PayNearMe Partners with Blackhawk Network to Provide Financial Services to Retailers
July 25 2017 - 10:00AM
The U.S.’s largest electronic cash transaction network, PayNearMe,
today announced a partnership with Blackhawk Network (NASDAQ:HAWK),
a global financial technology company and a leader in connecting
brands and people through branded value solutions. PayNearMe is now
offering consumers the ability to pay with cash for rent, bills,
online purchases and other goods and services at retail locations
within Blackhawk’s extensive network of retailers. The first
retailer currently utilizing PayNearMe’s service is Casey’s General
Stores, which operates in 15 states throughout the Midwest. Adding
PayNearMe to Casey’s General Stores allows more rural Americans to
make electronic payments with cash—whether they are part of the 27
percent of U.S. households that are unbanked and underbanked or
they simply prefer to use cash.
“Blackhawk Network is an outstanding provider of branded value
and works with some of the largest, most specialized and unique
retailers in the world,” said Danny Shader, PayNearMe CEO and
founder. “We are incredibly excited to offer their retail partners
new options for cash consumers. Together, we can help ensure that
all payment methods are considered equal and easy to use.”
PayNearMe enables cash users to pay more than 17,000 national
and local non-profits, businesses and government organizations in
minutes with one trip to their local store. A scan of the PayNearMe
barcode on the user’s phone or on paper and a cash payment to the
store cashier ensure near real-time payment posting.
“We are pleased to be adding PayNearMe’s services within our
network,” said David Tate, senior vice president, U.S. retail at
Blackhawk Network. “Our new partnership provides consumers with
additional convenience by making it even easier for them to make
electronic payments, while creating value for our retail partners
by driving traffic and new opportunities for customer
engagement.”
Organizations like Comcast, Greyhound, Oportun, Grameen America,
and more use PayNearMe’s innovative technology at 28,000 existing
stores to ease the challenges of transacting with cash. Many of
those stores are open 24/7, and others are open extended hours,
making payment locations easily accessible for consumers on even
the tightest of work schedules. Partnering with Casey’s adds nearly
2,000 stores across 15 states covering predominantly rural areas to
PayNearMe’s network, bringing PayNearMe’s retail store count to
30,000.
PayNearMe enables cash payment acceptance for everything from
one-time payments such as the purchase of a Greyhound ticket or
payment of IRS taxes, to regularly occurring accounts-based
payments such as utilities, child support and more. Organizations
interested in accepting cash payments through PayNearMe can visit:
http://paynearme.com/en/businesses/.
About PayNearMePayNearMe has been
enabling government agencies and businesses to accept cash payments
remotely since 2009. Using PayNearMe, consumers can make payments
on their own schedule, in their own neighborhood, at one of 28,000
trusted locations in the U.S., which include CVS Pharmacy®,
7-Eleven®, Family Dollar®, ACE Cash Express and Fidelity Express
stores. PayNearMe processes cash payments for the IRS, Comcast,
Greyhound, Herbalife and the California Department of Child Support
Services, among others. Follow PayNearMe on Twitter, LinkedIn and
Facebook.© 2017 Handle Financial, Inc. All rights reserved. Other
company and product names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
About Blackhawk Network Blackhawk Network
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAWK) is a global financial technology
company and a leader in connecting brands and people through
branded value solutions. Blackhawk platforms and solutions enable
the management of stored value products, promotions and incentive
programs in retail, ecommerce, financial services and mobile
wallets. Blackhawk’s Hawk Commerce division offers technology
solutions to businesses and direct to consumers. The Hawk
Incentives division offers enterprise, SMB and reseller partners an
array of platforms and branded value products to incent and reward
consumers, employees and sales channels. Headquartered in
Pleasanton, Calif., Blackhawk operates in 26 countries. For more
information, please visit blackhawknetwork.com, hawkcommerce.com,
hawkincentives.com or our product websites giftcards.com,
giftcardmall.com, cardpool.com, giftcardlab.com and
omnicard.com.
For Editorial Contact:
Amber Moore
GMK Communications
(503) 943-9381
amber@gmkcommunications.com
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