DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) announced today that Southwest Airlines, Brinker International, Inc. (parent company of Chili’s® Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy®), Pacific Convenience & Fuels LLC and RaceTrac are some of the latest merchants to join its effort to provide a widely accepted, customer-focused and secure mobile-commerce solution.
These members join other recently added companies including DICK’S Sporting Goods, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Meijer, QuikTrip and Wawa which were announced as part of MCX in January.
MCX’s 30-plus merchants have unparalleled consumer relationships, including more than 700 million payment and other customer accounts. They employ 4 million people across nearly 80,000 stores, and represent more than $1 trillion in annual sales. MCX merchants include five of the top 10, and 20 of the top 90 merchants by revenue on the National Retail Federation’s Top 100 list.
Initially, MCX’s mobile wallet will be primarily barcode- and cloud-based, offering consumers a personalized payment experience integrated with participating merchant offers, promotions, loyalty and location-based services.
“Southwest supports efforts to bring a competitive mobile-payments network to the market that also protects consumer and merchant data,” said Chris Monroe, Treasurer, Southwest Airlines. “We’re proud to join the growing list of outstanding merchants backing MCX.”
For more information, as well as a partial list of participating merchants, visit MCX at http://www.mcx.com or email info@mcx.com.
About MCX
Founded in 2012, Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) seeks to lead the shift to mobile payments by providing better shopping and paying experiences for customers and merchants alike. Backed by leading merchants such as 7-Eleven, Inc., CVS/pharmacy and Lowe’s, MCX’s owner-members include leaders in the big-box, convenience, drug, fuel, grocery, quick- and full-service dining, specialty-retail, and travel categories. These companies collectively operate 80,000 stores and process more than $1 trillion in payments annually, giving MCX scale and ubiquity unparalleled within the mobile-payments industry. The company is based in Irving, Texas. For more information, visit http://mcx.com.
