We are constantly zooming in on key issues around payments and zooming out to get the bigger picture. Taking a look at the things we take for granted with online payments, questioning whether there are better ways to do things.
Did you ever think about why your credit & debit cards have embossed numbers? How does this help you make safe payments? It doesn't. It was designed to make an imprint of your card to avoid having to manually fill out a form with a pen and paper.
...it seems as if we went backwards rather than forwards. Something that was built for ease of use offline, does not help at all online. When paying with your card online you fill out a form, scramble about trying to find your 16 digit number (embossed or not), your security number, your memorable password.
At Skrill we believe just because things are done a certain way, it doesn’t mean that’s the way we have to do them. Online payments aren’t how they should be, yet. But they don’t have to be so complicated. Which is why we’re evolving payments.