WeWard accelerates its walkers' earnings through automation

The founders of the WeWard mobile application have a vision: to make walking a central part of the daily lives of as many individuals as possible worldwide. WeWard users earn points every day based on the distance they have walked. When the points reach a certain threshold, users can use them at partner stores, convert them into money, or donate them to charities.

Established in 2019, WeWard now has 20 million users across Europe, the United States, and Japan. Since its inception, WeWard has paid out 18 million euros to its users and 1 million euros to charities.

After exploring banks and fintech companies, WeWard chose to use Memo Bank’s API, which is unique in the banking market:

• Automation of WeWard’s reward system: when a client requests a point withdrawal through their mobile application, an instant transfer is automatically executed via API from WeWard’s bank account. Memo Bank thus sends tens of thousands of transfers per month without any human intervention from WeWard’s teams.

• Improving the reception time of rewards through API instant transfers: all Memo Bank transfers are by default instant transfers, and Memo Bank’s API is one of the few APIs on the market to handle instant transfers.

• Ensuring a high level of security in transaction execution: the authentication process requires no user interaction from end to end. API calls are encrypted and authenticated through the exchange of signed tokens. Memo Bank’s API relies on state-of-the-art open-source technologies in the digital industry.

WeWard’s teams integrated Memo Bank’s API in just 3 weeks: 2 weeks for testing and 1 week for deployment. Tanguy De La Villegeorges, co-founder and CEO of WeWard, attributes this speed to the simplicity of the API, the readability of its documentation , and the responsiveness of Memo Bank’s technical teams and customer service. They have always been very available to address WeWard’s team requests and facilitate API integration.