Ice House Partners With USA Technologies

Feb. 7, 2013

USA Technologies, Inc. announced a new agreement with Ice House America, a pioneer in automated ice vending technology. The agreement covers the use of USAT's ePort® and ePort Connect® cashless payment and telemetry services for Ice House America's units located throughout the U.S. and establishes USAT as a preferred partner.

The announcement follows Ice House America's recently created franchise program to further expand its existing network of over 2,400 independently owned locations, which collectively produce over 1 billion pounds of ice per year.

"Ice House America recognized the need for ensuring that our operators are equipped with industry-leading cashless payment capabilities as more consumers opt for the convenience of using their credit, debit and prepaid cards to pay for purchases," Pete Cotter, chief executive officer of Ice House America said in a prepared statement. "Our goal is to offer USAT's service to the entire Ice House America network to begin promoting adoption of cashless payments."

USAT's ePort cashless payment system is supported by its comprehensive, one-stop ePort Connect service — a PCI-compliant, comprehensive suite of cashless payment, telemetry and consumer engagement services specially tailored to fit the needs of the self-service retailing industry, including vending, kiosk and other M2M (Machine-to-Machine) applications. ePort Connect enables self-service terminals to accept credit, debit, contactless cards and other cashless forms of payment, handles all elements of transaction processing and allows customers to monitor and manage their terminals online.

Michael Lawlor, USAT's senior vice president of sales and business development said, "This agreement with Ice House America is a great example of how USAT is reaching beyond traditional vending to leverage the breadth of our cashless payment & telemetry services. In addition, we believe that Ice House America's growing footprint of locations is a great match for USAT's scalable and turnkey service model. We look forward to delivering maximum value to Ice House America as we proceed."

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