Football fans to spend less time queuing for half-time pie and pint at Championship football club
Football fans to spend less time queuing for half-time pie and pint at Championship football club
Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club (FC) has gone live with a new contactless payments system.
The system has been installed in conjunction with catering provider Azure, part of the Elior group, from HSBC Merchant Services, a subsidiary of Global Payments, the largest independent payment processor in the UK.
The Visa contactless technology enables consumers to simply touch the reader with their cards and pay in less than a second. The technology is expected to help reduce half-time queues for QPR’s football fans due to the system’s ultra quick transaction times and new integrated technology.
Phased roll out continues
The new system has been introduced in six kiosk locations around the club’s Loftus Road stadium and, from February 2011 onwards, will be phased into a further 11 locations.
The kiosks, which previously accepted cash payments only, now accept contactless payments through the new electronic payments system. The Club is currently planning to launch a QPR FC issued pre-paid card for fans to use within the stadium and on the High Street.
HSBC Merchant Services also said it plans to roll out the system to other football stadiums, music venues and festivals, allowing customers to benefit from faster transactions at high-capacity events.
Till manufacturer integration
Darren Wilson, HSBC Merchant Services chief executive, said: “We identified the need for faster services at venues such as QPR, where thousands of customers are waiting to be served in a short space of time. Replacing cash payments with HSBC Merchant Services’ new contactless system will improve the speed and accuracy of payment transactions.”
HSBC Merchant Services’ payments system uses integration technology for its payment terminals in conjunction with till manufacturer Bleep UK. The semi-integration technology improves transaction times by removing the need to double key transaction amounts and providing a dedicated internet line for payments.
