PayPal added QR code payment capabilities to its app just as the pandemic is encouraging consumers to avoid unnecessary contact when making payments.

Online payments company PayPal announced Tuesday that its app will produce a QR code that any merchant with a scanner or PIN code device can accept.

The online payments company wants you to use its mobile payment app at any retail store, so it plans to use a generated code that is acceptable just about everywhere.

Three Major Developments Accelerating The Use Of QR Code Payment Here are insights into three developments that have influenced the surge in QR code payment among customers and businesses.

Since PayPal’s launch of QR code payments for businesses last May, many merchants have adopted the low-cost contactless payment option.

--epay, the digital payments business segment of global financial technology solutions and payments provider Euronet Worldwide, Inc., today announced the integration of the PayPal QR Code in their ...