Tinkoff Bank launched Tinkoff Pay, its own service for paying for purchases using a smartphone

"Tinkoff" launched service for paying for purchases using a smartphone Tinkoff Pay. It will include payment services from the bank's ecosystem. About this RBC told Head of Tinkoff Cashier Sergey Khromov.

Tinkoff Pay will be rolled out in phases over 2022-2023. Now online payment is being launched in more than 30 thousand accounts. online stores from smartphone and computer. It will be available to stores that have Tinkoff Kassa acquiring enabled - the corresponding button will appear automatically for them.

When choosing to pay on the site via Tinkoff Pay, users will be redirected to the bank's application to confirm the payment. They will be able to choose whether to pay the whole amount at once or pay in installments using the BNPL Shares service. In the future, the bank will realize the possibility of connecting cards and accounts of other banks.

Later, the usual offline payments via NFC will also appear. They will be available to owners of Android smartphones with cards of all payment systems, including Visa and Mastercard, but only in Russia. It is also planned to introduce payment for purchases using biometrics.