Swedish Hospitality Businesses Add Seamless' Mobile Wallet

By John Adams

Published January 08, 2014, 10:16 a.m. EST

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Updated October 06, 2016, 12:43 p.m. EDT

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Seamless has signed an agreement with Visita, a Swedish hospitality industry and employers organization, to use the SEQR mobile payment system.

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The deal covers about 6,400 hotels, restaurants, amusement parks, camp sites, hostels and ski and spa resorts.

To use SEQR, retailers apply a sticker with a QR code at the point of sale terminal. Shoppers scan this code and type a four-digit PIN on their smartphone to authorize a payment. SEQR also offers digital receipts, coupons and loyalty programs. The funds for payments are drawn directly from the consumer's bank account.

Seamless also recently signed a deal with the Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteksgruppen to use SEQR. The mobile wallet is also available in markets such as Kuwait and Belgium.

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