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PayRange, a leader in mobile payment solutions and hardware for automated retail, announced it has won the “Best Vending Solution” award at the Self-Service Innovation Summit on December 10, 2024, in Tampa, Florida. The recognition highlights PayRange’s innovative BluTap™ self-pour technology.
BluTap transforms traditional beverage bars into seamless, self-service experiences by integrating connectivity, age verification, and cashless payments through a user’s smartphone. Customers verify their age once via PayRange’s system, ensuring every transaction complies with legal standards. The solution also includes controls to prevent over-consumption, enabling businesses to responsibly serve unattended adult beverages.
Easily installed on existing beverage tap equipment, BluTap accepts cashless payments and provides built-in encryption for enhanced security without requiring network access. This makes it the most advanced and scalable self-pour solution available. Unlike other systems, BluTap eliminates the need for RFID cards, manual ID checks, payment terminals, or network connections, offering unmatched security with multi-factor authentication.
“We’re honored to have been awarded the ‘Best Vending Solution’ at the Self-Service Innovation Summit and it further validates the market response we’ve seen. BluTap has been well received in the market this year. Our first installations have been with national franchised hotel brands, and we’ve had consistent inquiries from franchisees who have heard of the system and are interested in adding it to their properties,” stated Stephanie Cordisco, Executive Vice President for PayRange, in a recent press release. “Self-serve beer and wine dispensing is an amenity well suited to hotel properties, many of whom are still dealing with labor shortages, allowing them to reallocate their staff to other tasks while still offering their guests the convenience of self-serve beverages in a responsible manner.”
PayRange’s solutions aim to reduce friction in commerce. BluTap integrates with existing beverage equipment or serves as a turnkey solution, supported by PayRange’s 24/7 backend software. This system enables operators to monitor sales data in real-time, optimizing their self-pour operations.
About Automation & Self-Service Awards
The annual Automation & Self-Service Awards program aims to inspire and educate companies on how automation and self-service technologies can enhance productivity and profitability while optimizing both the customer and employee experience. The awards are open to companies across all industries and of all sizes. Any automation or self-service technology project that was completed after October 1, 2023 was eligible for nomination for the 2024 awards. A panel of judges select finalists and winners in each category. Finalist were notified by October 1, 2024 with winners announced during the awards ceremony at the Self-Service Innovation Summit on December 9-11 in Tampa. Find out more at selfserviceinnovation.com.
About PayRange
PayRange was founded by Paresh Patel, an unattended retail veteran, to provide operators and consumers with a simple and secure mobile payment and loyalty solution for laundry, vending, amusement, and other small ticket merchants. PayRange is the North American leader in mobile payments for unattended retail, with over 9 million users and a network of machines throughout 350 cities and towns in the US and Canada. Find out more at payrange.com.
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