The company, the French capital is dedicated to payment via mobile and employs 30 people at its offices in Barcelona
The French-owned technology company Toro Development has moved its headquarters from Taiwan to Barcelona to be close to your target market, Europe. The company had a turnover of 1.3 million euros in 2015, 60% more than two years ago, and has 30 workers in Barcelona, although the idea is to increase staff during the year. Among its customers T-Mobile or SpareBank counted and Visa and Mastercard have among its partners.
The Barcelona and once again demonstrates its ability to attract highly innovative companies and strengthens its position as a European technology hub. Overall, according to figures from Catalonia Trade & Investment website there are 6,500 international companies already established in Catalonia.
Toro Development, which is dedicated to payment via mobile, working in an independent European platform ‘mobile wallet’ including payments, loyalty and public transport, as reported by the Department of Company i Ocupació of the Government in a statement.
This system, through intelligent and with maximum security phones, allows payments of any amount to all kinds of trade and transport, and also facilitates access to areas where personal identification is necessary.
For the opening of its new plant, Toro has received the support of the Generalitat of Catalonia agency Trade & Investment, and besides, the company has achieved 1.9 million in funding for SMEs SME Instrument call, one of the new programs EU Horizon 2020.
Courtesy Car Service Barcelona