INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Fintech startup Lydia is the dominating mobile payment app in France with most of its 3.3 million users in its home country
the familiar Lydia payment flow
credit lines, phone insurance and free credit on home insurance and utility bills
The market menu was buried under the profile tab
The company is now surfacing that screen in its own tab right next to your accounts and transaction history
On the payment screen, when you tap a sum and hit next, in addition to the usual list of recipients, you can choose to send money to a
charity from there as well
17 charities for now, but that list could grow over time
(But nothing is stopping you from donating directly on the charity websites of course.)If you want to give a large sum of money and deduct
donations before handing them over to charities
But the company is waving fees until June 30 due to the coronavirus crisis.
