Mellon Technologies Joins Gr Vending at HORECA International Trade Show

Online, February 17, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Mellon Technologies and GR Vending joined their forces to showcase Ingenico's self-service solutions 'iSelf series' for vending machines during the 9th International Trade Show HORECA that took place in Athens Greece last weekend.

The iSelf series accept all cashless payments including contactless and NFC, and can be easily integrated to both new vending machines and vending machines that are already in operation. These solutions operate complementary to the existing cash acceptance system of the vending machines, offering more payment options to the customers.

This new proposition from Mellon Technologies and Gr Vending attracted the attention of many professionals visiting the exhibition, and especially of those located in tourist areas of Greece since card payments are very popular with tourists and the lack of acceptance points might lead to lost sales.

"The option to pay by card will allow the use of vending machines for the sale more high-end products, like mobile phones and accessories, an increasingly popular trend in other countries." commented George Gousetis, Managing Director of Gr Vending.

"Robust and easy to integrate, the iSelf series from Ingenico, in partnership with Mellon Technologies, enables the owners of vending machines to accept all cashless payment options via all credit and debit cards, as well as contactless transactions, helping them to increase sales and cut complexity in payment and security" said Manos Perdikaris, Business Unit Manager at Mellon Technologies.

About Mellon Technologies
Mellon Technologies, Parent company of Mellon Group of Companies is one of the largest Greek IT companies with a leading role in the field of electronic transactions. Today Mellon Technologies provides a wide range of technologically advanced electronic trading systems especially in the area of banks and large organizations, representing international leading companies such as Gemalto, Ingenico, Verifone, Diebold, Fiserv, TMD, NemoQ, Experian, Robur, Altitude Software, THALES e- security, Matica System etc.

About Gr Vending
Gr Vending imports and distributes in Greece, a whole set of leading products, including the most efficient and advanced payment systems, innovating vending machines for food, snacks, drinks, cigarettes and last generation telephone products. Our payment systems are the most advanced systems for coins, notes and cashless cards and they ensure top security and performance, total compatibility with machines and a centralized technical service.

About Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING)
With over 20 million terminals in operation in more than 125 countries, Ingenico is a major player in payment solutions. The company's 4,500 employees all over the world help retail chains, banks and service providers to optimise and secure their electronic payment solutions, extend their services and increase the results of their sales outlets.