by Steve Atkins

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

by Steve Atkins

Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – In Restaurant Dining

For the next few weeks, we’re turning the blog over to Contactless Intelligence and letting them do the run down of the categories and nominations for the 2010 Monkey awards, sponsored by VISA Europe. Both here on the Krowne blog and on C-I.TV we’re going to give more information about the categories and the final nominees… Read More

by Steve Atkins

Contactless Intelligence news feed this week: Can contactless combat fraud?

All too often we focus on payment and transport as the main applications for contactless, but we shouldn’t forget the growing market in the identification and access control sector, where contactless and NFC can bring real benefits to both customers and implementers. The events industry is closely monitoring technological advancements, hoping that new solutions can… Read More

by Steve Atkins

RFinity Nominated for Contactless Intelligence’s Monkey Award for Trailblazing and Innovation

RFinity, a technology company specializing in secure near field communications (NFC) mobile payment transactions, has been nominated by Contactless Intelligence (CI) for its Monkey Award in the category of Trailblazing and Innovation. The award recognizes exemplary companies worldwide that further the boundaries of contactless technology through product introduction or pilot programs. The winners will be… Read More