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Attention News Editors:
New Mobile Way to Pay for Home Delivery
TORONTO, Dec. 18 /CNW/ - A new mobile point of sale terminal designed to
revolutionize the home delivery market is being piloted by Scotiabank, Pizza
Pizza, Rogers Cantel and IVI Checkmate. Scotia 2020 Mobile is Canada's first
hand-held wireless point of sale terminal using the Cantel AT&T wireless data
network. This terminal makes it possible for delivery people to process the
customer's credit card payment and tip right at the door. Two Pizza Pizza
locations, one in Toronto and one in Mississauga, are participating in this
pilot.
''We are really excited at Scotiabank about being the first financial
institution in Canada to pilot this completely portable terminal using the
Cantel A&T Network,'' said Ed Lomax, Scotiabank's Assistant General Manager,
Electronic Banking. ''This new payment method is fast and convenient. It
brings the terminal right to the customer's door and processes the credit card
transaction in less than 10 seconds.''
''As Ontario's leader in the pizza delivery business, Pizza Pizza is
participating in this pilot with a view to accomplishing two objectives,''
said Dan Vukovich, Pizza Pizza's Vice-President of Information Technology.
''First we want to provide our customers with the most convenient way possible
to pay for our products. Second, we want to provide the safest work
environment possible for our employees, especially our drivers. This new
technology allows us to do both.''
''Rogers Cantel is delighted to work with Scotiabank, Pizza Pizza and IVI
Checkmate to provide this convenient, portable service to Canadians,'' said
Charles Hoffman, President and CEO, Rogers Cantel Inc. ''The Cantel AT&T
Mobitex network ensures fast, reliable and secure Point of Sale credit card
transactions - right at the doorstep - for all Pizza Pizza customers.''
''We're pleased to offer a point of sale terminal that is unique from
other products being offered in the marketplace,'' said Geoff Bowen,
Vice-President, Sales and Marketing of IVI Checkmate. ''This handheld terminal
offers home delivery people the advantage of not having to carry any bulky
communications materials in a suitcase in order for the terminal to work. Our
model is truly portable and can go anywhere to process a payment.''
This new way to pay is being offered to customers ordering home delivery
from the Pizza Pizza at Church and Wellesley in Toronto and on Derry Road in
Mississauga.
Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions, with
more than $233 billion in assets and approximately 42,000 employees worldwide.
It is also Canada's most international bank, with over 1,700 branches and
offices in more than 50 countries on six continents. Scotiabank is on the
World Wide Web at www.scotiabank.ca .
Pizza Pizza is Ontario's favourite pizza. With 300 stores throughout the
province, Pizza Pizza has long been a leader in innovation. Famous for its one
number ordering system, Pizza Pizza has also pioneered such concepts as the
''30 minutes or free'' delivery guarantee.
Rogers Cantel has approximately 1.8 million wireless subscribers in
Canada. Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc.,(TSE:RCM.B;NYSE:RCN), an 81 %
owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc.,owns and operates Canada's
largest wireless company. Rogers Cantel offers a full range of wireless
communications services including voice, data and paging under the co-brand
Cantel(R) AT&T(TM).
International Verifact Inc. of Toronto, Canada, and Checkmate
Electronics, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia, united to form IVI Checkmate Corp. to
become the third largest electronic payment solutions provider in North
America. IVI Checkmate is a full service solutions provider in the U.S., Canada
and Latin America. IVI Checkmate serves the retail, financial, hospitality,
banking, healthcare, and transportation industries with offices in the U.S.
and Canada and established strategic alliances and partnerships worldwide.
(R) Rogers Cantel Inc.
(TM) AT&T Corp. Used under License
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For further information: Please Contact: Catherine Melville, Public
Affairs, Scotiabank, (416) 866-6203; Heather Armstrong, Director
Corporate Communications, Rogers Cantel Inc., (416) 935-6379; John J. Neubert,
CFO/Executive Vice-President, IVI Checkmate Corp., (770) 594-6000; Dan
Vukovitch, Vice-President, Information Technology, Pizza Pizza,
(416) 967-1010; L. Barry Thomson, President & CEO, IVI Checkmate Corp.,
416-245-6700 |
