We are committed to shaping the future of parking through innovation, automation, and intelligent mobility solutions. Today, we are proud to announce a key milestone on that journey: a global strategic partnership with PayByPhone, one of the world’s leading mobile parking payment platforms.
Together, we are redefining how drivers enter and exit gated garages. The integration of PayByPhone’s Autopay technology into our parking management platform PARKETPLACE® will deliver a seamless, secure, and fully ticketless parking experience across hundreds of off-street locations — including airports, hotels, shopping centers, and hospitals.
With Autopay enabled inside Designa car parks, drivers will enjoy:
Ticketless entry and exit
No queues and no pay stations
A fully automated experience at the barrier
Parking without even opening the app
After opting in to the PayByPhone app, every journey becomes frictionless.
Our collaboration combines our decades of expertise in automated parking systems with PayByPhone’s leadership in mobile payment technology. Together, we are responding to the rising demand for connected, user-centric parking solutions.
From our perspective, this partnership enables operators to fully leverage PayByPhone’s extensive user base, increasing digital transactions and streamlining parking management through Designa PARKETPLACE®. As Christian Grzona, Chief Digital Officer at Designa, emphasizes: "With the connection of PayByPhone’s parking use-cases to Designa PARKETPLACE® we enable our customer base to unlock the massive potential from the PayByPhone user base for their parking asset and digitalize more parking transactions."
PayByPhone highlights the driver benefits as well. As Anthony Cashel, Chief Operating Officer at PayByPhone, states:
“This strategic partnership with a global market leader like Designa further cements not only our commitment to simplify our users’ journeys but also continues to expand significantly our global influence and scope in gated off-street parking. Today we are delivering a truly frictionless, integrated experience for our drivers that is backed by intelligent, connected solutions.”
Together, Designa and PayByPhone are accelerating the shift toward smarter mobility, digital payments and more sustainable transportation infrastructure.
The global nature of this partnership enables rapid implementation across PayByPhone markets:
First launch city: Nuremberg, Germany, together with GOLDBECK Parking Services GmbH.
Additional German cities: to follow in the coming months
International expansion from early 2026: Austria, North America, France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
This is just the beginning, with further markets in preparation worldwide.
Beyond the improvements for drivers, operators benefit from compelling advantages:
Higher digital transaction rates
Access to the global PayByPhone driver base
Reduced operational friction and hardware maintenance
Stronger data insight capabilities via the Designa platform
Improved customer satisfaction and revenue potential
By digitizing the entire parking journey and minimizing congestion at barriers, Designa and PayByPhone are supporting the mobility transition of tomorrow — scalable, sustainable and user-focused.
PayByPhone is one of the world’s leading providers of mobile parking payments, simplifying the journeys of millions of people through intuitive technology and smart in-app features.
More than 110 million drivers have downloaded the PayByPhone app across 1,300 cities and operators in the UK, North America, France, Germany and Switzerland.