Barclaycard has unveiled its 'Contactless Cones' promotion in celebration of ten years of contactless payment.
Barclaycard has teamed up with 'One Coronetto' ice cream truck in London to install a contactless cone system where customers can bypass the que to pay and pour their own cone in less than 60 seconds. Barclaycard's research has shown that consumers wait an average of nearly eight minutes in the line for an ice cream truck -- and almost half (40%) report being frustrated by long wait times at ice cream vans.
According to Vince Bianco, Owner and vendor of One Cornetto, "I am always looking for innovative ways to improve my business and anything that allows me to serve double the number of happy customers and reduce the queuing time is a ‘win’ for me."
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Contactless Payment
- Opportunities for integrating contactless payment systems into various industries to streamline transactions and reduce wait times.
- Self-service
- Disruptive innovation potential in industries that can benefit from self-service options, allowing customers to bypass traditional queues.
- Mobile Vendor Partnerships
- Collaboration between mobile vendors and businesses to enhance customer experiences and increase efficiency.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Food and Beverage
- Opportunity for food trucks, ice cream vans, and other mobile vendors to implement contactless payment systems and improve customer satisfaction.
- Retail
- Potential for contactless payment and self-service options in retail stores to increase convenience and speed up the checkout process.
- Transportation
- Integration of contactless payment and self-service kiosks in transportation systems to improve ticketing processes and reduce wait times for commuters.
