App-based payment in 30 Co-op UK stores

British convenience retailer Co-op is to extend the trial of its app-based pay-in-aisle technology: 30 stores are planned to be enabled for shoppers to scan and pay with their mobile phones by the end of August.

The system allows for payment through either Apple or Google Pay and was first unveiled in early 2018. Stores will not yet be till-less, as cashiers and self-scan tills are kept for old-style transactions.