Cash, coins, tickets and devices; what is the best payment option for the amusement industry? Ian Donegan investigates.
Can you imagine being told 20 years ago that in the future your mobile phone would effectively do all the jobs your wallet did back then?
The rate at which technology has developed, even in the last five years, should disabuse anyone of the notion that things aren’t going to change just as much in the next half decade. The loss of profit is the only thing a business can expect from not enabling itself to accept money in as many forms as possible, from cold, hard cash to via contactless smartwatches. That is why it is essential that operators be aware of the specialists that are keeping a sharp eye on the trends in payment, many of whom have provided comment for this payment solutions special issue.
