Nashville-Based Ticketing Platform Deploys PAX A35 Hardware and Bluefin’s Next-Generation BluePOS Application Across Its Venue Client Base
HERMITAGE, TN — April 7, 2026 — Agile Ticketing Solutions, the comprehensive ticketing and venue management platform serving theaters, performing arts organizations, film festivals, fairs, and entertainment venues across the United States, today announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Bluefin, the global leader in PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and payment security infrastructure.
Building on a partnership established in 2018, AgileTix has integrated two major additions to its payment ecosystem: the PAX A35 Android payment device and Bluefin’s BluePOS application — delivering a more modern, secure, and flexible payment experience for venues and their patrons.
Modernizing the Box Office Without Sacrificing Security
For venue operators, the demands at the box office have never been more complex. Patrons expect fast, frictionless payment options — tap, chip, swipe, and QR code — while organizations face growing pressure to protect patron payment data and manage the costs of PCI compliance. The expanded Bluefin integration directly addresses both.
Through AgileTix’s platform, Bluefin’s PCI-validated P2PE encrypts cardholder data at the moment of interaction, ensuring sensitive payment information remains unreadable throughout the entire transaction lifecycle. For venues, that means a meaningful reduction in PCI compliance scope — and the confidence that patron data is protected by the highest standard available in the payments industry.
The newly integrated PAX A35 is a next-generation Android payment device purpose-built for fast-paced, customer-facing environments — precisely the conditions theaters, cinemas, and festival box offices operate in on a daily basis. The A35 supports EMV chip, NFC contactless, magstripe, and QR code payments, enabling venue staff to serve patrons faster across every transaction type.
BluePOS: A Payment Application Built for the Long Term
BluePOS: A Payment Application Built for the Long Term
AgileTix has also implemented Bluefin’s BluePOS application across its PAX device deployments. Unlike legacy payment applications dependent on third-party development cycles, BluePOS is fully owned and operated by Bluefin — enabling faster updates, direct feature development based on partner feedback, and greater long-term flexibility for AgileTix clients as payment technology continues to evolve.
“Our clients run some of the most patron-facing environments in the country — opening night at a theater, a sold-out film festival, a county fair with thousands of daily attendees,” said Richard Steward, Founder and CEO of Agile Ticketing Solutions. “They cannot afford slow lines, payment failures, or a data breach. This expanded partnership with Bluefin puts the most secure payment infrastructure available directly into their box offices, on hardware that actually keeps pace with how patrons want to pay today. And as we grow into higher education and other venue environments, having a payment stack we can build on matters.”
An Eight-Year Partnership, Deepened
The AgileTix-Bluefin relationship is not new. The companies have worked together since 2018, giving AgileTix clients access to PCI-validated P2PE as a core component of the platform’s payment security architecture. The 2026 expansion — adding the PAX A35 and BluePOS — represents the most significant advancement of that partnership to date, and positions AgileTix clients to operate on a payment infrastructure that is both current and built for scale.
“Entertainment and event venues require payment solutions that are both highly secure and adaptable to unique workflows,” said Terry Ford, SVP of Partnerships at Bluefin. “Expanding our partnership with Agile Ticketing Solutions enables their clients to benefit from PCI-validated P2PE, modern Android devices, and the flexibility of BluePOS — all within a platform they already trust.”
About Agile Ticketing Solutions
Agile Ticketing Solutions is a comprehensive, all-in-one ticketing and venue management platform serving theaters, art houses, performing arts organizations, film festivals, fairs and expositions, conferences, horse racing venues, and academic institutions across the United States. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Hermitage, Tennessee, AgileTix connects box office operations, concessions, membership management, donor tracking, and real-time analytics in a single integrated system. For more information, visit www.agiletix.com or call (615) 360-6700.
About Bluefin
Bluefin is the global leader in payment and data security, specializing in PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and vaultless tokenization. The company works with 300+ partners to serve 35,000 clients in 60 countries, securing over 2.5 billion pieces of data annually. Bluefin is headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Waterford, Ireland and Vienna, Austria, and is a Participating Organization of the PCI Security Standards Council. For more information, visit www.bluefin.com.