Commerzbank now also offers Apple Pay with girocard
- Simple and secure payment for more customers
- Nationwide usability increases
- "With Apple Pay for girocard , we girocard the mobile payment options available to our customers."
Frankfurt am Main, 22.11.2024: From today, it is possible to use the mobile girocard for Apple Pay at Commerzbank AG - a simple and secure payment method that supports customers in making contactless payments with their iPhone or Apple Watch and at the same time protects every transaction.
"With Apple Pay for girocard , we girocard the mobile payment options available to our customers. This underlines Commerzbank's commitment to offering a wide range of mobile payment services on the German market," emphasized Thomas Schaufler, Commerzbank's Board Member responsible for Private and Small Business Customers.
Oliver Hommel, CEO of EURO Kartensysteme GmbH and girocard Scheme Manager, added: "We are delighted that Commerzbank customers can now use Apple Pay with their girocard at 1.2 million acceptance points. This strengthens the girocard offering, which is the most widely used payment method in Germany."
Customers can now use Apple Pay at merchants that only accept girocard payments. These include, for example, many pharmacies, cabs, cafés and smaller retail outlets. As a result, more customers are now able to use girocard, which has been established over the years, with the simple application of Apple Pay. Payment with Apple Pay is secure as it is authenticated with Face ID, Touch ID or device password and a unique dynamic security code.
Security and data protection are top priorities for Commerzbank and Apple. When customers use Apple Pay, the number of cards used is not stored on the device or on Apple servers. Instead, a unique device account number is stored in encrypted form in the secure element. It is also assigned to an industry-standard certified chip that securely stores the payment information on the device.
Apple Pay can be set up easily via the Commerzbank banking app or Apple Wallet. You can find more information here: www.commerzbank.de/applepay.
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Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Group Communications
60261 Frankfurt am Main
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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank is the leading bank for the German Mittelstand and a strong partner for around 25,500 corporate clients. It also serves private and corporate clients in Germany with invested assets of more than 400 billion euros. The Bank offers a comprehensive portfolio of financial services in two business areas - Private and Small-Business Customers and Corporate Clients. Commerzbank handles around 30% of Germany's foreign trade and is represented internationally in more than 40 countries in its corporate client business. The bank focuses on the German Mittelstand, large companies and institutional clients. In international business, Commerzbank supports clients with a business connection to Germany, Austria or Switzerland and companies from selected industries of the future. In the Private and Small-Business Customers segment, the bank supports its customers with the Commerzbank and comdirect brands: online and mobile, in the advisory center and in person on site. The Polish subsidiary mBank S.A. is an innovative digital bank and serves around 5.7 million private and corporate customers, mainly in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
About girocard:
The "girocard" brand stands for the overarching framework of the German banking industry: the girocard procedure as a debit card payment method and the "German ATM system." By using a personal identification number (PIN) the Germany Banking Industry Committee guarantees the secure and easy use girocard. The name and logo girocard were introduced by the German Banking Industry Committee in 2007.
About EURO Kartensysteme:
As a joint venture of the German banking industry, EURO Kartensysteme GmbH performs tasks in the common interest of German banks and Sparkassen the area of card-based payment services. As scheme manager, EURO Kartensysteme GmbH bundles core competencies in the girocard system. Its tasks include product management, sales, and scheme administration, as well as communication and marketing for girocard. The company's range of services also includes the development of operational security standards and methods for combating fraud, as well as Mastercard license management.
