Using just an iPhone and the viva.com| Terminal app, businesses can accept contactless payments from a potential pool of nearly 76 million card or mobile holders with the CB scheme. This is a revolutionary move by Viva.com, which announced CB, the leading card and mobile payment and withdrawal system in the French market, can be used with Tap to Pay on iPhone, with the viva.com| Terminal app.

With Tap to Pay on iPhone using the viva.com | Terminal iOS app, merchants can now be freed from the burdensome legacy payment terminals. This technology simplifies daily operations and offers ease and flexibility while streamlining payments.
Using the Terminal App and Viva.com to Unlock Potential

Any French business, regardless of size or industry, can now accept CB cards with Tap to Pay on iPhone; this includes cafes, restaurants, retailers, hotels, taxis, and solo traders. All it takes is an iPhone and the user-friendly viva.com | Terminal app to enable customers to pay on-site or while on the go.

How It Works: Merchants must download the viva.com | Terminal app from the App Store and use an iPhone XS or later running the most recent version of iOS in order to begin accepting CB cards with Tap to Pay on iPhones. Simply show the consumer the merchant's iPhone throughout the checkout process, and they will tap or hold their contactless payment card or digital wallet device close to the merchant's iPhone. Using the iPhone's built-in security and privacy features, Tap to Pay helps protect the privacy and security of consumer and business data. Apple does not keep credit card numbers on its systems or on the device once a payment is processed.

"CB is happy that Viva.com rapidly adjusted its Terminal software for Tap to Pay on the iPhone. To reach this outcome, the CB, Frenchsys, Elitt, and Viva.com teams worked closely together for two months, as Development Director Loÿs Moulin explains.

"In each of the 24 European markets where we are physically present, Viva.com's growth and development have been based on establishing connections with local financial institutions and facilitating direct linkage to prominent local payment schemes. We are honored to be the first acquirer to make CB available on Tap to Pay for iPhone, as CB is a valued partner of ours. According to Samy Touboul, Head of E-Commerce & Enterprise at Viva.com France, "this is a development that will transform the local business scene, making payments simpler than ever before for merchants and the millions of CB cardholders."