Thyngs upgrades touch-free solution for businesses amidst COVID-19

By Megha Bhattacharya

European PayTech Thyngs has announced the enhancement of its tap to go tool for delivering immediate order, pay and marketing solution for helping the retail and hospitality sector amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said that the latest improvement would cater to mid-tier retailers, shopping centres and hospitality businesses by enabling them to offer touch-free transactions and have socially distanced interactions with customers.

CEO and founder of Thyngs, Dr. Neil Garner said, “Non-essential shops preparing to re-open their doors on June 15 face a slew of challenges never been faced before. When you think of in-store interactions and transactions, they depend largely on close physical proximity, where staff and customers have to engage with publicly available payment terminals that may carry hygiene risks. Our tap and go technology success in the charity sector – which is facing a similar shock of £4billion loss of income from the crisis – has given us the learnings and capability to evolve and make it relevant for the retail sector.”

According to Thyngs, the updated tool will provide businesses with the ability to upgrade any physical or digital initiative, deploy quickly, eliminate commission charges, take control of customer and transaction insights, etc.

Recently, Fidel, a card-linking API provider, partnered with Thyngs to allow charities to earn more from Gift Aid donations as many are at risk of collapsing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Heightened consumer concerns around hygiene and safety, particularly at points of sale, has become a catalyst that is propelling us closer to a world we have already envisioned, where Point of Sale tills won’t exist: no more queueing together, exchanging of cash or touching card terminals. It makes more sense now than ever to apply an Apple-pay style of ‘tap’ solution where Near Field Communication technology activates within 5mm, therefore remaining completely touch-free and safe… supported by ‘scan’ of QR codes for older phones and use in digital channels,” Garner concluded.