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How Golong Payment Module Cut Costs by 30% for Hong Kong's High-Speed Rail?

612 words | Last Updated: 2025-12-05 | By Golong
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How Golong Payment Module Cut Costs by 30% for Hong Kong's High-Speed Rail?

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Chosen by over 120 transportation hubs, the smart bus POS system paired with our All-in-One Unattended Payment Terminal eliminates payment bottlenecks and drives significant improvements in efficiency and revenue growth.

According to an IDC report, the global embedded payment market will exceed $138 billion by 2026, and intelligent payment has become a core necessity for upgrading public services.Golong Technology's embedded payment module, using the Hong Kong High-Speed ​​Rail self-service ticketing machine as a benchmark, addresses three major operational pain points: slow payment, high cost, and difficulty in compliance, providing full-scenario solutions for transportation hubs and self-service terminals.

Core Advantages: Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement in 3 Key Dimension

1、Global payments without barriers


Technical support: Fully compatible with 10+ major international card types such as Visa and UnionPay, and simultaneously supports mobile payment methods such as Apple Pay and Alipay, covering the payment habits of users in different regions.

Customer value: When foreign passengers purchase tickets for the Hong Kong High Speed ​​Rail, the processing time has been reduced from 120 seconds to 15 seconds, effectively expanding the cross-border customer base and enhancing the internationalization of services.
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2、Zero failures in high-frequency scenarios
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Technical support: It adopts a highly stable hardware architecture and optimized software system, which can handle high-frequency transactions of more than 30,000 people per day. The equipment maintenance cycle is extended to 18 months and supports remote online upgrades.

Customer value: Operators can reduce their maintenance costs by 30%, saving over one million yuan annually, and the upgrade process can be completed without downtime, avoiding disruption to services during peak hours.

3、Uninterrupted payment even when offline


Technical support: Equipped with dual offline payment technology, it can still operate normally in underground stations and areas with weak network signals, increasing the ticket purchase success rate in underground scenarios by 40%.

Customer value: Achieve zero payment failures during peak hours and other critical periods, completely resolving customer congestion issues caused by network fluctuations and ensuring service continuity

Security and Compliance: Enterprise-Level Protection

✅International Certification : Certified by PCI DSS 4.0, meeting regulatory standards of multiple regions including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and China UnionPay, and satisfying compliance requirements for cross-border scenarios.

✅Data protection : Sensitive payment information is encrypted and stored and transmitted throughout the entire process, and a security log is automatically generated for each transaction, thus avoiding the risk of data leakage from the source.

Full-Scene Adaptability: Beyond High-Speed ​​Rail

  • In the rail transit sector : it is adapted to turnstiles and self-service ticket machines, reducing the time for a single ticket purchase from 45 seconds to 10 seconds. During peak hours, the passenger flow rate of a certain subway line has increased by 50%, and the queuing phenomenon has been significantly alleviated.
  • In the field of self-service terminals : empowering vending machines and parking payment machines, transaction efficiency has been improved by 23%. A chain vending machine brand has reduced the number of maintenance personnel by 60% and significantly reduced labor costs through module application.
  • In the cross-border service sector : Multi-currency payment functionality has been implemented on Hong Kong trams, increasing the average daily transaction volume by 35%, making it the preferred payment solution for ports and cross-border transportation hubs.

Golong Technology has served 5,000+ self-service terminals, covering 10+ core scenarios including subways, high-speed rail, supermarkets, and parking lots.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does the module support custom development?

A: Yes! Hardware interfaces can be adapted according to terminal type (turnstiles/vending machines/payment machines, etc.), and it is compatible with mainstream operating systems such as Windows and Android to meet personalized scenario needs.

Q: What does the operation and maintenance service include?

A: It covers remote troubleshooting, quarterly security updates, and on-site hardware repair (covering 300+ cities nationwide), ensuring long-term stable operation of equipment and reducing the management burden on operators.