Ingenico Group & Bleep kick-off early to keep fans happy at the Euro's 2016
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Renewing a successful partnership first established for the London Olympics in
2012, Ingenico Group and Bleep have once again teamed up to provide payment
services at the pop-up stores at the 2016 European Football Championship this
summer in France.
With 50 pop-up stores in 10 locations across France including Nice, Marseille,
Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Lille, Lens, and two stadiums in Paris
including Stade de France. The organisers needed a robust, reliable and secure
way of taking card and cash payments from the expected 2.5m visiting fans from
around Europe.
Having developed the technologies to eliminate single points of failure for the
London Olympics in 2012, the Bleep/Ingenico Pop-up Point of Sale (POS) solution
proved capable of handling large transaction volumes and enabling visitors to
use their cards safely and efficiently when purchasing the London Olympic
merchandise.
John Wellman, Founder and CEO of Bleep, reveals the design behind the systems;
"The British Olympic Committee, card sponsor and acquirers needed a fast,
secure, reliable and easy to use POS system to support very high peak volume
demands and to make sure there were no embarrassing moments where fans could be
left unable to buy their valued souvenirs and officially branded merchandise. To
do this, we had to build a system from the ground up that was fast to deploy and
without any single point of failure that would impact anything other than a
single point of sale. Our solution was so well matched to the task that it has
led to us providing this service at the European Football Championships in
France this year."
The Pop-up POS system, based on a tried and tested combination of Bleep's Award
Winning POS system and Ingenico's market-leading card payment terminals, can be
installed from the ground up in just a few days. This is then combined with in-
field support and training provided by Bleep for each of the 10 sites through-
out the duration of event, until the Euro 2016 final on the 10(th) July.
Millions of fans are expected to buy official Euro 2016 merchandise at special
stores including the superstore set-up near the Eiffel Tower and just around the
corner from Ingenico HQ in Paris.
Ian Benn, Ingenico's Managing Director for Northern Europe, outlines the
importance of collaboration in supporting partners such as Bleep, "Bleep is a
specialist in Pop-up POS. Their Ingenico-based solution proved itself at the
London Olympics and at many other sporting and music events across the world.
Bleep has been very smart in designing a solution that is a perfect match for
this type of high profile event. Ingenico Group strongly values partners like
Bleep that build on the market-leading performance of the Ingenico card terminal
range with their own innovative and customer-focused solutions and we look
forward to extending this partnership with Bleep further during this summer's
big sporting events."
About Ingenico Group
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING) is the global leader in seamless
payment, providing smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce
across all channels, in-store, online and mobile. With the world's largest
payment acceptance network, we deliver secure payment solutions with a local,
national and international scope. We are the trusted world-class partner for
financial institutions and retailers, from small merchants to several of the
world's best known global brands. Our solutions enable merchants to simplify
payment and deliver their brand promise. Learn more at:
www.ingenico.co.uk|www.ingenico.com|
About Bleep
Simply put, Bleep UK PLC is one of the only companies in the UK which design and
manufacture its own EPOS terminals. Bleep was founded in 1981 and designs,
develops, manufactures and supports Point of Sale equipment and software
applications for the retail and hospitality industries. Bleep products are
recognised throughout the world for innovation, quality and performance,
testament to the experience we have gained servicing these industries. Our
client list is very impressive, with over 25,000 installations in the UK, with
our attention to product reliability and customer support ensuring our user base
continues to increase year on year.
Contact / Ingenico Northern Europe
Stephen Connor
Marketing Communications Manager
Stephen.connor(at)ingenico.com
T./ +44 (0)131 479 8474
M./ +44 (0)7471 351 703
Bleep Ingenico picture:
http://hugin.info/143483/R/2021036/750775.jpg
Bleep:
http://hugin.info/143483/R/2021036/750774.pdf
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