Food, Drink & Exhibitor Festivals

Cashless payment system for food, drink & exhibitor festivals

One tap-to-pay wallet across food stalls, bars, and exhibitor booths — with automated settlement for a mixed vendor floor.

Across Lebanon and the region, the biggest events put everything under one roof: food stalls, drink and cocktail bars, and rows of exhibitor and brand booths selling crafts, fashion, and products. That mix is great for attendees and a nightmare for payments — every vendor type ends up running its own cash float, its own change problems, and its own end-of-night count. PayFest replaces all of it with a single NFC wallet: attendees top up once and tap to pay at any booth, whether they're buying a manoushe, a cocktail, or a handmade product.

Every vendor — food truck, bar, or exhibitor — gets a tap-to-pay terminal on an ordinary Android phone, so there's no hardware to rent per stall and onboarding takes minutes. Exhibitors in particular stop losing the classic “sorry, cash only” sale: cashless tapping turns browsing into impulse buys and lifts spend across food, drink, and retail alike. Meanwhile you watch the whole floor in real time and settle every trader automatically at close — no spreadsheets, no cash reconciliation across a hundred mixed vendors.

Why It Works

Built for food, drink & exhibitor festivals

How PayFest solves the payment problems specific to food, drink & exhibitor festivals.

One wallet for every booth

Attendees top up once and tap to pay at food stalls, bars, and exhibitor booths alike — no separate tokens, no cash, no 'which stall takes what'.

Onboard any vendor in minutes

Food trucks, cocktail bars, and product booths each get a tap-to-pay terminal on a phone — no special hardware to rent or wire per stall.

Win the impulse sale

Exhibitors stop losing 'cash only' sales — frictionless tapping turns browsing into impulse buys and lifts spend across food, drink, and retail.

Settle a mixed floor automatically

Per-vendor sales are tallied and reconciled at close across every category, so food, drink, and exhibitor traders are paid accurately without a cash count.

The Platform

Every event includes the full platform

The same purpose-built infrastructure powers every PayFest deployment.

NFC Payments

NTAG215 cards with HMAC-SHA256 signing. Sub-second contactless payments at every vendor terminal.

Real-time Analytics

Live dashboard with revenue tracking, hourly trends, merchant leaderboards, and exportable reports.

Offline Mode

Transactions queue locally and sync when connectivity returns. Your event never stops, even in a field.

Fraud Detection

Rule-based fraud engine flags suspicious patterns — velocity checks, duplicate scans, and balance anomalies.

Vendor Management

Onboard vendors, assign terminals, track per-vendor sales. Automated end-of-day settlement and reconciliation.

Multi-event Support

One platform, unlimited events. Organization-level analytics across festivals with role-based access control.

Further reading

From a weekend food-and-craft market to a multi-day festival mixing food courts, bars, and brand activations, PayFest runs every vendor type on one platform with no special hardware — just NFC cards and the phones your traders already carry.

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