{"id":513075,"date":"2026-03-09T14:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513075\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:10:08","slug":"new-mobile-payment-service-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513075\/","title":{"rendered":"New mobile payment service launches today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new mobile payment service will be rolled out across the country from Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Zippay is being offered by AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB through their existing mobile apps.<\/p>\n<p>Customers will be able to send, request, and split payments instantly, using the mobile numbers of contacts who are using the new service.<\/p>\n<p>Zippay has the potential to reach 5 million customers who are already banking with Ireland&#8217;s three main banks, rivalling Revolut, which has a current customer base of over 3 million.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/new-mobile-payment-service-is-not-an-attempt-to-take-over-revolut-sector-banking-trade-body-says-1849402.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/new-mobile-payment-service-is-not-an-attempt-to-take-over-revolut-sector-banking-trade-body-says-1849402.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/90453974-e1767714061719.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"New Mobile Payment Service Not Trying To Take Over Revolut Sector, Trade Body Says\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>New mobile payment service not trying to take over Revolut sector, trade body says<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zippay says that the new service will appear automatically in existing users&#8217; apps, allowing people to receive payments straight into their accounts using their mobile number.<\/p>\n<p>While the has been branded as a strong rival to Revolut, Brian Hayes, Chief Executive of the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/new-mobile-payment-service-is-not-an-attempt-to-take-over-revolut-sector-banking-trade-body-says-1849402.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously denied<\/a> that it is an attempt to take over the Revolut sector.<\/p>\n<p>After the initial launch, the service will be offered to other banks that provide IBAN account services and a mobile app to Irish consumers.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the new service and how to use it is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zippay.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new mobile payment service will be rolled out across the country from Monday. Zippay is being offered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-513075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}