The online payments company wants you to use its mobile payment app at any retail store, so it plans to use a generated code that is acceptable just about everywhere.

To enable contactless in-person transactions, PayPal has launched a new QR code functionality in Ireland and 27 other countries.

PayPal today announced a (not entirely) new method of making contactless payments in 28 markets. The online payments provider has launched support for QR code-based transactions on its mobile app.

PayPal added QR code payment capabilities to its app just as the pandemic is encouraging consumers to avoid unnecessary contact when making payments.