After all the months of planning, I can’t believe that it’s the week of our CI Spring Conference. We’ve had a tremendous response to the event and are really excited about the mix of implementors attending from local authorities, retailers and transport operators. This year we wanted to focus on the driving forces for contactless… Read More
Meet the Monkey Awards Nominees – 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 Monkey Awards have arrived in the office – they look fantastic!
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 – 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
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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