Ready Credit, NCR Introduce Kiosk Issuing Instant Prepaid MasterCards

NCR’s self-service team worked with Ready Credit on system integration and modifications to the kiosk hardware that helped get the solution to market quickly.

ReadySTATION and ReadyCARD are part of Ready Credit’s suite of products and services designed to help consumers manage their finances. The solution, marketed nationwide by Ready Credit Corporation, provides retailers an opportunity to offer enhanced financial services with the convenience and ready availability of self-service.

Featuring an integrated cash acceptor and intuitive touchscreen prompts in English and Spanish, the ReadySTATION also enables consumers to reload their cards and check their card balances free of services fees.

“Consumers can use the ReadySTATION to acquire a ReadyCARD Prepaid MasterCard in less than a minute and readily reload their card or check their balance where they work, live or shop,” said Tim J. Walsh, president and chief executive officer of Ready Credit Corporation.

“This unique solution is made possible through our collaboration with NCR, the self-service leader with more than 50,000 kiosks deployed worldwide, and the versatile NCR EasyPoint Xpress platform.”

Ready Credit has deployed ReadySTATIONs in Minneapolis and El Paso, Texas, and anticipates a nationwide deployment beginning in the fourth quarter of 2006. ReadyCARD Prepaid MasterCard cards are issued by Palm Desert National Bank.

“Self-service kiosks make it possible for a wide range of retailers to offer valuable financial services to their customers,” said Mike Webster, vice president and general manager of NCR Self-Service. “We’re pleased that NCR’s innovative technology and decades of self-service experience can help companies like Ready Credit get to market quickly with creative solutions that improve consumers’ lives.”