Netshift Payment
BUSINESS ISSUES
Companies who are considering using public access devices
or who are already using them, are now under increasing
pressure to maximise return on investment. The most effective
way of doing this is to add a payment technology system
to existing or planned devices that may currently only offer
information. This enables customers to pay at devices, as
well as or instead of tills or booths.The NetShift Payment
solution can also cut queues, ensure payments are processed
whilst providing numerous financial, efficiency and customer
service benefits.
PROBLEMS
A key factor preventing payment technologies being added
to public access devices is the perceived difficulty in
implementation, especially when companies have existing
devices in place.
Wherever payment is concerned, security
is a vital issue for consideration. Companies need to ensure
that their devices' payment solutions are completely secure
and unable to be tampered with - otherwise the company risks
losing credibility and money.
Each customer's requirements vary
greatly, yet many payment technology solutions are standardised
and not tailored according to the demands of each individual
company. Flexibility is lost as a result of standardised
solutions. For example, companies may want the devices to
accept cards, cash, tokens and loyalty cards.
NETSHIFT PAYMENT
A comprehensive payment tool kit designed to offer flexible,
secure and robust payment facilities for public access devices,
either in isolation or within a public access network.
Easy to use and integrate into all
PC-based public access devices, NetShift Payment offers
a modular approach to the consolidation of both existing
and yet-to-be implemented payment technologies into self-service
networks.
NETSHIFT PAYMENT - BUSINESS
BENEFITS
Focus
The NetShift Payment Solution is a feature-rich and comprehensive
dedicated application to transact payment-style operations.
Seamless integration
The NetShift Payment Solution integrates closely with other
NetShift technology components. NetShift Enterprise - our
remote management system - integrates with appropriate reports
on the variation of fees/points paid over time.
Future proofing
A modular plug-in architecture facilitates the integration
of any payment device provided a published API (Application
Programming Interface) exists. This means that a large range
of devices can be field-upgraded to accommodate new and
innovative payment standards.
Flexible revenue - generation opportunities
Supporting virtually any kind of magnetic cards, coins,
tokens or SmartCards, customers have the assurance that
they can configure their public access networks to achieve
maximum profitability.
Pay-for-use services can now be incorporated
to generate income and drive return on investment, for example:
- Surftime
- Printing of documents
- Video e-mail
- E-mail
THE NETSHIFT
PAYMENT SERVER
The NetShift Payment Server
is a back-office component providing transactional functions
such as loyalty, credit and debit card processing. It also
integrates with a variety of external validation service
providers and can be configured to interface with all other
external servers.
