7-Eleven takes a big gulp of technology
Source: Infoworld
WITH EDS' HELP, 7-Eleven this week will be taking a big gulp of state-of-the-art online payment and wireless Web technologies.
7-Eleven is piloting with EDS a smart-card payment system as well as real-time wireless Web access in a "store of the future" project that is going live this weekend, said EDS officials.
Plano, Texas-based EDS is working with a new 7-Eleven store near its main campus to provide customers with VIP (Virtual Instant Payment) smart cards that use EDSPay Electronic Payment Services. The pilot project will continue for approximately three months before Dallas-based 7-Eleven and EDS expand it throughout 7-Eleven's worldwide chain of stores.