In the May issue of GSQ: The Payment Systems Quarterly, we told you about Hypercom's ICE 5000 portable wireless terminal. National Processing (NPC) is now conducting the first major pilot of the touch-screen card payment system at 41 fast food restaurants in Phoenix, with plans to install the system in 8000 restaurants nationwide.
What makes this payment solution unique is that customers can operate the handheld device from their cars at drive-through windows, or at the restaurant's counter. to process a payment, merchants enter the transaction into the ICE 5000. Customers then select debit or credit, swipe the payment card, and enter a PIN or sign the touch screen. Two receipts are printed, one for the customer and one for the restaurant.
John Marshall, senior vice president of sales for Hypercom said, "Customer activated transactions at the take-out window are, for the first time, being completed in the time it takes to assemble the order."
The wireless, portable ICE 5000 is geared to the needs of businesses such as fast-food restaurants, dry cleaners, and other quick service centers; transactions are completed in six seconds or less.
For more information about Hypercom, call (877) HYPERCOM or visit http://www.hypercom.com. For more information about National Processing Company call (800-949-7379) or visit http://www.finall.com/.
