P2P Payments Hit Irish Restaurants

Graham O’Sullivan, a chain of restaurants in Ireland, is now accepting NFC peer-to-peer (P2P) payments through a contract with Escher Group, reported Finextra. The NFC scheme is named “Push to Beam,” and will include a mobile and contactless based rewards and P2P payment solution.

The Managing Director of Graham O’Sullivan Restaurants stated, “This ground-breaking solution will vastly improve the customer experience both in and out of the store. It will promote greater interaction with this much loved classic Irish restaurant brand, and ultimately increase customer loyalty and support new customer acquisition. Escher understood what we wanted from the beginning and has delivered a solution which beats anything available anywhere in the world today.”

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