Facebook pushes new mobile payment service: Automatically fills in payment information

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time September 24 morning, Facebook launched the Monday "AutoFill with Facebook" mobile payment services. This is another attempt by Facebook in the area of payment services. AllThingsD, the US technology blogger, has reported that Facebook is working with retailers to help customers automatically enter payment information to mobile devices using Facebook accounts. Facebook officially launched the service from the late Monday, when local time began in the United States. Facebook will gradually push the service to more than 1 billion users. AutoFill with Facebook is a very simple service, but it is very practical. If a user has saved address and credit card information in a Facebook account, the Facebook retailer's app (currently including Jack Threads and Mosaic) will pop up a drop-down message when clicking on the checkout Payment page. Click the Auto Fill button and the application will pull the information from the associated Facebook account and complete the fill out form. Facebook believes that such a feature will help users to complete mobile payments more smoothly. So far, how to provide a more convenient payment service is a key point for retailers to translate potential online shoppers into actual consumers. For smartphone users, because of the small size of the screen and the lack of physical keyboard, there are many inconveniences in making payments. Facebook's new service is likely to reduce the same. In addition to automatically filling in payment information, the service may also bring greater change to the mobile payment industry. Businesses are always looking for new customers. At present, by advertising optimized for Facebook, merchants can attract users who use mobile devices to their websites for shopping. So Facebook's idea is that Facebook will help businesses find new customers and help them be as handy as possible for the first time they spend. Other payment services are expected to pay close attention to Facebook's progress on the service. So far, Facebook's testing of the service remains small. But Facebook plans to expand the program, test features with more users, and sign up with more retail partners. (Chu Yue)