About 143,000 visitors used Festipay‘s integrated event management solutions this year at Telekom’s VOLT Festival.
In order to maximize the comfort and safety, Festipay first appeared in Hungary in 2018 with an integrated entry-payment solution that allows users to use a single radio frequency identification chip for entry and payment. This year, all Festipay-hosted major festivals use this solution with more and more convenience features.
Apple Pay could be used at a major Hungarian festival for the first time
Since May 21, Apple Pay could be used in Hungary. From that date Hungarian users can add their bankcards to Wallet. The 27th Telekom VOLT Festival was the first major festival in Hungary to use Apple Pay, thanks to the innovation of Festipay.
The CEO of Festipay, dr. Dániel Kaderják said their company is at the forefront of innovative payment technology developments in the Hungarian and regional markets. Thus, Apple Pay’s appearance in Hungary has been welcomed as it is an easy-to-adapt application for Festipay. “Apple Pay is a very useful service for iPhone and Apple Watch owners. Just as Festipay’s integrated event solutions, it means a comfortable, fast and secure payment. ”- said Festipay’s CEO.
Festipay has been present at Sziget’s festivals for 5 years
Festipay is the leading integrated event management provider in Central Europe.
In Hungary, the biggest summer festivals have been enjoying the innovations of cashless payment and integrated access technology for years. Festipay is present at the Sziget-group’s festivals this year again. The Hungarian company provides cashless payments in 9 countries, in significant locations. Major festivals use their integrated event management solutions.
Integrated event management
The services of Festipay cover, among other things, full cashless payment, accreditation, staff management, mobile application or event related to event card or chip integrated wristband and mobile payment service. The Hungarian-founded fintech company, in addition to cashless payment solutions, is also able to integrate additional services related to festivals such as ticketing, admission, and brand communication activities.
The new location has made a successful debut
At VOLT’s new location, in the old neighborhood, on the opening day, the number of visitors reached 40,000. Based on this year’s experience, we need further development on the site, but it is a great pleasure for us that the new area of VOLT, which is larger, more comfortable and much safer than before” – said Norbert Lobenwein organiser.
Simplified refund function
This year, as well as last year, the balance uploaded and remaining through the application at the end of the festival – with a balance of over 300 HUF – will be automatically refunded to the bank card by the festival organisers within 4 weeks of the festival. It is important that the automatic return is valid only when the balances were uploaded through the application. The ones uploaded at the local top up points could be redeemed for cash only at the time of the event, at any time during the opening hours, but at the latest by the end of the event.
The festival will be held from 1 to 4 July next year.