# Artez and Paypal announce donation app for iPhone

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/09/27/artez-and-paypal-announce-donation-app-iphone/
- Published: 2010-09-27T14:32:27+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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North American online fundraising service Artez Interactive has announced its first
mobile fundraising app for iPhone.

Currently in beta testing, the app, which handles donations via Paypal, will be 
unveiled at ArtezInterAction, a conference focusing on digital fundraising in Toronto.
The app will be available to charities who are Artez clients, whether they are in
North America, the UK or Australia in December 2010.

James Appleyard, Chairman of Artez Interactive, said: “We have seen how powerful
online fundraising can be for charitable organizations; the move to mobile will 
now allow consumers to ‘donate’ anywhere and everywhere. It takes the entire web
fundraising experience and puts it in your hand.

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“What we have done is created an app framework that we will customise with our charitable
partners’ brands and campaigns so they get a tailor-made fundraising app, completely
managed by Artez, in less time and at less cost than if they had commissioned one
themselves,” he added.

“In many ways, we are enabling a new type of face-to-face giving”, he claimed.

He said that the app should prove particularly useful to charities that deal with
disasters and emergencies. “The first 72 hours of any disaster are often the most
critical in terms of generating a response. With this new app, our charitable partners
will be able to act both quickly and effectively,” he explained.

### For charities

The app offers a secure donation capability using PCI Level 1 security (the highest
level of credit card security as determined by VISA) and automated tax receipting.
Donors can use it to give any amount they choose by credit card or PayPal. Charities
receive full donor information, and control the fields and questions made available
to donors. They can also brand the application with their own logos, colours and
messaging.

### For donors

Event participants can create and edit their own fundraising pages using the app,
with personalized messages, videos, and images. The app is integrated with Facebook,
Twitter & email, giving supporters the opportunity to promote their fundraising 
via these social networks. Each user can track their progress by viewing a dynamic
thermometer.

The can also pass their iPhone to a friend and ask them to make a secure donation.

Darrell MacMullin, General Manager of PayPal Canada, who collaborated with Artez
on the app said: “The Artez app allows fundraisers to benefit from the speed, convenience
and security of online fundraising through their smartphone. Instead of the risk
of taking cash or the inconvenience of collecting cheques, supporters can just hand
their smartphone to a friend and collect a donation on the spot with PayPal and 
the donation can be funded by the donor’s PayPal balance, bank account or credit
card.”

www.artez.com

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