Freeport Capital, Zebra to release mobile payment tool
2012-04-18 12:24 ET - News Release
Mr. Keith LeFebvre of Zebra reports
NEW SOLUTION ADDRESSES GROWING NEED FOR ON DEMAND PAYMENT AND PRINTING
Freeport Capital Inc.'s Hybrid Paytech and Zebra Technologies Corp. have entered joint partnership to provide mobile credit and debit payment and printing solutions to their global customers. The companies will offer a joint solution combining Zebra's MZA mobile receipt printers with Hybrid's payment platforms to fulfill the increasing demand for mobile payment acceptance in fleet, delivery, logistics and retail industries.
"Zebra is pleased to partner with Hybrid Paytech to address a growing demand for fast, reliable, on-the-go payment and printing technologies," said Keith LeFebvre, vice-president of product management, Zebra Technologies. "Customers all over the world can benefit from our combined mobile payment and receipt printing solutions. These offerings help increase mobile work force productivity, reduce operating costs, enhance the customer experience and drive customer loyalty from in-store mobile payment acceptance to acceptance of credit or debit payment on delivery for courier services to on-board transportation ticketing."
Hybrid Paytech is one of the first mobile payment companies to develop payment card industry-compliant debit and credit applications across the mobile market's four major consumer-based operating systems. According to research released by VDC in 2011, the mobile worker population exceeded one billion in 2010. With an increasingly mobile and distributed work force, this population will grow by over 10 per cent during the next three years. Mobility "and the technology that drives it, including mobile printers" is critical for improving business agility and responsiveness.
"The high demand for mobile payment technology is creating opportunities for the entire partner ecosystem. The relationship between Zebra Technologies and Hybrid Paytech is an excellent example of a complementary relationship," stated Kevin Conabree, head of global partnerships, Hybrid Paytech. "We are leading the way with Zebra to expand accessibility to mobile payment technologies in global markets."
Initial roll out of the joint solution is scheduled for April in the Canadian market. It will be available in the U.S. market by the end of the second quarter of 2012.
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