Interesting video from Simply Zesty, a UK-based online PR and social media firm, who has put together a cool little film based on social media-related figures for the UK. See it below.
KASIKORNBANK, AIS and Gemalto Bring NFC to Mobile Users in Thailand
Gemalto have announced it will provide its Trusted Services Management (TSM) service to support the launch of Near-Field Communication (NFC) applications in Thailand. The service is the first pan-Asian deployment for Gemalto’s certified TSM center in Taiwan. This pioneering project has Gemalto partnering with KASIKORNBANK, the country’s second largest bank, and with Advanced Info Services… Read More
Little Chef is the first restaurant group to fully adopt contactless in UK
It’s all happening at once isn’t it. First the C-op, then AMT Coffee and now Little Chef have announces that it will also be deploying a contactless payment system using Barclaycard technology across all 173 Little Chef roadside restaurants, including its Coffee Tempo brand and Burger King franchises. Following successful rollouts of contactless by Barclays… Read More
AMT Coffee completes its national roll-out of contactless payment systems using Barclaycard technology.
Today’s unveiling of the new AMT Coffee bar in Marylebone, London’s fastest growing rail station, by Adrian Shooter, Managing Director of Chiltern Railways, marks the 65th branch to adopt contactless – a payments system that will allow customers to purchase goods quicker. AMT say that a successful trial of contactless saw almost a thousand customers use… Read More
In the UK, the ‘Co-Op’ becomes first major food retailer to roll out contactless technology
The Co-operative Food will become the UK’s first major grocery retailer to introduce contactless payment in its stores nationwide after joining forces with Barclaycard. The roll-out will begin with a pilot in 100 Co-operative food stores next year after an agreement was signed with Barclaycard in partnership with Visa. If the pilot is successful, The… Read More
HID Global and Inside Contactless turn NFC mobile phones into secure ID and access devices
HID Global, a solution provider for the delivery of secure identity, and INSIDE Contactless, a provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced they have extended their long standing partnership to bring market-leading iCLASS access control and identity credentials to near-field communications (NFC) mobile phones. Embedding iCLASS virtual credentials into NFC mobile phones will… Read More
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