Long and arduous will be the road from the darkness of the coronavirus to the light of a world in which people can embrace each other again and businesses can once again drive the economy towards deficit-free budgets. If the lives of all of us are in the hands of brave health professionals, the viability of thousands of companies lies in the solutions that government and partners and financial institutions can provide them.
A partner of excellence for Portuguese companies for more than four decades and a leader in innovation in the field of payment systems in Portugal, the REDUNIQ has lived up to its reputation and has once again taken the lead in preserving the good financial health of Portuguese companies in these troubled times. with the development of a campaign that aims to help the many businesses facing difficulties due to the pandemic to digitise themselves simply and quickly.
Helping businesses to digitalise themselves quickly and easily in order to take advantage of the potential of the online world to increase their profits. distance selling and mitigate the effects of the pandemic crisis is the key to the new REDUNIQ campaign to sign up to its service REDUNIQ @Payments. Whether you have a website or not, with REDUNIQ @Payments your business (cafés, shops, restaurants, etc.) can sell online even without a website, with no membership costs and no monthly fees, and accept remote payments with offers of up to -40% for subscriptions up to 30 April.
What is REDUNIQ @Payments?
Aimed at merchants who don't have an online shop and aren't geared towards selling products in bulk, but who need to accept payments in a practical and secure way, this solution allows them to accept card payments remotely, in a simple, practical and secure way, via a link.
"This is a highly innovative service in Portugal that allows any business to simply sell online and accept remote payments by link. Basically, the business joins the service and has access to a backoffice that allows it to issue payment links to its customers, which are then sent by e-mail. The customer receives the e-mail, clicks on the link and enters a secure payment page. The business receives confirmation of payment and can create/make/ship its product to the customer with the confidence that payment has already been made."
A simple and practical solution
The link to pay for orders is sent directly to your customer's e-mail address, which will be redirected to a secure REDUNIQ page. Here, the customer enters their details and pays for their purchases. Once the data has been validated and authorised by the issuing bank, the transaction is carried out. In the end, as mentioned above, you will be notified of the payment by e-mail, or by two e-mails, one with the notification and the other with proof of payment. All payments made will be credited to the merchant's account within two working days of the purchase date.
By joining the REDUNIQ @Payments will be able to accept payments with Visa and Mastercard debit and credit cards. The use of debit cards as a means of payment on the Internet depends on the card issuer - the cardholder must not be authenticated automatically by PIN and the card must have CVV2 (Visa) or CVC2 (Mastercard). The maximum amount of each transaction per card in one day is €5,000, while the maximum amount of all transactions per card in one day is €10,000.
And because we're talking about digital REDUNIQ@Payments recognises the type of browser and automatically adapts to the screen of smartphones and tablets, without any need for the marketer to adjust the page.
A secure solution
As a REDUNIQ 3D Secure page, the customer can also be sure of their payment. Not only is the payment made securely (in accordance with Visa and Mastercard's 3D Secure protocol), but by becoming a REDUNIQ customer, a national brand of acceptance of card paymentsYou can be sure that you are complying with all the rules of the international systems and REDUNIQ.
In addition to this security contribution, REDUNIQ was the first national acquirer to be certified by the PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council), an independent organisation created by the main international payment systems (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, JCB and American Express), in 2006.
The purpose of PCI-DSS certification is to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive data associated with the use of cards by their holders, to safeguard merchants from financial and reputational consequences resulting from breaches of confidentiality and to standardise the security requirements to be met by all those involved in the payments area.
"Obtaining the PCI-DSS represents a fundamental step for the brand and follows our innovation and digital transition strategy, which includes a commitment to developing and updating IT solutions. accepting card payments of the main international payment systems, including payments in physical shops, solutions for e-commerce e remote payments".
In conclusion, Reduniq would like to emphasise that, as in good times, the brand will continue to be a beacon that will try, by all means at its disposal, to help national businesses sailing in the midst of this storm to find a safe harbour.
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