Kwik Trip, Inc. of La Crosse, Wisconsin will be upgrading their fuel dispensers with FlexPay Encrypting PIN Pad  retrofits for Payment Card Industry compliance made by Greensboro, North Carolina-based Gilbarco. The program begins this month with 1,157 dispensers at 164 locations in the first phase. The hardware is PCI Encrypting PIN Pad compliant and provides for Triple Data Encryption Standard encryption of the Personal Identification Numbers entered by consumers during debit card transactions at the pumps.
           
Kwik Trip Inc. directly owns and operates more than 350 Kwik Trip, Kwik Star, Hearty Platter and Tobacco Outlet Plus stores throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. E85 is offered at nearly 50 locations. The company also operates its own bakery, commissary, dairy, distribution warehouse, and vehicle maintenance divisions.
           
“Kwik Trip’s decision enables their customers to continue to use PIN-based debit at the dispenser after July 1, 2010, with card and PIN data protected through encryption,” said Scott McDowell, director of dispenser applications at Gilbarco Veeder-Root.  “The FlexPay EPP is available as a field retrofit and as a factory-installed option on new dispensers to provide consumers with a consistent experience at all locations.”
           
Gilbarco Veeder-Root will exhibit it FlexPay EPP at the NACS Show, Las Vegas Convention Center, October 20-23, Booth 5572.