Cashless payment systems have long served the needs of the vending industry as a direct consequence of customer demand. Vending becomes much more convenient, and the experience much richer for the consumer when no cash is involved, so it is widely acknowledged that cashless payment is becoming more and more prevalent.

And this is precisely why Vianet has carefully created a contactless payment solution that caters for virtually any cashless scheme, from Closed User Group to Contactless Credit Card, online or offline. Our ground-breaking cashless solution robustly addresses the requirements of today and tomorrow.

Contactless Credit Card technology

Since 2009, a new wave of cashless payment has started to roll-out across the UK and other European markets, underpinned by technologies from the card schemes MasterCard and Visa.

Conventional credit card technologies such as Magstripe (magnetic strip) and Chip & PIN are only commercially viable in niche vending applications. Emerging Contactless Credit Card technology, however, is set to change this completely as it represents a real and substantial opportunity for any leading vending organisation.

• Our Contactless Credit Card readers have no moving parts or apertures that can be abused or vandalised. Just like the London Oyster card scheme, the Contactless cards are used by simply tapping the reader.

• Contactless Credit Card technology has been designed as a “cash replacement” aiming squarely at low-value or “micro” transactions. This is reflected in associated bank charges which are a small percentage of the transaction value with no minimum fee.

• Contactless Credit Card technology is well-harmonised with other technologies such as Mobile Telephone Payment (NFC) micro payment which will in future instigate a paradigm shift in merchandising in vending and other retail channels.

We have partnered with a leading UK and International payment processor to enable secure and fully automatic Contactless Credit Card clearing services that enable us to deliver you a working solution, straight out of the box.

To find out more about our versatile contactless payment solutions or to place an order please Contact Us.

Contactless payment for vending

• Ready to accept contactless credit card and NFC mobile telephone content
• Seamless telemetry integration for remote management and control
• Simple, fast installation into any MDB vending machine