THE ART OF PAYMENTS: A DEDICATED SERVICE, A BETTER EXPERIENCE

Sick of stressful transfers and lack of support from your bank? When something goes wrong with a payment, waiting on hold with a call centre shouldn't be the answer.

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One of the most quietly perfect paintings of the 18th century is Jean-Étienne Liotard's The Chocolate Girl (c. 1743–1745) — a maid caught mid-step, carrying a tray with a glass of water and a cup of hot chocolate to someone we never see.

There's no grand gesture in the picture. Just complete, careful attention to the task — every fold of her apron, every reflection in the glass rendered with almost photographic precision.

That's the kind of attention a payment deserves too — but rarely gets:

• When you have a question, is there actually someone who knows your business?
• Why does every issue mean explaining your business from scratch, again?
• Why should reliable service feel like a luxury instead of a standard?

At MAGMA, service isn't something we add on after the transaction — it's part of it from the start. It's dedicated, personal, and there when you need it.

International payments. Dedicated service. Better experience.

A few real, lesser-known facts about The Chocolate Girl and its creator:

• Liotard worked in pastel on parchment rather than paint on canvas, building the image in such fine, smooth detail that it's often cited as an early ancestor of photorealism.
• Liotard's contemporaries didn't just admire the painting — the leading pastel artist of the day, Rosalba Carriera, reportedly called it the most beautiful pastel ever made.
• No one knows for certain who the girl in the painting actually is. One popular legend names her Anna Baltauf, a chocolate-shop girl in Vienna whose beauty is said to have won over an Austrian prince, who married her and commissioned the portrait as a wedding gift.
• In 1881, Henry L. Pierce, president of the American chocolate company Walter Baker & Company, visited the Dresden Gallery and saw The Chocolate Girl. Struck by both its artistic beauty and its romantic legend, he acquired the rights to the image — and by 1883, the portrait had become the brand's logo. 

Explore how timeless art reflects modern financial challenges and solutions.

Photo: Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Chocolate Girl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons