2011 CMAs: And the winners are…

15th April 2011, Berlin, Germany and London, UK – The global appetite for contactless technologies shows no sign of abating, if the 2011 Contactless Intelligence Contactless Monkey Awards (CMA) are anything to go by. Now in their fourth year, the Visa Europe-sponsored CMAs have yet again attracted a record turnout, making them an important fixture in… Read More

Bell ID Simplifies EMV Smart Card and NFC Application Management with Versatile New Platform

Bell ID have launched the Bell ID® EMV Token Manager, a new web based solution which coordinates and simplifies the management of any type or combination of EMV token deployment, including contact, contactless and dual interface cards as well as the option to support contactless applications in NFC enabled mobile phones. The newly announced solution… Read More

The 2011 Contactless Monkey Award Finalists – Trailblazing & Innovation 


This is it – the last award category; Trailblazing and Innovation. This award is granted to those companies who the judges feel have done their best to look at this wonderful (and whacky!) world of contactless technology and give it a boost. Perhaps. Or a spin. Must be a new one though. Either way, we… Read More

The 2011 Contactless Monkey Award Finalists – Transportation

We’re almost at the end of our categories now. Just a couple more to go, and the 14th will be upon us and we’ll be finding out who the lucky winners will be. Until then – it’s category 8 – Transportation. Buses, public transport, mobile ticketing – we have it all here. We’re bouncing around… Read More

The 2011 Contactless Monkey Award Finalists – Public Concern

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