VeriFone hosts mobile payment for French rail operator
12 August, 2013
category: Transit
VeriFone announced that its PAYware Wynid managed payments solution is powering passenger ticket purchases aboard France’s national railroad operated by SNCF Group.
Deployment began in April with the first 1,000 handheld devices. An additional 12,000 units are expected to roll out over three months and handle an estimated 1.65 million payment transactions annually across the SNCF-managed rail systems including the high-speed TGV trains.
PAYware Wynid is a managed services platform enables all-in-one payment acceptance on mobile handheld devices. It can be used by conductors to accept domestic and international EMV card payments and process other functions such as ticket sales and exchange, invoices and information services for passengers.
VeriFone’s managed payment solution makes it possible for SNCF to improve efficiency and productivity on our trains by adding on-board payment to our mobile solution, said Carole Morere, department director for Trains Information Systems with SNCF.
VeriFone’s gateway service consolidates and routes all types of electronic payment transactions and accommodates all forms of card payment, including contactless, mobile and online.
Morere added, Mobile payment further enhances passenger convenience and is a natural complement to existing capabilities of access to real-time information such as train schedules and seating availability.