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title: "Jimmy John’s Begins Testing New Contactless Payment Device"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f2366ae8-d8d6-4bf4-b313-399730168a97
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/jimmy-johns-begins-testing-new-contactless-payment-device-2708224
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2018-10-18T20:15:37.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:15.972Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ffd31fc46acb441987444ed36c7270704761.jpg
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# Jimmy John’s Begins Testing New Contactless Payment Device

**TL;DR:** Jimmy John's is testing a new contactless payment device, allowing customers to use mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay Smart Tap. The sandwich chain expanded its partnership with Worldpay and enlisted Verifone's device to create a compatible service.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/jimmy-johns-begins-testing-new-contactless-payment-device-2708224).*

## Story

Jimmy John’s is taking steps to make their service even more freaky fast by piloting contactless payment in its stores, according to a recent release.

The sandwich chain expanded upon its current partnership with payment processing company Worldpay by enlisting POS technology company Verifone’s newest device to create a new service compatible with mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay Smart Tap. The new EMV-grade contactless payment acceptance solution gives Jimmy John’s customers flexibility and greater ease when completing transactions.

“At Jimmy John’s, we want the fastest and most secure payment experience for our customers,” Chief Marketing Officer John Shea said. “With cutting-edge technology from Worldpay and Verifone, we will be even better equipped to provide fast and frictionless service to our customers in the payment method of their choice.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Google (company)
- Apple (company)
- Jimmy John's (company)
- payment processing (topic)
- contactless payment (topic)
- mobile wallets (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/jimmy-johns-begins-testing-new-contactless-payment-device-2708224). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f2366ae8-d8d6-4bf4-b313-399730168a97).