About
SLATE creates a direct connection between the customer and the point-of-sale system. Customer: Paying a bill becomes as easy as associating it with a Slate account; the rest is automatic. Once the customer is done, he can simply leave the establishment without having to wait for the waiter to process the payment. Slate also enables the customer to split his bill by selecting what he consumes or by dividing the bill equally. Merchant: Slate reduces the time waiters spend managing payments. This reduces the amount of labor required while improving the customer experience. Slate improves the merchant's knowledge of the customer by providing precise demographic and behavioural data. A better understanding of customers improves the ability of merchants to answer their needs and optimize marketing efforts. Overall, Slate is trying to improve the relationship between customers and merchants in the service industry in order to give merchants more time to focus on value-added activities.