Use of the card over cash has been shown to significantly increase the use of vending services. It also reduces or eliminates the necessity of making change and then emptying coin boxes, counting change and hauling it off to the bank. Use of the card also reduces the amount of cash floating around and the temptations which go along with cash. The integrity of the vendor's records is maintained. Only authorized persons can look at any record.
Access is granted to various functions only after proper passwords are entered.
Individuals granted access to the system are assigned access rights and they can only access functions and records assigned to them. Audit trails of each transaction are kept.