Ogone Launches In-App Payment Library For iOS And Android

Steve O'Hear

Steve O’Hear is probably best known as a technology journalist, currently at TechCrunch where he focuses mainly on European startups, companies and products. He was previously co-founder and CEO of expertise platform Beepl where he helped the company navigate its first VC round, along with seeing the product through development, private alpha and a high profile public launch. In November... → Learn More

Monday, July 2nd, 2012
87407v3-max-250x250

It seems that there’s no shortage of companies queuing up to help developers integrate payments into their mobile apps and today that space just got a little more crowded: Ogone, a long time player in online payments, has launched an in-app payment library for iOS and Android.

The new library complements the company’s existing mobile web-based payment system meaning that app developers who rely on Ogone to process payments no longer need to redirect users to the browser in order to take a payment — presuming that they don’t fall foul of Apple’s tight grip on in-app purchases for digital goods.

Ogone’s new in-app library is said to offer a “highly secure and user-friendly” plug-in payment solution for both iOS and Android operating systems making it easy to bring e-commerce functionality — the payment processing part, at least — to a mobile app. Specifically, the library uses secure aliases (instead of storing the credit card details on the mobile device) which offer e-merchants the advantage of easy compliance with industry standards in security. The look and feel can also be customised.

Ogone, which competes with a host of other payment providers, such as Realex, SagePay and WorldPay — or ZooZ who offer their own library — claims more than 35,000 businesses worldwide use its service. The company is headquartered in Belgium, and has operations in India (via its acquisition of EBS in 2011), with a sales presence the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, UAE and the US.

Those customers include Friends Provident, Tui, Thomas Cook, Halfords, Just Eat, Bose, Opodo, Club Med, DHL International, Viking Direct/Office Depot, Thalys International, Misco and Center Parcs.

The company is privately held and is backed by majority stakeholder Summit Partners.


Company: Ogone
Website: ogone.com
Launch Date: 1996

Ogone Payment Services is a leading European Payment Service Provider with international reach. Thousands businesses worldwide trust Ogone to manage and secure their online payments, help prevent fraud and drive their business. The company is headquartered in Belgium, has operations in India through its acquisition of EBS in 2011 and maintains regional sales offices throughout the world, with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, UAE and the US. Ogone is connected through certified links with...

→ Learn more
Company: ZooZ
Website: zooz.com
Launch Date: 2010
Funding: $3.5M

Zooz is a unique checkout platform that offers a complete and secure payment solution for e-commerce websites and apps. Zooz provides retailers with a set of tools that enable them to increase conversion rates, reduce shopping cart abandonment and grow their business, based on smart consumer insights generated by the Zooz platform. Zooz approach is focused on users’ behaviors and needs and not just on technical aspects of payments. Zooz has partnered with leading payment gateways, processors, and e-wallets in the...

→ Learn more
Tags: