{"id":1867,"date":"2020-03-19T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techxmedia.com\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:04:21","slug":"totok-launches-totok-pay-ontactless-payment-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/totok-launches-totok-pay-ontactless-payment-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"ToTok launches ToTok Pay, a contactless payment solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ToTok , an instant messaging app has launched ToTok Pay, a feature that introduces a new generation of mobile payment services in the UAE. In partnership with licensed financial institutions, the new feature enables ToTok users in the <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/uae\">UAE<\/a> to seamlessly send money to their friends and family from their ToTok chat, as well as to make payments through a QR-code contactless system. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Ziani,\nToTok Co-founder, said: \u201cToTok Pay represents a significant step towards the\ncreation of the digital ecosystem we have always envisioned for ToTok. The new\nfeature provides our users with a secure, convenient, and fast way to send\nmoney and make mobile payments online and in person. Technology is becoming\nincreasingly essential to our everyday lives, especially as the world is\nbattling the coronavirus pandemic. Our hope is that by introducing a new\ncontactless and cashless payment method in the UAE, ToTok Pay will play a small\npart in helping protect public health during this challenging period.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ToTok Pay uses\ncutting-edge technology to provide a seamless user experience and security for\nevery transaction. The new feature uses global tokenisation technology to\nsecurely encrypt and store user financial information, while an AI-based fraud\nmanagement system has been developed to detect any unauthorized activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve all been\nin a situation when we have had to split a bill at a restaurant, but don\u2019t have\nthe right change,\u201d added Ziani. \u201cToTok Pay will make it easier to instantly transfer\nmoney, whether you\u2019re splitting bills with friends or paying for goods and\nservices received.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ToTok Pay was\nreleased in the UAE for Android smartphone users on March 17, 2020. To activate\nToTok Pay, Android smartphone users should update to the latest version of ToTok.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new addition\nis one of many new features the ToTok development team plans to roll out in the\nnear future, with the aim of continuously enhancing the user experience and\nmaking ToTok a next-generation digital platform. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ToTok Pay uses cutting-edge technology to provide a seamless user experience and security for every transaction. The new feature uses global tokenisation technology to securely encrypt and store user financial information, while an AI-based fraud management system has been developed to detect any unauthorized activity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9618],"tags":[453,935,726,722,934],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-pick","tag-android","tag-digital_platform","tag-instant_messaging_app","tag-totok","tag-totok_pay"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ToTok-Pay-logo-e1584615944350.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"News Desk","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}