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
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
Who needs politics?
from Susan Hicks – Contactless Intelligence As election fever starts to grip the UK, it’s rather refreshing to be able to look at contactless implementations farther afield, without having to wonder if a change in government could affect the future of contactless schemes in the transport, ID and payment sectors. In Taiwan, consumers can now… Read More
Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – High Throughput Food
For our third and last group for this week we have the famous High Throughput Food category, and we’re not talking about egg and chips being slung around in some greasy café somewhere north of Watford Gap. No, this high throughput food is take-away, nutritious and healthy (our finalists tell us so). This category rewards… Read More
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