Judopay, Thyngs enable touch-free cashless payments for hospitality

By Sunniva Kolostyak

Mobile-first payments provider Judopay has partnered with physical-digital marketing specialist Thyngs to ensure smaller businesses, particularly in hospitality, are able to offer safe and touch-free payments.

The companies aim to offer cashless payments without the need for human contact. They are also extending the service to charities, which will be able to access cash-free donations both during and after the pandemic.

Customers will be able to ‘tap’ with a smartphone, just like contactless, or ‘scan’ a QR code and pay for items – either from a queue or seated at a table.

Businesses will be able to use the service, which is app-free, without a costly integration, and can get up and running in a couple of days. Importantly, businesses gain new insights, helping them to better understand the customer in-store.

Neil Garner, Founder and CEO at Thyngs, said: “Our vision has always focussed on seamless marketing and payments. I believe technology and payments can be invaluable to businesses across the food and beverage sector, as well as charities, to secure payments quicker without the need for human interaction. We’re proud to be playing our part in helping these vital sectors as we move out of lockdown.”

Jeremy Nicholds, CEO at Judopay, said: “We’re pleased to be powering Thyngs’ payments, with the ability to offer its touch-free technology to those businesses impacted by the lockdown. It will solve many of the issues that food and beverage-based merchants are facing. By working together, we firmly believe we’re moving towards a better and safer way to engage with customers through payments technology, and we’re proud to be playing our part in defining this ‘new normal’.”

In the UK, the government reopened the hospitality sector on 4 July.

The Thyngs technology turns any physical branded object into a point of sale using smart ‘tap and go’ technology such as QR codes and Near Field Communication (NFC). This could be marketing assets including signage, table menus and takeaway boxes.

The new partnership forms part of Judopay’s UK-wide campaign, #KeepBritainMoving, which provides small and medium-sized enterprises with a platform where they can access expert business advice, guidance or digital payments support, to help keep their businesses running during the outbreak.