Suresite Group companions with Vianet 

Leading forecourt retail specialist Suresite Group has lately partnered with fee answers supplier Vianet, propelling them into the rising ‘unattended’ contactless bills business.
The upward thrust in acclaim for unattended card transactions throughout a number of settings is anticipated to surge, as shopper self assurance and adoption of contactless bills continues to climb: Juniper Research’s newest Contactless Payments analysis predicts contactless transactions will develop 130% globally within the subsequent 5 years, taking the marketplace measurement from its present $4.7tn to $11tn in 2027. For traders within the unattended house, this brings to the desk a ravishing prospect of ‘more-sales-less-cost’ and extremely compliant fee choices.
The partnership sees Suresite Group’s market-leading obtaining services and products sign up for forces with Vianet’s contactless fee answer {hardware} (pictured). The result’s a aggressive, user-friendly and extremely protected bills answer in a position to futureproof any unattended or computerized retail trade, from charging issues and unmanned automotive washes to air and vac stations.
Crucially for the forecourt retail specialist, the brand new answer will permit Suresite Group not to best be offering its current buyer base much more fee choices being able to settle for fee by way of contactless gadgets at any unattended website online, but in addition penetrate new sectors corresponding to merchandising.
Nick Horne, gross sales and business director at Suresite, explains the tactic in the back of the transfer: “As the gasoline business evolves and gasoline costs proceed to jump, we’re seeing a resurgence in shopper call for for electrical automobiles and with it a gradual however positive shift from gasoline to electrical. Typically, shelling out electrical energy is decrease possibility than petrol or diesel, making it ultimate for unattended contactless fee.
“Our strategy at Suresite is to continually innovate, introducing more and more hardware options to our customer base. The partnership with Vianet will allow us to grow our presence outside of the fuel industry, yet leverage those existing customer relationships in the forecourt sector – which alongside charging points, also opens up opportunities with unmanned car washes, jet washes and air and vac stations.”
Alongside current alternatives within the forecourt sector, the partnership will even open the door for enlargement into new sectors for Suresite, who’ve already signed merchandising contracts with amenities control firms, in addition to contracts with automotive wash firms.
“At Vianet, as well as vending machines and car washes, we’re seeing more demand for unattended contactless payments being applied to the likes of pool tables, ticket machines, arcade games, jukeboxes, photobooths, laundromats, golf ball dispensing in driving ranges and much more,” says Craig Brocklehurst, Chief Operating Officer at Vianet.
“Enabled through the Internet of Things (IoT), our innovative payment solutions offer many benefits for both the merchant and end user. The usability of the device – which is easy to interact with, hygienic, and convenient – is the main benefit from a cardholder’s perspective. From the merchant perspective, contactless payment solutions in general enable operators to maximise sales and reduce costs, but our hardware specifically is PCI level 1 compliant, making it highly secure, transaction fees are competitive, and it also has the capabilities to advertise other services on it. Unique to the market, if the merchant has coffee and donuts available in store, for example, they can advertise this to their car wash customers whilst they’re sitting in their car, either on the device itself or from a wireless 4K stream to a local TV.”

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