Touchless and contactless payments help protect consumers and merchants during the onset and aftermath of COVID-19

Buffalo, New York – June 1, 2020 – Delaware North continues to work tirelessly to ensure the safety of merchants and consumers across North America by working with commerce partner FreedomPay. Whether in a restaurant, airport, sports stadium or hotel, FreedomPay, a world leading consumer-centric commerce platform, is enabling touchless payments at hundreds of Delaware North locations to make the checkout experience swift, simple and secure.

Delaware North, a global leader in hospitality, is implementing FreedomPay’s touchless commerce solutions across many locations in its environment, including sports and entertainment venues, restaurants, airports, gaming facilities, hotels and national parks. At the forefront of innovation and customer success, Delaware North is providing a fast, safe and secure experience for its customers at checkout.

“The world of payments is changing rapidly and Delaware North is responding quickly to the needs of our clients and our customers,” said Zac Campbell, Senior Merchant Processing Analyst at Delaware North. “We’re working with FreedomPay to introduce Touchless Commerce solutions and cashless payment capabilities across many of our business units that reduce physical touchpoints and also to provide reassurance to our consumers during and post COVID-19.”

“Delaware North has been a long-time partner of FreedomPay, and we are excited to support their cutting-edge vision of a completely touchless checkout experience,” said Matt Donnelly, SVP of Client Solutions and Global Compliance at FreedomPay. “FreedomPay now enables Delaware North customers to pay by multiple contactless methods, providing a safe and secure environment.”

Through FreedomPay’s extensive partner network, the Touchless Commerce program will enable Delaware North to solve for touchless checkout in multiple ways:

• Contactless Payments – Contactless Card Tap, Apple Pay, Google Pay
• Integrated Digital Wallet – in-App payments for mobile ordering & touchless point-of-sale purchases
• eCommerce Offering – online payments for your consumer website
• Contactless Pay at Table in restaurant locations
• BYOD – Bring your own device for in-store payments without touching a payment terminal

About Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and entertainment company founded in 1915 and owned by the Jacobs family for more than 100 years. Delaware North operates at high-profile places such as sports and entertainment venues, national and state parks, cultural landmarks, destination resorts and restaurants, airports, and regional casinos. Our associates are dedicated to delighting guests by creating the world’s best experiences. Delaware North serves millions of guests each year in the sports, travel hospitality, restaurant and catering, lodging, gaming, and specialty retail industries. Learn more about Delaware North at www.DelawareNorth.com.

About FreedomPay
FreedomPay’s Next Level commerce platform transforms existing payment systems and processes from legacy to leading edge. As the premier choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, foodservice, education, healthcare and financial services, FreedomPay’s technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE/EMV) standard in North America. FreedomPay’s robust solutions across payments, security, identity, and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver an innovative Next Level experience on a global scale. www.freedompay.com

During the onset and aftermath of COVID-19, FreedomPay introduces the Touchless Commerce program, ensuring the safety of merchants and customers globally. Whether in a restaurant, airport, convenience store, retail outlet or hotel, enabling touchless commerce makes the checkout experience swift, simple and secure.

FreedomPay regularly produces white papers which provide in-depth understanding into the world of payment technology, data, security and commerce solutions for different sectors. Below are the links to the most recent reports:

Emerging Trends at The Point of Sale, research in partnership with Ingenico Group

Hospitality 2020+ The Reasons Why We Talk About Data-Driven Commerce