January 30, 2025
Trove and Castles Technology Join Forces to Offer Single Solution
Integration Transforms Vending Payments for Campuses and Commercial Venues. A single solution for Closed-Loop and Traditional Vending Payments
Integration Transforms Vending Payments for Campuses and Commercial Venues. A single solution for Closed-Loop and Traditional Vending Payments
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - Trove, a leader in digital payments solutions, and Castles Technology, a global provider of payment acceptance solutions, are proud to announce a groundbreaking integration that promises to transform vending payments on campuses and commercial venues of all types and sizes.
Trove’s transaction gateway coupled with Castles Technology’s flexible U1F payment device expands payment choices beyond traditional credit or debit, allowing consumers to pay for vending purchases using alternative methods such as a campus card, employee badge or other closed loop accounts. The solution is compatible with
most major campus card and stored value transaction systems used on college, commercial and healthcare campuses and sports and entertainment venues.
A key objective of this partnership is to support increasingly sophisticated vending solutions for pizza, hot foods and entire meals. The Trove+Castles collaboration enables vending devices to support a wider array of meal plan accounting solutions, including prepaid meal plans, payroll deduction, and account types with time-based meal exchange and other advanced features.
Castles’ U1F unattended device supports vending payments by student ID card, employee and patron ID badges, as well as all major credit, debit, and prepaid bank cards. This ensures that institutions can adopt a single point-of-sale (POS) solution for virtually any transaction type, increasing efficiency and improving user experience.
Trove’s transaction gateway is designed for the complexities of prepaid campus meal plans and other controlled spending solutions. Working with Trove and Castles, customers can fully integrate vending into meal plans with features like time-based equivalency and meal pass-to-points exchange. These capabilities are available for users of any of the major campus card or closed-loop transaction processing systems.
This single solution is designed to scale for any size opportunity, making it ideal for small colleges, large universities, corporate campuses, health care systems, sports and entertainment venues, and even government institutions that require a flexible and scalable card payment system.
Integration with leading campus card management systems makes it simple for institutions to manage funds, monitor transactions, and update cardholder information without the need for multiple platforms or complex systems.
Trove’s advanced security protocols combined with Castles Technology’s industry-leading encryption capabilities ensure that all transactions – whether campus card or bank card payments – are processed securely, meeting the highest standards for data protection and privacy.
“By combining Trove’s cutting-edge payment technologies with Castles Technology’s versatile terminals, we are offering our customers a more streamlined, secure, and flexible solution for processing a range of transactions. This integration opens up new possibilities for the future of campus and employee card programs, allowing institutions to seamlessly incorporate digital payments and improve the overall experience for cardholders,” said Robb Alexander, CPO of Trove.
“We are excited to collaborate with Trove to offer a comprehensive payment solution that benefits a wide range of sectors,” said Joe Mach, CEO of Castles North America. “Our capability to handle both specialized campus cards and traditional bank cards means users can enjoy a truly integrated experience, making vending payments easier, faster, and more secure than ever before.”
The Trove and Castles Technology integration is available immediately for deployment across institutions looking to improve the efficiency of their campus and employee card programs. For more information, please visit www.paywithtrove.com and www.castlestech.com.
Trove is a specialized payments platform and gateway connecting a wide range of point-of-sale applications and service providers with the private transaction systems used by college campuses, commercial campuses, healthcare networks, sports and entertainment facilities and other venues. A single integration to Trove provides access to multiple back-end transaction systems, accelerating time to market and maximizing efficiency. The Trove platform includes powerful tools for mobile and unattended commerce, as well as customizable stored value processing capabilities.
Castles Technology is a global leader in payment acceptance solutions, providing cutting-edge terminals, innovative solutions, and exceptional services that meet the needs of today’s modern businesses. With over 30 years of experience, Castles
Technology partners with thousands of businesses including processors, merchants, acquirers, Fintechs, ISVs, and PSPs to deploy millions of POS terminals, connecting consumers and commerce around the world.
Trove Media Relations
Brian Farley
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Cristi Stein
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