Vending machines can achieve unmanned vending, one of the more critical links is the cashier payment system. Vending machine development to the present its payment cashier system, has experienced several big jumps. The vending machine payment system is getting better and better. So, how do vending machines collect money?
Vending machine payment systems are now commonly available as follows:
1.Paper money machine system
Paper money machine system is the most conventional vending machine payment system. In the era of mechanical vending machines, bill acceptors became popular. With the large amount of paper money machine can make the vending machine sell large amount of goods, broaden the business direction of the vending machine. The banknote dispenser system is produced by manufacturers in various countries all over the world. Relatively speaking, the performance of the banknote dispenser system in Europe and America will be a little better and the coverage of the international market will be much larger. There is a certain failure rate of banknote payment, such as wrong identification, banknote stuck, swallowed coins not out, etc.
2.Coin acceptor system
The coin dispenser system also predates the coin dispenser. These mechanical vending machines are also called coin-operated vending machines, which can sell some lower-priced drinks and snacks and other goods. There is still a market for coin-operated vending machines, but there is no doubt that over time this market will become smaller and smaller and eventually disappear.
3.Card payment
Card payment can be said to be the standard payment system for smart vending machines in China now. In a cashless city, older people are able to operate the payment skillfully. The introduction of card payments has elevated the vending machine payment system by a whole era.
4.Face swipe payment
Now AI artificial intelligence is booming, and one of the manifestations of the introduction of AI intelligence in vending machines is the access to face payment. Face payment does not even need a cell phone. Your face is the mobile bank card. Some people worry that face payment will be unsafe. In fact, it is not necessary, the success rate of AI face recognition technology is now higher than 99%. Alipay itself is also promoting face payment.
5.Customized IC card
In large enterprise factories and so on, managers will buy some goods and place them in vending machines to give benefits to employees. By customizing IC cards, each person can charge a certain amount of points to the card every month. Then employees use the IC card to swipe the vending machine to buy goods for free, or they can integrate it with the employee’s meal card or work badge on one card.
6.Mobile payment
Mobile payment is very common in China nowadays, the display of the machine selects the desired product, and then selects the code to scan the QR code to pay in the payment software. At the same time, if you need to form your own brand or need to do some promotional activities, this way is undoubtedly the most convenient and low-cost.
Summary: There are currently six kinds of vending machine payment systems, of which custom IC cards and bank cards are used less. Mostly seen in large enterprises to buy vending machines for employees to send the usual benefits used. Only large enterprises will have the demand for custom IC cards.
