VENDING MACHINE READER/WRITER AND VENDING MACHINE HAVING THE READER/WRITER

The present invention provides a vending machine reader/writer capable of improving the conveniences of commodity purchasing with use of electronic money, and a vending machine including the reader/writer. The vending machine reader/writer is disposed in the vending machine including a commodity selecting means, and performs settlement processing for the electronic money by reading/writing electronic money information stored in a predetermined information storing medium on the basis of a commodity selected by the commodity selecting means. The reader/writer includes an electronic money service selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of electronic money services, and a control means for performing settlement processing for the electronic money on the basis of the commodity selected by the commodity selecting means and either the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selecting means or the electronic money service corresponding to the electronic money information stored in the information storing medium.