CurrencyWorks To Provide Technology and Services to CaliCard For Its Cashless Digital Currency Card
02 März 2021 - 3:15PM
CurrencyWorks Inc. (“CurrencyWorks” or the “Company”), (TSXV: CWRK
and OTCQB: CWRK) a financial technology blockchain pioneer and
alternative digital payments provider has signed a deal and
partnered with leading cannabis retailers to launch a revolutionary
digital community currency card and fintech platform. The new
CaliCard offering is equipped with a digital wallet that provides
compliant banking, digital payments and merchant services to
consumer businesses including licensed cannabis retail operators.
Calicard’s CEO and Co-founder, Christian Schenk,
is the former CEO of Driven Deliveries Inc.. He led the
organization through 3 transactions, grew revenue from $30,000 in
Q1 2019 to a $25+M/ year, became a leader in online cannabis sales
and direct to home delivery network with more than 400 employees
across the State of California before selling the business to Stem
Holdings, a Florida based Multi State Operator (MSO).
“After spending a year and a half in the
cannabis industry experiencing first hand the challenges merchants
and consumers face when it comes to banking and payment options, it
was time to change the game.” Said Christian Schenk, Founder &
CEO of CaliCard Inc. “The CurrencyWorks team is a solid, longtime
partner of mine and together with our Canadian based fintech
partnerships we have established an incredibly disruptive offering
that will most certainly have an impact on the industry, especially
given our early stage launch partners participation,” Schenk
added.
CaliCard has been working with 5 major
retailers, both online and brick and mortar dispensaries on the
cannabis payment functions of the solution. In addition, the
company will be adding non-cannabis merchant networks over time and
will be looking to launch with several hundred retailers across
California, including restaurants, c-stores and more. This will
enable CaliCard account holders to use the new community currency
for virtually all types of products and services. Participating
local merchants will benefit from an inexpensive alternative to
traditional cashless payment acceptance options, as well as
CaliCard-sponsored promotions to help boost adoption and sales.
The offering leverages CurrencyWorks’ banking,
security and processing relationships. By leveraging proven
technology with a few additional services the solution will be able
to provide a seamless experience when checking out in store and
online, no different than reloading a virtual card in your favorite
coffee retailer’s mobile app. Funds can be reloaded at time of
purchase to settle a transaction or funds can be kept in your
CaliCard account, no different than a traditional checking account
and will be accessible 24/7/365.
Account holders will be assigned a physical card
that can be used in-store, access ATMs as well as to facilitate
online purchases. Consumers can also leverage the digital payment
interface using the mobile app, which will present the merchant
with a unique QR code or will leverage the merchant’s point of sale
terminal NFC interface, no different than using Apple Payments.
For more information go to
www.calicard.com and signup for updates.
About
CurrencyWorksCurrencyWorks Inc. (TSXV: CWRK and OTCQB:
CWRK) is a publicly traded company that builds and operates FinTech
Platforms for Digital Currencies, Digital Assets and Security
Tokens.
For more information on CurrencyWorks, please
visit us at: www.currencyworks.io. For additional investor info
visit www.currencyworks.io or www.sedar.com and
www.sec.gov searching CWRK.
Media ContactArian Hopkinsarian@currencyworks.io
Company ContactBruce Elliott, PresidentPhone:
424-570-9446Bruce.elliott@currencyworks.io
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statements.” Statements in this news release that are not purely
historical are forward-looking statements and include any
statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions
regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include,
among other things: statements with respect to the CaliCard
offering, including CurrencyWorks’ involvement; the perceived
impact on the cannabis industry; that CaliCard will be adding
non-cannabis merchant networks over time and will be looking to
launch with several hundred retailers across California; and the
intended uses, functions and benefits of CaliCard.
The material assumptions supporting these
forward-looking statements include, among others, that there will
be no material variations in current regulatory environments in
which CurrencyWorks or CaliCard operates; the perceived benefits
from the CaliCard and the Company’s blockchain solutions will be as
expected; and that merchant and consumer preferences will be as
currently expected. Although management considers these assumptions
to be reasonable based on information currently available to it,
they may prove to be incorrect. These forward-looking statements
are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, including: the risk that the
Company will be unable to efficiently provide its services in
connection with the CaliCard; the risk that other payment methods
may become more widely adopted; the risk that there may be negative
changes in general economic and business conditions; the risk that
the Company may have negative operating cash flow and not enough
capital to complete the blockchain solutions; the risk that the
Company may not be able to obtain additional financing as
necessary; the risk that there may be increases in capital and
operating costs as a result of working on the blockchain solutions;
the risk that the blockchain solutions may be subject to fraud and
other failures; the risk that there may be technological changes
and developments in the blockchain that make the blockchain
solutions obsolete; risks relating to regulatory changes or actions
which may impede the development or operation of the blockchain
solutions; the risk that other competitors may release similar
blockchain solutions; and other general risks involved in the
blockchain solutions.
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actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to
be materially different from any future results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Further, although the Company has
attempted to identify factors that could cause actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ
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