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Twint

TWINT is Switzerland's payment app. Consumers can use it in nearly all commerce scenarios including in-store or online shopping, vending machines, parking meters or even transferring money to friends and family. The app also features additional services such as loyalty card storage. Twint has seen impressive and continued growth; across its 350,000 acceptance points and 53 partner banks, they now process more than 386m transactions per year.

Twint
Type Wallet
Consumer countries
Currencies

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Why Twint

61% of mobile device transactions in Switzerland are made using Twint

More than 75% of brick and mortar store and online shops in Switzerland accept Twint as a payment method

Twint has 5m active users and adds 31k new users per week

Specifications

Currencies

Consumer CHF
Processing CHF
Settlement CHF

Features

Recurring payments
One-click payments
Refunds
Partial refunds
Multiple partial refunds
Payment assurance
Chargeback risk

How it works

1
Merchant

At online (web/mobile) checkout, the consumer chooses TWINT as the preferred payment method.

2
Payment method

TWINT presents a QR code and a five-digit payment code. On mobile, the consumer can switch directly to the TWINT app.

3
Payment method

In the TWINT app, the consumer authenticates payment using the fingerprint scanner, facial recognition or PIN.

4
Payment method

The consumer reviews the payment details and confirms the transaction.

5
Merchant

Payment is confirmed

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