This group is about more than just pure business – it’s about giving something back to the community, about serving the public trust, making the communities life easier. It’s also about successful, well run trials that actually push the cause of contactless further than ever before. Who worked the trials, what were they and more… Read More
Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – Health / Entertainment / Lifestyle
This group – Health / Lifestyle / Entertainment throws up some very interesting applications above and beyond that of loyalty and payment-type applications we have grown accustomed to. This category was originally put forward to celebrate the diversity that comes from contactless technology applications and implementations. And there are many of them. For instance, here… Read More
Ingenico and Element Form a Strategic Partnership to Secure End-to-End Transaction Processing
Ingenico, the provider of payment solutions announced today that it has partnered with Element Payment Services, Inc., a leading provider of PCI DSS compliant payment processing solutions to software providers and merchants. Through this partnership, Element will integrate Ingenico’s end-to-end encryption algorithm with its tokenization solution to offer Ingenico’s customers with secure end-to-end transaction processing… Read More
Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – NFC in the High Street
Today we’re looking at those nominees that have done the most either through rollout or trials to bring NFC technology right to the very heart of metropolitan commercial centers. You and I know it as our local high street. It’s true that the high streets in questions range from Dublin to Zurich, from Stiges to… Read More
CASSIS International organizes for an expanding global role
CASSIS International, a leader in trusted services for smart payments, mobile commerce and near field communication (NFC), today announced a new global organization that establishes a strong presence in the Americas, expands operations in Europe, and appoints David Eldon and Jackson Tai – two prominent figures from the financial industry – to the company’s board… Read More
Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – Competitive Advantage Through Technology
This week we’re looking at another three categories for the Monkeys and are starting with Competitive Advantage Through Technology. This is a real ‘buzz’ category and is awarded to those ‘smaller’ companies who use contactless technology to leap forward and get an edge on their competition. Proving once and for all that you don’t have to be a giant corporation to make the most from this technology. The four finalists are:
AMT Coffee (UK)
NFC Trial at Sheetz petrol stations – Wright Express (US)
NFC Trial by Citibank in Bangalore – ViVOtech (India)
Eagle Cards – Morehead State University (US) Read More
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