4. What is Payforit?
Really easy way for people to pay online
Cost of purchase added to phone bill
Only works online (web & mobile)
Get income from smartphone users
5. Mobile network operators
Produce Payforit scheme rules
Consistent across all networks
Work together as the:
“Payforit management group”
Appoint APIs to enable services
6. Accredited Payment Intermediates
Implement scheme rules
Lose API status if they break the rules
Act independently of merchants
Trusted by MNOs
8. 3 reasons
1. MSISDN Pass through
2. Direct to bill technology
3. Regulatory protection
9. MSISDN Pass through
MNO passes MSISDN to APIs URL
Secured to prevent unauthorized use
Works on 2G/ 3G/ 4G connection
Not available for Blackberry or Opera
Don‟t need to ask consumer for number
10. MSISDN Pass through rules
Only after purchase
Content or service delivery
Customer support
Marketing (if opt in)
Not for PSMS or other forms of billing
11. Direct to bill
Available on Orange, Three, Vodafone
Currently rolling out on O2
Granular pricing (eg £1.99)
Correct VAT handling
Refunds, crediting, bill descriptions
12. Regulation
Light touch regulation by PhonepayPlus
Better clarity for merchant
Less ambiguity
13. What Payforit won’t do
Prevent complaints
„Get out of jail‟ card
Force businesses to embrace it
49. Payforit Single Click Button
1. Present the Payforit Single Click logo with a minimum size of 40 pixels wide by 20
pixels high.
2. Present the price and call-to-action no more than 30 pixels apart and with no
overlapping or touching.
1. Present the price and call-to-action in a contrast colour.
o Convert dominate background to HSL (hue, saturation, lightness).
o If the lightness is less than 50%, the text must be white (#FFFFFF). If the
lightness is above 50%, the text must be black (#000000). If the lightness is
exactly 50%, the text may be either white or black.
52. Approval process
API logs in to Payforituk.com
Registers merchant
Default approved in 5 working days
Custom Button approval by Payforit
Management Group, meets monthly
Approval revoked if abused
53. Monitoring
API hosts helpline in receipt messages
Helpline can direct to merchant
Monitors call volume
56. Cancel purchase
Consumer may cancel purchase within 10
minutes of most recent selection
All unbilled purchases are also cancelled
Marketing permission becomes void if
cancelled
Consumer may access site again without
restrictions
57. Screen Logging
API must serve every page viewed
Page must be retained for 12 months
API must add all Payforit elements
API must add pricing & billing links
API must serve thumbnails
58. MSISDN Aliasing
API must not pass MSISDN to merchant
Merchant agrees to forfeit all rights to MSISDN
Merchant may have a MSISDN alias
Merchant may market via alias (when opted
in)
API manages marketing opt in/ opt out
No PSMS may be marketed
59. Billing & retries
Only bill full amount shown to consumer
No split amounts, eg £1.50 + £1.50
Retries must be inline with MNO policy
Billing must take place immediately after
cancellation period
API must ensure only one charge per item
API must ensure they are not billed for item
already purchased
60. Pricing consistency
May have multiple prices on selection screen
(if so, font size must be 14px+)
Price on content delivery screen must be
same amount or less
Consumer must return to selection screen to
purchase at a different price point
61. Call logging
API must record customer care calls
Call recording must be retained for 3 months
API must analyse all calls, each week
If call volume increases by 10%, API must
suspend service and investigate root cause
62. Additional requirements
Improved receipt message must be used
Only 1 API redirect between advert and site
PFI SC opt in must be shown every time
API must complete a certification assessment
68. Requirements
Welcome message after signup
£20 (inc VAT) or monthly reminder text
API managed STOP command
API must bill subscription
PPP Apprvoal when £4.50+/wk
70. Requirements
Refunds without unnecessary hurdles
9-5 telephone support (VM out of hours)
Respond in 1 day, resolve in 2 days
English speaking UK helpline
72. About PhonepayPlus
UK regulator for premium rate services (PRS)
PRS includes payment on a phone bill
PPP regulate promotion, operation and content
Regulates MNOs, APIs & Merchants
73. Why Regulate?
All payment services in UK are regulated
• FSA or OFCOM
Past issues destroy consumer trust
• Subscriptions
• Voting
Fair charging creates equal opportunities
74. Payforit Regulation
Define as a Controlled Premium Rate Service
PhonepayPlus recognizes that Payforit is
capable of lessening consumer risk
PhonepayPlus sits on Payforit Management
Group to provide appropriate input
PhonepayPlus statement on regulation of PFI
75. Payforit and the Code
Payforit provides assistance with:
Transparency and Pricing
Some scenarios around Fairness
Consumer consent to charging
Privacy - consent to market
76. Payforit and the Code (2)
Payforit cannot help with:
Misleading info before payment screen
Bill shock unless reminders sent
Inappropriate marketing (e.g. to children)
Legality (Section 2.1) and Avoidance of Harm
77. Complaints
Complaints referred to the merchant when:
• No immediate indication that Payforit used incorrectly
• No indication of significant, or trending, consumer harm
MNO may be contacted to establish merchant
Dissatisfied consumers can be referred to PPP
78. Prior Permission
Some categories of PRS require written permission
before providers can operate them:
Current list includes:
• Subscription over £4.50 per 7 days
• Consumer credit services
• Multi party chat
• Remote gambling
Full list at: http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/For-Business
79. Registration of services
Services must be registered with number checker
to reflect how they are described by MNOs to
consumers
Allows many parties to quickly identify the merchant
involved from the bill descriptor
MNOs have differing descriptions - work in
progress
83. Modify user experience
For scenarios when PFI doesn‟t fit
Can take amendment to PFIMG
MNO review and provide feedback
If accepted, available to all
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