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Cashless vendor reaches milestone with JumpStart program

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

USA Technologies announced that it has delivered more than 20,000 ePort cashless payment terminals to customers under its JumpStart program.

JumpStart was originally launched in January 2010 to help vending operators and bottlers acquire USA Technologies’ ePort EDGE cashless terminal at no cost, paying only a monthly service fee and avoiding the need to make a major upfront capital investment. According to USA Technologies, the ePort EDGE is the only one-piece cashless reader and controller combo on the vending market with PCI Level One compliant security.

While the ePort EDGE accepts swipe cards only, USA Technologies has recently expanded the program to include its ePort G8 terminal, which accepts contactless cards in addition to traditional magnetic swipe cards.

Under the JumpStart program, customers keep the JumpStart devices as long as they are activated on USA Technologies’ ePort Connect Service. JumpStart includes the ePort Connect services package for wireless connectivity, card processing, consumer services, online reporting, machine alerts and over-the-air (OTA) software upgrade capability.

As of June 30, there were over 82,000 devices connected to the ePort Connect service, and USA Technologies expects to reach its goal of 100,000 devices by Dec. 31.

Bluestar launches cashless ticketing scheme

UK-regional bus group Bluestar has launched a new transit card for discounted weekly and monthly travel on its network, according to Southern Daily Echo.

The new card enables cashless fare for any service on the Bluestar Network in Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester. It also supports travel on Wilts & Dorset buses and Southern Vectis on the Isle of Wight, both of which are owned and operated by Go-Ahead Group.

Cape Town goes contactless on taxi fares

The Peninsula Taxi Association (PTA) in South Africa has launched a electronic fare collection system, granting commuters cashless fare and discounts when using the newly developed contactless-enabled transit card, according to The Cape Times.

Survey: Germans coming around to NFC, contactless payments

A new survey from Euro Kartensysteme shows that Germans are starting to embrace the idea of contactless and NFC payments.

Out of 1,040 Germans aged 18-59, 43% responded that they would like to make contactless payments if given the opportunity, of which 58% percent would make their payments with a debit card card, 41% with a credit card and 50% with an NFC phone.

Visa benchmark marks 2012 as the year for maintstream contactless adoption

Visa Europe launched its second quarterly Contactless Barometer benchmark, studying consumer attitudes and perceptions on contactless technologies across the UK, Poland and Turkey. Research is based on the surveys of 1,700 banked individuals and in-depth panel sessions with around 500 contactless card owners per market.

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