Dallas CBS News Hails e-Port® Cashless Vending Machines as "Wave of the Future"
Vending machines equipped with USA Technologies'(OTC Bulletin Board: USAT) e-Port cashless transaction technology that accept credit cards were installed in the Dallas City Hall, Texas, and rapidly sold out stock in many of the machines.
Bud Gillett, the Dallas City Hall correspondent for KTVT-TV (CBS 11), reports that the technology was retrofitted into the machines quickly and easily, and immediately impressed consumers with its convenience.
Click to view the full CBS 11 cashless vending machine news report.
CBS 11 is part of the CBS Television Stations Group, which reaches 38 million households in the U.S.
Last December, MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies announced that Cadbury Schweppes would equip vending machines in several U.S. markets with the e-Port and begin accepting all major credit cards, including those enabled with MasterCard® PayPass? contactless payment functionality.
Cadbury Schweppes, whose brands include Dr Pepper, 7UP, Snapple, A&W Root Beer, Hawaiian Punch, Canada Dry, and Mott's, is converting as many as 1,000 Dr Pepper and Snapple vending machines in Dallas, New York and Chicago to accept credit card payments.
The Cadbury Schweppes installations are a part of the 5,000 self service point-of-sale terminals and vending machines Master Card and USA Technologies are currently deploying in 12 cities nationwide, including Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Miami, Orlando and Washington, D.C.
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