Merit Entertainment Picks ePort Payment Software for Touchscreen Gaming Systems

USA Technologies’ ePort software has been picked by Merit Entertainment for installation in thousands of new Megatouch touchscreen entertainment systems.

 

About 250,000 Megatouch games are currently in use, Merit said in the announcement; each year, more than four billion game plays are experienced by customers.

 

USA Technologies (News - Alert) provides networked credit card and other non-cash systems in the vending, commercial laundry, hospitality and digital imaging industries. The company has agreements with AT&T (News - Alert), Honeywell, Blackboard, MasterCard and others.

 

USA Technologies’ ePort Connect is a cashless payment solution for unattended point-of-sale (POS) terminals, kiosks and vending machines. Merit’s countertop entertainment systems, coupled with ePort systems, enables players to make payments using credit or debit cards.

 

Merit plans to install the ePort cashless transaction software in all new domestic Megatouch products manufactured during the next three years. USA Technologies will act as the exclusive provider to Merit of card processing and credit-debit card data services.

 

“Our mission is to give customers the most enjoyable playing experience by delivering the best games, software, hardware, service, and support,” said Colin Higbie, director of marketing at Merit Entertainment, in a statement. “With ePort Connect, Merit will give players the added ease and convenience of being able to use their credit or debit card to purchase credits on the Megatouch.”

 

Higbie added: “For operators, the ePort Connect cashless payment system means greater efficiency, improved reliability over coin and bill-only systems, and the preferred means of payment among our younger generation of customers, all of which work together to increase revenue, lower service costs, and increase overall ROI.”

 

“Merit’s decision to offer the cashless payment option is an example of the versatility of the ePort Connect solution, and highlights just how easily it can be applied to unattended POS terminals where cash or bills were formerly needed to activate the equipment,” said Mike Lawlor, vice president of sales and new business development at USA Technologies, in a statement. “It is also verification of our hard work in developing the ePort Connect solution for the global kiosk market, which is turning to credit-debit card payment.”