Visa launches voice payment in cafes and restaurants with the help of "Alice"

The project is being implemented jointly with the food and drink ordering service Bartello.

To place and pay for an order

voice, Visa card holders of any Russianbanks must ask the voice assistant “Alice” on a smartphone or tablet to call the Bartello skill. Then “Alice” will ask what establishment the client is at, what he wants to order, and will take his order, which will be transferred to the restaurant kitchen. To make a payment, a page will open on which you will need to enter your card details upon first use. After adding the card, “Alice” will ask you to create a code word, which will be used to confirm the payment in the future.

Within the first three months from the dateWhen registering, users who pay by voice with a Visa card will have discounts: 10% for all meals in restaurants, 70% for the first order of certain drinks, 25% for all subsequent orders of some drinks during this time.

As a Visa spokesman explained, the technology is notassociated with biometrics. So far, payment by voice is not very common in the market due to the fact that smartphone manufacturers do not make a special authenticator out of it, which can be used to confirm the payment.

However, according to Visa, over the past three yearsthe popularity of voice assistants has doubled: in the world, more than 30% of consumers use various services with voice assistants, and 10% make purchases with their help. Over the past year, the number of people using voice solutions based on artificial intelligence to pay for goods and services has grown by a quarter, they say in the payment system.

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