Mastercard and Getir power payments bot for Facebook Messenger

Mastercard has teamed with Turkish mobile retailer Getir for the first Masterpass payment system via Facebook’s Messenger application. Getir (“Get here”) allows users to receive delivery of 600+ everyday items by writing a message in the application. It works via credit card information and live delivery trackings.

Based in Istanbul, Getir was launched in July 2015 and has made more than one million deliveries as of January 2017.