MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
USA
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT), ("USAT"), a leader of wireless,
cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket,
self-serve retailing industries, today announced that it earned the top
award for the vending category at the 2013
Connected World Value Chain Awards last week in Santa Clara,
California.
The Connected World magazine Value Chain Awards honor the most
successful corporate adopters of M2M technology and connected devices as
well as the solution providers that help make their technology adoption
a success. The awards recognize the process of combining multiple
technologies, such as device-connectivity hardware, network services, as
well as application software and infrastructure, to create a winning
solution for the end customer based on quantifiable results. Entries
were judged by a panel of industry experts and analysts.
USAT's gold award featured value chain partners Verizon Wireless and
Telit Wireless Solutions as solution providers that helped make adoption
of USAT's flagship technology and service offering, ePort
Connect®, a success. ePort Connect® is USAT's
comprehensive cashless payment and telemetry solution that is designed
to meet the unique requirements of the small-ticket, unattended market.
Features include integrated wireless and M2M functionality in addition
to streamlined cashless payment, telemetry and consumer engagement
services.
"Through effective collaboration with partners such as Verizon Wireless
and Telit Wireless Solutions, USAT has continued to innovate on behalf
of our customers to bring the benefits of the connected world to them
with seamless simplicity and added value," said Maeve McKenna Duska,
USAT's vice president of marketing. "The turnkey nature of USAT's
business model has been vital to our success and incorporates strong
partners who support that vision. We are honored by the recognition at
Connected World's Value Chain Awards and are proud of our successful
collaboration with Verizon Wireless and Telit Wireless Solutions as we
focus on additional opportunities to expand on our work."
About USA Technologies:
USA Technologies is a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M
telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries.
ePort Connect® is the company's flagship service platform, a
PCI-compliant, end-to-end suite of cashless payment and telemetry
services specially tailored to fit the needs of small ticket,
self-service retailing industries. USA Technologies also provides a
broad line of cashless acceptance technologies including its NFC-ready
ePort® G8, ePort Mobile™ for customers on the go, and
QuickConnect™, an API Web service for developers. USA Technologies has
been granted 85 patents; and has agreements with Verizon, Visa, Elavon
and customers such as Compass, Crane, AMI Entertainment and others.
Visit the website at www.usatech.com.
G-USAT
USA Technologies
Veronica Rosa, 484-359-2138
VP Corp. Comm. &
Investor Relations
vrosa@usatech.com
Source: USA Technologies
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