News

Canadian vending group integrates mobile payments

August 11, 2016

The Canadian National Vending Alliance, a coalition of the largest vending operators across Canada, announced that it has partnered with PayRange to bring mobile payments acceptance to all its vending machines nationwide.

The alliance said in a press release that the mobile payments capabilities from PayRange's platform are enabling it to bring cashless payment acceptance to their vending machines without the need to install card readers and network connections. The vending machine only needs what's called a BluKey dongle that is installed on the vending machines. While the companies did not explain the function of the dongle, it could be assumed that it provides some kind of Bluetooth connection to a smartphone.

Consumers use the free PayRange App, which is available for iOS and Android, to make purchases. Users fund the app with a linked credit or debit card or Apple Pay.

"The [alliance] prides itself on addressing the needs of consumers and with more people becoming increasingly cashless, we realized we needed a mobile payment solution to bring to all our machines," said Steve Tremblay, president of the Canadian National Vending Alliance. "With the PayRange platform, we're able to provide consumers with greater choice not only in how to pay, but also in what they can purchase from the machines as they are no longer constrained by the change in their pockets."