UNITED KINGDOM: Enterprising homeless magazine vendor accepts card payments on the street

Record ID: 860295

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Enterprising homeless magazine vendor accepts card payments on the street
  • Date: 28th November 2013
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 28, 2013) (REUTERS) LONDON UNDERGROUND TUBE SIGN AND BIG ISSUE MAGAZINE VENDOR SIMON MOTT SETTING UP HIS PITCH OUTSIDE THE STATION MOTT PUTTING UP SIGN READING "I ACCEPT CARDS" MOTT HOLDING UP HIS BIG ISSUE MAGAZINES CLOSE OF MAGAZINE MAN COMING OUT OF TUBE STATION AND BUYING MAGAZINE WITH CARD CLOSE OF MAN PUTTING IN HIS PIN ON CHIP AND PIN MACHINE MAN LOOKING MOTT HOLDING HIS SMART PHONE WHICH HAS APP TO PROCESS PAYMENT / ASKING IF RECEIPT IS WANTED MOTT ORGANISING RECEIPT VIA EMAIL MOTT HANDING OVER MAGAZINE (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIMON MOTT, BIG ISSUE VENDOR, SAYING: "Basically I was finding a lot of my customers were coming up to buy the magazine but they wouldn't have change on them or no cash at all or they would try and offer you higher denominations, like twenty pound notes that I wouldn't necessarily have change for, so I thought there has to be a way round this, there has to be. So I looked on the internet and I found a Swedish company called iZettle and they have a mobile chip and pin that connects by Bluetooth to a smartphone." MOTT SELLING MAGAZINE TO A WOMAN USING HER CARD WOMAN PUTTING PIN INTO MACHINE WOMAN'S FACE LOOKING AT MACHINE MOTT HANDING WOMAN A MAGAZINE CLOSE OF MOTT'S SMARTPHONE SHOWING SUM 2.50 POUNDS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIMON MOTT, BIG ISSUE VENDOR, SAYING: "It's boosted sales, some people like the idea of paying by card. It saves me carrying the cash, it is in my bank account within three days so it is very beneficial." MOTT STANDING HOLDING COPIES OF BIG ISSUE FOR SALE CLOSE OF MOTT'S OFFICIAL BIG ISSUE VENDOR BADGE ON HIS JACKET (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIMON MOTT, BIG ISSUE VENDOR, SAYING: "It is safer, because obviously there has been situations in the past where Big Issue sellers have been mugged for their takings, I know that's a sad state of society that we live in at the moment, so obviously it is more secure and it is in your bank account within three days so it is much safer." MOTT STANDING OUTSIDE TUBE STATION CLOSE OF MOTT'S FACE BIG ISSUE BADGE ON MOTT'S JACKET MAN WALKS BY MOTT MOTT STANDING OUTSIDE TUBE STATION
  • Embargoed: 13th December 2013 12:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Business,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA3VC3VW7V2Y1F828KNLQKFDQCY
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  • Story Text: An enterprising seller of the homeless magazine, the Big Issue, becomes the first in the UK to accept card payments with his own chip and pin machine.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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