Skrill, one of the world’s largest digital wallet providers, today announces the launch of Skrill 1-Tap – a new product connected to Skrill’s digital wallet that brings quick and easy mobile payments to merchants and customers. By implementing Skrill 1-Tap, merchants can offer customers the opportunity to pay for goods in ‘one tap’ on any device, rather than having to re-enter login details or credit card information.
 
Research shows that 33% of UK smartphone users made a purchase on a mobile device in 2011[1]. Skrill 1-Tap allows merchants to make the most of this emerging trend by taking the hassle out of m-commerce. When customers make a payment via Skrill with a merchant for the first time, they will be required to enter their payment details as usual. Once complete, they will then be given the option to enable Skrill 1-Tap for future purchases, meaning that the one tap functionality will be enabled next time they come to pay with that specific merchant.
 
Furthermore, Skrill today launches an extension to its Quick Checkout Enterprise payment suite, which enables direct card processing, by introducing a brand new HTML5 payment gateway specifically targeted at mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. The new mobile payment gateway enables merchants to process payments on any mobile device, whether through a mobile website and/or through an application designed specifically for mobile operating systems. Using responsive design, the gateway will automatically resize so that it is optimised for viewing on any smartphone or tablet device, making life easier for merchants and customers alike.
 
“With new the smartphone revolution, m-commerce has finally the potential to really take off,” said Martin Ott, co-CEO at Skrill. “But the truth is that, for many on-the-go consumers, the idea of using their mobile to enter payment information appears difficult and time-consuming. Skrill 1-Tap changes all this by offering a quick and easy way to mobile payments. Finally merchants have a solution that makes m-commerce much more convenient, opening up exciting new business channels and giving customers a seamless mobile shopping experience.”