FreedomPay, the commerce technology partner of choice for global leaders across hospitality, retail, restaurants, and sports and entertainment, announced a partnership with Castles Technology, a manufacturer of payment hardware solutions.
Chris Kronenthal, President of FreedomPay, said:
“FreedomPay creates a world-class experience for consumers through optimized speed, security, and personalization. By partnering with Castles, merchants can provide a best-in-class commerce experience for consumers globally.”
Available beginning Q1 2023, FreedomPay will “offer Castles’ all-in-one Android SmartPOS terminal to create a secure, frictionless and unified shopping experience for consumers while also supporting merchants with robust loyalty and data analytics capabilities.”
The move furthers its commitment “towards an open and accessible ecosystem for FreedomPay’s merchants and industry partners alike.”
Kronenthal added:
“Ultimately, FreedomPay’s proposition to the market is innovation based around choice and flexibility – we take another step forward with this announcement.”
Ben Love, President & CTO of Castles Technology North America, remarked:
“This partnership with FreedomPay brings together world-class commerce technology with industry-leading payment acceptance hardware solutions that drive global commerce by serving consumers and businesses to securely pay and get paid. Delivering innovation and trust is part of our DNA, and we are thrilled to be working with FreedomPay, who shares our ambitions to keep pushing our industry forward for our clients.”
Castles devices offer merchants many benefits including:
- FreedomPay’s PCI-Validated P2PE solution and PCI PTS v6 firmware
- Front and rear cameras for QR code payment acceptance and loyalty programs
- Laser scanner for fast product scanning
- 5” touchscreen with PIN on glass
- Supported by Castles, FreedomPay continues its global expansion across 130+ countries, more than one hundred currencies and thousands of commerce partners.
As noted in the update, FreedomPay’s Next Level Commerce™ platform “transforms existing payment systems and processes from legacy to leading edge.”
As the preferred 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.”