FC Augsburg’s new currency is called KAROpay
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Augsburg / Munich, September 2009 - FC Augsburg kicked off the season in style at their brand new impuls arena.
The Bundesliga 2 side launched the innovative KAROpay system that provides fans and visitors with a quick and easy solution when purchasing food and beverages in the stadium.
KAROpay was installed and is operated by Munich Company, payment solution AG, who have recently introduced electronic payment at Shakhtar Donetsk’s Donbass Arena and enabled the first cashless Formula 1 Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
The custom-made payment system KAROpay, which was developed especially for the region of Augsburg and the new impuls arena, offers a variety of advantages to the visitors and is much more than an electronic payment system.
The use of the Legic-chip, the first of its kind, has positioned payment solution AG as one of the leading providers of multi-functional payment systems on every chip-based level.
Unlike any other payment system the stadia payment card (FCA CARD) can be used in conjunction with the already established multi-functional customer cards of the region’s energy supplier, Stadtwerke and Lechwerke, to buy food and drinks.
“Many of the FC Augsburg fans and visitors to the impuls arena already have the KAROCARD of the Stadtwerke or Lechwerkes easy living card.
“The new payment system allows them to use the already existing card to pay within the impuls arena.
“This kind of system is unique in Germany and was only made possible thanks to the payment solution’s expert knowledge of multi-functional payment systems.” says Heinz-Peter Strömsdörfer, CSO & COO of payment solution
KAROCARD already has widespread use in the area as a subscription-card for the public transport system and offers various shopping benefits within the regional retail industry.
“We are happy that FC Augsburg and its partners have decided to implement the KAROpay system as it is unique among German payment systems” says Heinz-Peter Strömsdörfer.
“Our management of the operation, from implementing the system to providing the staff and maintenance, allows our partners to concentrate on their core-business.”
payment solution supplied cashless systems at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Donbass Arena, Ukraine, AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Hoffenheim’s new Rhein-Neckar Arena, Nurburgring, RheinEnergieStadium, Cologne, Fritz-Walter-Stadium, Kaiserslautern and Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt.
About payment solution corp.:
payment solution offers comprehensive and integrated payment solutions for stadiums, arenas, theme parks and other leisure and entertainment facilities. With the use of multi-functional debit cards based on contactless RFID chip technology and comprehensive management software the overall system controls the seamless interaction of all relevant components, such as ticketing, access, parking, etc. Increased user-friendliness for visitors, faster transactions and advanced marketing opportunities guarantee increase in revenue and profit for the operating companies.
The experienced service provider covers all relevant fields from conceptual consulting to IT services and operating the complete system. payment solution corp. offers the unique business model for complete equipment and operation of a cashless system with the native brand “justpay” including complete assumption of investment and ongoing operating costs.
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