FIVE new transport schemes available through PayPoint retailers
PayPoint, the UK’s leading branded payments network, has launched a raft of new bus ticketing schemes that will bring additional business into PayPoint retailers in many parts of the country.
Travellers on System One in the Greater Manchester area will be able to buy Day Saver tickets for one adult and one child (16 and under), and Group Day Saver tickets for two adults and up to three children (16 and under), at PayPoint stores from October. This is the second day ticket scheme to be introduced by PayPoint in a few months.
Meanwhile, in Scotland, First in Glasgow, the largest operator in the Greater Glasgow area, has launched three versions of its new Flexi-10 ‘carnet tickets’ – the First Flexi-10 CITY, Flexi-10 LOCAL and First Flexi-10 NETWORK – all of which are valid for ten separate journeys over six months.
First West & North Yorkshire (formerly First North) has introduced First Week Leeds Green Zone and First Week West Yorkshire travel tickets, while First Cymru, the biggest operator in Wales, has joined forces with PayPoint to enable customers to buy FirstMonth and, in some cases, FirstWeek tickets from their local PayPoint at the same time as picking up a loaf of bread, a pint of milk or their lunch to take away.
Lastly, Translink in Northern Ireland has launched a new customer service that enables Translink smartcard customers to top up both Smartlink and iLink travel cards at PayPoint’s 900 retailers in Northern Ireland, making it much easier for all Smartlink and iLink customers to add journeys and travel to their cards.
“Bus operators across the country are increasingly encouraging their customers to purchase their tickets off-bus in advance, and PayPoint retailers are ideally placed to benefit from this trend,” said Mike Igoe, Retail Strategy Director at PayPoint.
“The fact that we are announcing five such schemes, in all four countries that make up the United Kingdom, show just how widespread this trend has become. And these are in addition to the dozens of other ticketing schemes offered by PayPoint retailers around the country, including for the major transport groups.
“Although initially covering weekly, monthly and, sometimes, longer periods, we’re also now seeing operators making single use and carnet style tickets available through the PayPoint network. This trend can only be good news for PayPoint retailers, who are benefitting from increased footfall from new customers who previously might not have shopped in the store, and increased sales as these customers often make unplanned purchases in the store.”
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ABOUT PAYPOINT
PayPoint is a leading specialist payments company with operations in the UK, Ireland, Romania, France, USA and Canada. It handles over £9.5 billion from over 550 million transactions annually for more than 6,000 clients and merchants.
PayPoint processes consumer payments across a wide variety of markets (energy pre and post-payment, telecoms, housing, water, transport, e-commerce, parking and gaming) through its retail networks, internet and mobile phone channels:
Retail networks
The PayPoint branded retail network in the UK numbers over 22,000 terminals located in local shops (including Co-op, Spar, McColls, Costcutter, Sainsbury’s Local, One Stop, Londis and thousands of independents). Collect+, a joint venture with Yodel, formerly Home Delivery Network Limited, provides a parcel collection and drop off service at more than 3,400 PayPoint retailers. Its ATM network numbers more than 2,300 ‘LINK’ branded machines across the UK, mainly in the same sites as PayPoint terminals.
In Romania, the branded retail network numbers over 4,800 terminals located in local shops, processing cash bill payments for utilities and mobile phone top-ups. In Ireland, over 500 outlets in shops and credit unions process mobile top-ups and bill payments.
Internet
PayPoint.net is an internet payment service provider linking into all major UK acquiring banks to deliver secure online credit and debit card payments for over 5,600 web merchants. It offers a comprehensive set of products ranging from a transaction gateway through to a bureau service and FraudGuard, an advanced service to mitigate the risk of fraud.
PayByPhone
PayByPhone is a leading international provider of services to parking authorities allowing consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for their parking by credit or debit card. It has contracts in the UK, France, Canada and the USA.
PayPoint floated on the London Stock Exchange in September 2004. It is widely recognised for its leadership in prepayment systems, smart technology and consumer service.
