Germany: Team rolls out smartwatch payment at station network
The fuel retail brand has partnered with PACE Telematics to deploy the technology to upgrade its mobile payment options.
team has announced a new partnership with PACE Telematics to implement smartwatch payment at its service station network to amp its contactless solutions. The fuel retail brand has deployed the service to enhance customer experience in its sites across the country.
Customers can now leave their phones in their pockets or in the car while they pay at the pump with their watch.
“It is important to us to provide our customers with ever more cutting-edge services and offers. The seamless connection of our gas stations to the Connected Fueling platform now enables safer, easier, and faster payment at our gas stations. We are particularly pleased that this is now possible in a particularly technologically advanced way: contactless via smartwatch!” said Marc Wehrenberg, Head of Card Sales at team energie.
To use the service, drivers need to register for free through the PACE Drive app. Next time they visit a team station they simply select the pump and a payment method on their smartphone or smartwatch and authorise the transaction after filling up.
The app informs them as soon as the payment has been made, sends the receipt digitally and informs the forecourt’s staff about the payment in the cash register display. In addition, using PACE Drive on smartphones and smartwatches enables automatic data synchronisation automatically.
