After problems with card payments, consumers at the discounter Aldi Nord will soon be able to make cashless purchases everywhere again, according to the company. Card payment will “be possible again in all markets in the short term,” said an Aldi Nord spokesman on Monday on request. Payment devices with the problems would be replaced by new models. “Some of the markets were already converted at the weekend, the rest will follow in the next few days.” The card terminals were to be gradually replaced this year anyway, and this has now been accelerated. Aldi Süd was not affected by the problems.
The discounter Netto also converted the terminals and reported completion on Monday. The company announced that card payments are possible again throughout the branch network.
In the past few days, customers have no longer been able to pay with a giro or credit card at some German retailers. The background was a malfunction in the widespread Verifone device H5000. It is used by the service provider Payone, among others. (dpa)
