![]() But interestingly, this turn to fintech is being done in partnership with an outside partner. ![]() Viber has a large team of engineers working on its app - in addition to voice and video calls and text messaging, it provides a complement of other media and third-party integrations for users. To date, these have facilitated “millions” of transfers, but as Payments expands, they will gradually be wound down, with Payments functionality replacing them. Viber also happened to win a security award there recently, he said, “so brand perception is strong.”įor now, Viber’s pre-existing payment services - such as chatbot payments - will continue to stay in place where they are live, mainly Ukraine, Bulgaria and Hungary, Eyal said. Germany, meanwhile, has just 3 million Viber users, but Eyal described it as a “strong corridor” for transfers to Greece. Greece is what he described as a “purple country,” where Viber is installed on the phones of some 91% of smartphone users in the country, working out to 7 million Viber users in a population of 10.7 million, and making P2P transfer more viable (there is an option to transfer money to non-Viber users, but it is less seamless, he said). Viber CEO Ofir Eyal said the reasons for starting with these two countries first were strategic. The service is being launched first in two markets - Germany and Greece - with the plan being to extend that to the rest of Europe, and then Viber’s wider global footprint of 180 countries, this year and next. Services like payments to businesses likely will have some fees attached. Peer-to-peer transfers will be the first of these services to launch, and these will be free. Linked to other bank accounts as well as Visa and Mastercard, Payments wallets can in turn be used to make bill payments and buy goods, as well as transfer money to other individuals. Now it is making a move to double down on that strategy: it’s launching Payments on Viber - a new service that will let users set up digital wallets tied to their Viber accounts. While Viber isn't as big as WhatsApp or Apple's iMessage in the US, the texting app has over one billion active users globally as of March 2020, according to the Statista consumer data portal.Viber, the messaging app owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has long been dancing around the area of fintech, launching services like money transfer and chatbot payments in various countries over the years. More chat apps could benefit from including these space-conscious features though, especially as declining smartphone sales in 2022 could mean that customers are holding off from upgrading their devices to newer ones with more space. Meta's WhatsApp has a similar feature, which also highlights larger attachment sizes that could get the boot. This feature could be particularly helpful for people who are using cheaper phones that have 32GB of space or are holding onto devices with even less available storage. All information is presented without any warranty or guarantee to you. It is possible that your actual offer terms from an advertiser may be different than the offer terms in this advertising widget and the advertised offers may be subject to additional terms and conditions of the advertiser which will be presented to you prior to making a purchase. We make reasonable efforts to ensure that information in the featured advertisements is up to date, each advertiser featured in this widget is responsible for the accuracy and availability of its offer details. While we strive to provide a wide range of offers, this advertising widget does not include information about every product or service that may be available to you. You will not be charged for engaging with this advertisement. This advertising widget is powered by Navi and contains advertisements that Navi may be paid for in different ways.
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