LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dayton, Ohio based ASI Campus Laundry Solutions, a division of CSC ServiceWorks, is rolling out the first fully mobile-phone-operated student-laundry program. This new program has already been installed in the University of Kentucky’s laundry rooms in residence halls and student apartment locations. Students can purchase their laundry services through the use of their smart phones — no more coins, no more separate laundry cards.
ASI was chosen to provide UK with new Super High Efficiency washers and dryers and this new method of payment, providing real convenience to students using the machines through partnership with Heartland Micropayments. In addition, students can find out which machines are available and receive texts when their laundry is complete through Heartland’s WaveVision product. ASI has now completed installation throughout campus, and students are already using their smart phones to credit the laundry machines.
ASI Executive Vice President Dave Drake understands that students carry one item everywhere: their phone. The expansion of the capabilities of the phone to credit / debit use is a natural progression of payment technology, and introducing it into a basic need like laundry will add tremendous convenience. If a student chooses not to use the phone, the machines also take credit and debit cards through readers installed on every machine.
CSC ServiceWorks is the leading provider of multi-family housing and commercial laundry solutions and the industry leader in air-vending services at convenience stores and gas stations. CSC’s combined brands have over one million machines in service.