Vending machines

Mecsel® Smart – mobile phone payment system for vending machines

Mecsel Oy has developed a payment system that is used in thousands of vending machines in Finland.

When available cash is diminishing, a cell phone is a handy means of payment, easy and quick

The success shown by consumers has boosted the spreading of this system

Mecsel Oy supplies the complete system, including Mecsel® Smart payment device and Mecsel® Smart modem. The package also includes SIM cards and the accounting system

Along with the cell phone payment, the vending operator also gets online control over the vending machine. Online control improves the performance of the vending machine.

It is possible to vend soft drink -, kiosk- and snack vending machines with cell phones

The system that Mecsel Oy has developed and created in Finland, has also been adapted in many European countries by leading companies in the vending field.

Cell phone payments bring additional value to vending

The change in consumer cash usage is notified in the vending industry. Increasingly, it is a no-vend situation as the consumer does not have sufficient cash in their pocket. Almost everybody has a cell phone at hand and therefore, also suitable cash.

Thousands of installed payment devices have increased sales in vending machines, which have been verified. The success in installations has inspired an increase in the variety of services and to bring the services available to more people.

An add-on feature with the cell phone payment is online control over the vending machine. Online control improves the performance of the vending machine.

As an additional service, it is possible to take into use remote data retrieval and a vending operator management system that is installed in the Mecsel server. A profitable vending machine operation in continuous play between logistics and techniques. The Mecsel management system is the most powerful and versatile available

Advantages of the Mecsel® Smart GSM payment system:

• increased sales
• minimised coin handling and shrinkage
• cash tempts burglars
• real time control
• the possibility to use a remote data retrieval and management system

The Mecsel® Smart modem is a reliable and economic means of communication. An external antenna improves sensitivity in very demanding circumstances in vending machines.