First Data has selected Apigee, a provider of payment technology and services, for its Payeezy e-commerce payments platform, which provides merchants an access to Apple Pay.
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First Data said that it is leveraging Apigee to bring app developers onboard and enable them to build and scale solutions supporting online and mobile payments.
Payeezy.com utilizes the Apigee API platform, and First Data was able to speed up project development and time to market for Payeezy with Apigee.
Chet Kapoor, CEO of Apigee, said: "Through an API-centric approach, First Data’s Payeezy.com makes it easy and fast for software developers to build apps that support the new single-touch mobile payment capabilities for Apple Pay.
"We believe First Data has enormous potential as a digital leader, and we are thrilled to work with them to help connect merchants and developers with Apple Pay."
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By GlobalDataBruce Dragt, First Data’s senior vice president, global e-commerce, said: "We view enabling mobile apps as the future of e-commerce and wanted to build out a platform for financial institutions and merchant developers to quickly bring new apps to market.
"Apigee’s platform was purpose-built for the way people are building apps today, and we selected Apigee, who had the expertise to accomplish what we needed in terms of scale, security and time to market. Together we are delivering the tools to help developers quickly and easily code for online and mobile payments."
