The SNCF group has tapped Natixis Payments to develop its Personal Mobility Assistant app, which is intended at offering a single payment solution to customers.

Under the agreement, Natixis Payments will provide SNCF a solution integrated with the Personal Mobility Assistant app.

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The aim is to simplify travel-related payment services, by enabling users to research, book and approve their travel plans from the new app.

OUI.sncf CEO Alexandre Viros said: “This move marks a key stage in our approach as we seek to provide an ever more seamless and personalised customer experience in a secure environment.

“It also represents a major milestone in our strategy to revolutionise transportation and become an MaaS1 leader as early as 2019.”

The S-money digital platform is designed to enable customers make payments for different travel forms using one click.

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At the same time, the new solution is said to have the capacity to handle the receipt of funds as well as their routing to third parties.

Natixis senior management committee member in charge of payments Pierre-Antoine VACHERON said: “We are very proud to support the SNCF group in its omnichannel innovation strategy and to contribute to SNCF e-Voyageurs’ new value proposition in terms of mobility.

“Our capacity for innovation and our experience in e-wallets and third-party services lead us to develop new, secure, digital purchasing paths.”