The Wankdorf Stadium comes to life several hours before the match. There’s a special feeling in the air—everyone knows it’s almost showtime. Rolling gates are raised, merchandise is stocked, chefs are bustling about in the VIP area making final preparations, the floodlights come on… it’s game day for BSC Young Boys at Switzerland’s second-largest stadium!
When the whistle blows, it’s game time: 90 minutes plus a 15-minute halftime break to serve up to 31,500 fans. This isn’t “business as usual,” nor is it a two-day event. Just under two hours that determine success—both on and off the field. For the fan shops and food and beverage outlets, efficiency, speed, and reliability are now essential. This is especially true for payment processing:
Martin Geiger (Chief Hospitality Officer at BSC Young Boys) offers insight into how “simple and flexible” it is to process a high volume of transactions in a short amount of time with wallee.
Chief Hospitality Officer
Many large stadiums, events, and sports clubs—such as BSC Young Boys—rely on wallee. Of course, a wide range of payment methods with favorable terms from a single provider (wallee All-in-One) and reliable processing of high transaction volumes in a short time are among the basics. But the real reason is the intelligent and sophisticated cloud technology that unifies all payment flows on a single platform. This enables simple and flexible terminal fleet management in real time.
The wallee mobile terminals offer expandability through terminal apps—such as mobile point-of-sale systems—and can be used anywhere. The PAX A35 wallee is the perfect terminal for fixed checkout stations. Numerous POS integrations provide seamless connectivity to existing point-of-sale systems and expand functionality—for example, by enabling the acceptance of gift cards, integrating with loyalty programs, allowing payments with cryptocurrency, and much more.
Whether it’s for mobile transactions, at a kiosk, in a fan shop or online store, in the parking lot, or at an electric car charging station… all payment flows converge in the wallee portal. The wallee Dashboard provides a real-time, at-a-glance view of what’s happening where in the stadium, and thanks to wallee Analytics, you can derive in-depth insights into the overall situation. This allows you to optimize merchandise, promotional, and staffing planning—or even manage them in real time using the data.
Thanks to wallee eTID, terminal configurations and customizations can also be made easily and directly in the wallee Portal. The entire configuration of a terminal is stored on the eTID, similar to a SIM card in a cell phone. This means that replacing hardware, adding capacity, or moving a device to a different “space” (e.g., from a mobile salesperson to the fan shop) can literally be done with a single click.
With wallee, stadiums, event organizers, and sports clubs get more than just payment processing: a smart cloud platform that’s “surprisingly simple and flexible” and delivers a real competitive advantage. Switzerland’s largest stadiums and clubs rely on it.
The Modern Cloud Terminal Fleet
The modern wallee terminals offer devices for every need. From the POS-integrated, rugged PAX A35 wallee to the mobile all-around device with an integrated receipt printer, the PAX A920Pro wallee, all the way to the super-lightweight, handy, and affordable PAX A50S wallee with an optional charging station that includes a Bluetooth receipt printer. All mobile terminals come equipped with a SIM card and an LTE data plan (included) and can be conveniently used on the go. The terminals are easy to use via the wallee portal. The cloud portal provides access to a dashboard with real-time transaction data, configuration options, and much more.
Much more than just payment processing
wallee terminals are based on modern cloud technology. Thanks to eTID, all key configurations are stored in the cloud rather than on the device itself. This allows devices to be swapped out with a single click. The terminals are app-compatible and can be expanded to include, for example, mobile point-of-sale systems, coupon and ticket apps, or additional services. This means that service staff can always be right by the guest’s side with just one device and have everything under control. Integrations are available for all major point-of-sale systems—so wallee terminals can be seamlessly integrated into your existing system.
Everything under control, 24/7 from anywhere
With the wallee portal, you have everything under control via the cloud - from anywhere at any time. View transaction reports, configure or activate additional terminals and connect your online store via our plugins. Or use the new dashboard for real-time insights by sales channel, payment method or location. Use the additional functions to automate your processes and accounting or initiate communication with your customers. Register now for free and test the wallee portal.
Overview + Insights = Your competitive advantage
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