Online banking payment solution SafetyPay has entered a strategic agreement with online banking-based payment service provider giropay.
Under terms of the agreement, online German merchants are now able to address more than 300 million global bank customers via SafetyPay. Furthermore, German customers of banks participating in the giropay scheme will be able to make purchases of goods and services in Europe, US, Canada and Latin America from their usual online banking session.
SafetyPay is a service which enable customer to make purchases from their bank account or with cash in their local currency.
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