settled by the customer at the
end-of-month based on a monthly invoice or simply deferred by several
months. On top, the money app offers the best exchange rate, instant
payment notifications, comprehensive travel insurance products and a
great UX for daily payments.

Contact:
Wirecard media contact:

Wirecard AG
Jana Tilz
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 4424 1363
Email: jana.tilz@wirecard.com

Twisto media contact:
Twisto
Jan Husták
Tel.: +42 (0) 604 346 032
Email: jan.hustak@twisto.cz

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