Unobtrusive parking payments for on-street and off-street

ChargeMyPlateYour parking has been paid for.

ChargeMyPlateYour parking has been paid for.

The BIG Idea in

45 Words

Paying for parking, whether on-street or

off-street, is an extremely inconvenient

experience for drivers anywhere in the

world.

If you can provide a seamless, unobtrusive

payment method which allows people to

not stress about parking ever again, they

will prefer this method above any other.

Unobtrusive Parking Payments

How can you make parking better?

Existing parking payment solutions are overly complicated, inconvenient and incur high risks and expenses to parking operators. A hugely fragmented market with different, incompatible solutions adds to the confusion and inconvenience of motorists.

A good solution must be:

▣ Unobtrusive: making parking payments simple - almost transparent

▣ Consistent: allowing anyone to park anywhere (on-street or off-street) and pay seamlessly

▣ Low-cost, low-risk: avoiding the handling of cash and maintenance of machines

▣ Universally accessible: not requiring any smart-phones, cards, fancy gadgets or apps

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Want better parking?Use better system.


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Hello▣ This presentation is dedicated to the economic upside of turning

parking into an enjoyable experience (using fintech)

We are Urban Management Solutions


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Introducing ChargeMyPlate

Our parking payments solution can be implemented at any city and any private car park. It has few requirements on infrastructure and involves minimal capital and operational expenses.

Here’s how it works...


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1.The universal

ChargeMyPlate account

At the heart of the ChargeMyPlate solution is a secure, virtual pre-paid account, assigned to a vehicle owner and fully managed by us.


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Registering an account is easy

Send a Premium SMS containing your registration plate number

Your ChargeMyPlate account is automatically created and linked with your

registration plate number

You can now park anywhere(And your first parking session is on us!)


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There are many ways to top up

Credit or debit cardCustomers can top-up their account on-line with any widely accepted debit or credit card.

CashThey can also top-up with cash by buying a voucher or using a payment kiosk or ATM at our partner locations.

Direct DebitWhere available, customers can set up Direct Debit. Their account will automatically top-up when funds run low.

PayPalWe accept top-up payments from customers’ existing PayPal account.

BitcoinCustomers are also welcome to top-up with Bitcoins at current exchange rate.

Redeem account balanceAt any time, users can request that their ChargeMyPlate account balance be redeemed at par value.


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2.On-street parking

with SMS

To pay for on-street parking, customers only need to send a single SMS text message to an advertised short-code number.


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One-step payments for on-street parking

Customer finds a place to park

Step 1: Send SMS to the short-code number for the zone

Parking has been paid for 1 hour


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One-step process

The ChargeMyPlate system allows users with a valid, topped-up account to pay for on-street parking at any supported location in one-hour increments by simply sending a single SMS text message to an advertised short-code number.

On-street parking with ChargeMyPlate

Convenient reminders

Five minutes before the user’s parking time expires, an SMS notification is sent to the user’s mobile phone. If they wish, they can simply reply with an empty message to extend their time further by another hour.


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‘’“Paying by sending an SMS is easy and very flexible. I like it because when you are in a meeting you get a reminder and it is quite easy to calculate how long it will take and if it’s worth to send another SMS for another 1 hour of parking time.”

Maria Georgieva,

a vehicle owner using SMS to pay for parking in Sofia, Bulgaria


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Accurate & efficient

Parking wardens can use hand-held PDA devices (or our ViewCop® augmented-reality solution) to connect to the ChargeMyPlate back-end and verify whether a payment has been made, when the paid time for a given vehicle expires, etc.

Monitoring, control & enforcement

Full control over ops

An advanced, web-based administrative and reporting interface provides parking operators with detailed history, analytics and reporting functionality, including real-time monitoring of payments and warden activity.


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Benefits to the municipality

▣ Avoids all costs and risks associated with handling cash and maintaining machines;

▣ Increased efficiency and better control over payment collection;

▣ Improved cash-flow, increased revenues and slashed expenses;

▣ Detailed reporting and insights into customer behavior and parking warden efficiency;

▣ Low-cost, low-maintenance system;▣ Easy, convenient and environment-friendly

solution with multiple applications.


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3.Off-street parking

with ANPR

ChargeMyPlate account owners enjoy automatic zero-step parking payments at public and private off-street locations with our Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras.


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Zero-step process

When parking at a supported off-street location with an entry/exit barrier, payment is processed automatically and transparently, without requiring any explicit payment action from the user.

Off-street parking with ChargeMyPlate

Universal & consistent

Once a user is registered with the system, they can park at any supported off-street location using the same account and the same zero-step process.


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Automated payments for off-street parking

Customer approaches entry barrier

ANPR camera reads plate number, contacts ChargeMyPlate back-end and opens barrier

Customer approaches exit barrier

ANPR camera reads plate number, back-end calculates time and amount due and charges user

account automatically


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e-MoneyThe ChargeMyPlate platform handles user accounts in accordance with EU directive 2009/110/EC regulating

electronic money institutions.

e-Money


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We put these principles first:

Security

As a payment operator we manage the information security of our systems and those of our clients and partners with the utmost rigour and dedication.

Privacy

All customer data stored or processed by ChargeMyPlate is kept safe and secure and is only used in accordance with international and EU personal data protection regulations.

Reliability

Our team has a proven track record for building highly reliable mission-critical systems for Fortune 100 companies and government organizations worldwide.


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To summarize:

ChargeMyPlate offers convenient, unobtrusive parking payments, which do not require any cash, cards or smart-phones while reducing risks

and expenses for parking operators.

To summarise:


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Continually increasing value

Single AccountOn-street

parking

Off-street(public and

private)

Other auto-related

payments


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Want a smart-phone app anyway?We are an IT company. We can build one to your specifications and brand it with your city or company brand. Everyone will be happy.


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Our Story

The team behind Urban Management Solutions developed the ChargeMyPlate technology after years of experience in maintaining, adapting and improving an earlier version called ParkBySMS. Originally developed by our sister company A115 for the municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria in 2007, ParkBySMS now handles hundreds of thousands of transactions every business day. Today, more than 97% of all on-street parking payments in Sofia are made with SMS.


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210,000,000parking payments made with ParkBySMS to-date

97% uptakeand a whole lot of satisfied motorists

8 years since launchwith ZERO down-time during working hours


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Contact us

▣ E-mail Urban Management Solutions at: [email protected]

We are eager to talk to you!


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Credits

Special thanks to everyone who helped make this presentation look so good:

▣ Presentation design by Sophie Lauren

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▣ Illustrations by Tinatini

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