The awards have arrived and I have to say they look very fetching indeed. Trust me, get one of these beauties on your mantlepiece – or in the boardroom and someone is going to notice! Colorful and distinctive and presented in a gorgeous back box with red silk lining. Who’s going to be the lucky… Read More
Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – 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
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
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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