The NCR
Silver™ cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system for small businesses
has been integrated with LevelUp, the nation’s leading mobile loyalty
and payment platform, to provide small businesses – primarily fast
casual restaurants – with an additional method for accepting mobile
payments and marketing to customers.
LevelUp provides businesses with an easy-to-use loyalty system that
automatically captures customer, payment and item-level information with
each scan while providing users with a built-in rewards program. LevelUp
also gives merchants a wide variety of marketing tools.
NCR Silver merchants can activate the LevelUp application as a payment
option in their POS system. Once activated, customers pay by scanning
unique QR codes generated by the LevelUp app during checkout.
NCR Silver merchant Dalton Castano, owner of Philadelphia-based More
Than Just Ice Cream restaurant, has been using LevelUp for three
years. He says his customers use LevelUp because sometimes they don’t
like carrying wallets. In addition, there’s the instant loyalty aspect.
“I get a lot of repeat customers because of LevelUp loyalty – people who
may not have been coming in as much,” Castano said. “I also get new
customers, because when you sign up, you see other merchants who accept
it. Now, with NCR Silver integration, it’s a lot simpler for us to clear
transactions. Plus, implementation was a breeze.”
This added capability is part of NCR Small Business’ strategy to offer
integrated payment alternatives for small businesses and their customers.
“NCR Small Business knows the value of providing merchants with the
ability to accept as many payment options as possible to meet the
changing needs of their customers, improving their level of service,”
said Reggie Kimble, NCR Small Business director of business development.
“Working with LevelUp is a major step in making sure our merchant
customers have the technology they need to attract and retain buyers.”
According to a survey conducted in early 2014 by AlixPartners, 24
percent of consumers who have made mobile purchases at point-of-sale
locations have scanned a barcode or QR code through a mobile-payment
offering such as LevelUp – a number that tops the list when considering
other methods of mobile payment.
“LevelUp is excited to work with NCR Small Business, a motivated POS
provider who delivers true value to merchants,” said Seth Priebatsch,
founder of LevelUp. “Like us, NCR Small Business is dedicated to
ensuring merchants have the customer support they need to focus on
growing their businesses and improving customer engagement. NCR’s 24/7
support is a key component in this relationship.”
Mobile payments in general in the United States will reach $142 billion
by 2019, up from $50 billion in 2014, according to Forrester Research.
The LevelUp news follows NCR Silver’s recent acceptance of bitcoin
payments and integration with several other mobile payments services
such as PayPal™.
About LevelUp
LevelUp helps merchants own the shift to mobile by powering
mobile-payment optimized loyalty programs, enabling their customers pay
for their purchase and accrue/redeem rewards with a single scan or tap.
LevelUp's analytics platform helps merchants better understand their
customers and deliver the right campaigns to the right customers to
drive revenue and increase customer happiness. LevelUp is currently used
by over 14,000 merchant locations and 1.5 million users. Anyone can
download the free LevelUp app for iPhone or Android. Merchants can also
embed the LevelUp SDK into their own branded applications. Learn more at
TheLevelUp.com.
About NCR Corporation
NCR
Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is the global leader in consumer transaction
technologies, turning everyday interactions with businesses into
exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of
services, NCR enables more than 485 million transactions daily across
retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and
small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make
your life easier.
NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia with approximately 29,000
employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR
Corporation in the United States and other countries.
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