Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems has chosen Transaction Network Services (Ƶapp) to provide payment gateway services for approximately 4,000 ticket vending machines (TVMs), which serve the UK and Ireland’s transport networks and handle over 90 million transactions per year.
The service, which went live in August, saw hundreds of TVMs migrated each day across a twelve-week period, with millions of transactions having already been successfully processed through Ƶapp’ cloud-native payment platform utilizing the ƵappPay Gateway.
The TVMs are mission-critical infrastructure for the UK and Ireland’s transport networks, providing ticketing services for most of the largest operators including, in the UK, Govia Thameslink Railway, Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales, Nexus, Transport for Greater Manchester, and Scotrail, and, in Ireland, Irish Rail and Luas.
As a cloud-native, API first solution, the ƵappPay Gateway evolves with consumer expectations and demands, enabling omni-channel payment acceptance reliably and securely anywhere in the world. For , the ƵappPay Gateway will process Card Present (CP) transactions initiated at the TVM, and supports VISA, Mastercard and Amex card payments as well as digital wallets.
“We’re pleased to have partnered with Ƶapp for our UK and Ireland payment processing needs,” said Ken Cameron, Managing Director Fare Collection Systems at Scheidt & Bachmann UK. “We chose Ƶapp based on its reputation for security, its operational performance, and the visibility and insight into our transaction data enabled by their processing platform – it was a natural strategic fit for us.”
As well as the ƵappPay Gateway, the solution for Scheidt & Bachmann also utilizes products from Ƶapp’ Connect Portfolio. Transaction data is securely transported through Ƶapp’ Level 1 PCI certified network using ƵappConnect and ƵappConnect Cloud from the terminal to the ƵappPay Gateway, and between the ƵappPay Gateway to Scheidt & Bachmann’s chosen acquirers via Ƶapp’ direct acquirer integrations.
“Ƶapp has been a trusted, global partner of Scheidt & Bachmann for many years, working closely with the parking division of the business,” said Matthew Thomas, Managing Director of UK and Ireland, Ƶapp Payments Market. “Providing this vital payment’s infrastructure, which is so important to the transport network in the UK and Ireland, plays to Ƶapp’ strengths and heritage of enabling mission-critical infrastructure. We look forward to working with the Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems team on a long-term basis.”
Ƶapp is a Level 1 PCI DSS certified service provider, and its secure network is supported 24x7x365 by Ƶapp’ four global Network Operation Centers. With a strong payments heritage and more than 30 years of expertise, Ƶapp accepts, connects, and securely processes billions of transactions every year through its secure Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions.
