How CoreGo scales festival payments with Verifone

CoreGo delivers top-tier systems and services that power the event technology industry, making every event seamless and unforgettable. Founded in Finland in 2015, the company operates across the Nordics and DACH, delivering exceptional solutions for merchants, inlcuding payments, access control, network connections, smart tags, mobile app, and more.

CoreGo operates in a highly competitive and specialized market - payments for festivals, venues, and stadiums across Northern Europe. Unlike typical retail environments, events require rapid deployment, reliable device swap processes, and the operational agility to serve thousands of transactions in short, high-intensity windows. To differentiate and win in the growing venue and stadium sector, CoreGo needed a partner who could deliver a full payment ecosystem.

The pressure of event-day payments

CoreGo operates in a highly competitive and specialized market - payments for festivals, venues, and stadiums across Northern Europe. Unlike typical retail environments, events require rapid deployment, reliable device swap processes, and the operational agility to serve thousands of transactions in short, high-intensity windows. To differentiate and win in the growing venue and stadium sector, CoreGo needed a partner who could deliver a full payment ecosystem.

Building a full-service payments ecosystem

CoreGo partnered with Verifone to build a 360° payments proposition for their clients, across three pillars:

• Best-in-class hardware. Access to Verifone's latest devices, giving CoreGo the confidence to offer their merchants market-leading payment terminals.
• Operational support. Onboarding, device swap processes, and dedicated support built around CoreGo's event-based business model, where fast deployment and reliability are non-negotiable.
• Commercial partnership. Joint go-to-market collaboration, with Verifone and CoreGo working together to target and win specific clients in the venue and stadium sector across their shared markets.

Winning through partnership

The thing that I value most in our strategic partnership with Verifone is their understanding and their interest in our business. They understand how we work, they understand what we need — and they are solution orientated. - Barry MacNamara, Head of Scandinavia, CoreGo

By working with Verifone, CoreGo is able to offer a full suite of payment, network, and entry solutions, differentiating itself from local competitors who focus purely on payments.

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