From mid-April can be used as the Twint App in the city of Zurich as a means of payment at Parking meters. The city in the next few weeks 1350 Parking meters in the city with a corresponding QR-Code labels, such as the mobile payment service provider.
to take advantage of the offer, open car Park users of the App of the Swiss Apple Pay competitor Twint, scan the QR Code on the Parking meter, enter your car registration number and select in the App, the desired Parking duration. The fee is automatically deducted from the deposited Bank account or your credit card. A further advantage over the coin, it may not be suitable: You only pay for the actual Parking time. Whoever finishes the Parking process in the App prematurely, gets the rest of the amount will be refunded.
city is working with three providers
the use of The App according to Twint, free of charge, and although the payment solution was implemented in collaboration with the company digital Parking (Parkingpay), Users need only the Twint App of the Swiss banks, also online and in many shops and Restaurants can be paid. According to Reto Schläpfer, head of digital Parking will be introduced in the Parkingpay-payment solution by the end of 2019, half of the major Swiss cities. The country is already more than 50’000 Parking spaces to be equipped with this option.
The electronic payment of the Zurich-based Parking fees that goes back to an initiative in the Zurich municipal Council two years ago. In addition to Parkingpay the fees can be paid also with the German App easy Park, as well as with the competing product ParkNow. The city of Zurich works together with all three providers. (Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 27.03.2019, 09:02 PM
