BURNABY, B.C. -- Info Touch Technologies Corp., owners of the TIO Network, has teamed up with Sunoco Inc.'s Retail Marketing division to set up a pilot program deploying, for a limited time, self-serve automated bill payment and financial services touchscreen terminals at certain Sunoco APlus convenience stores in the Pittsburgh area.
The terminals seek to provide a convenient way for customers to pay a variety of bills including wireless, utility and cable bills; to view and update their accounts; and to purchase prepaid products and services and revalue [image-nocss] or activate stored-value products. The first deployment will be completed in March 2006.
We are thrilled to partner with Sunoco, one of America's truly trusted brands, to expand our bill payment and financial services program, said Hamed Shahbazi, chairman and CEO of Burnaby, B.C.-based info Touch.
The company believes that this pilot program with Sunoco presents a significant opportunity to serve the cash-preferred community with cash-based financial services as provided by the TIO program, Shahbazi added.
Info Touch, a strategic investment of Hewlett Packard, is building the TIO Network, a national, multi-retailer network of financial services kiosks for the nonbanked consumer marketplace in North America. The company leverages its core competencies in self-service bill payment processing, financial services aggregation and automation to create financial viability for its network and its location partners. Info Touch's Premiere (powered by Surfnet) is a software platform for the delivery of automated services such as bill payment, money transfer, digital merchandising, PIN dispensing for prepaid products and services, maps and directions, check cashing and electronic coupons.
Clients include Circle K, ExxonMobil, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Speedway SuperAmerica, Cricket Communications, COX Communications, Memphis Light Gas & Water and Qwest Communications. More than 700 locations and six top-tier corporate-owned convenience store chains participate in the TIO Network, the company said.
Sunoco, Philadelphia, has approximately 4,800 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items.Members help make our journalism possible. Become a CSP member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.