Merchant360 Inc. announced an agreement to support Bling Nation’s contactless mobile social media technology platform. According to Bling Nation, the company’s solution enables tap-and-connect capabilities at checkout, providing businesses with social media connectivity, viral loyalty programs with actionable analytics and mobile payments. The system works by tapping a mobile phone equipped with Bling Nation’s BlingTag […]

Waspit has announced the launch of its open-loop BuzzPay contactless mobile payments system in the UK with the help of pub chain Yates’s. BuzzPay, which works with NFC capable handsets as well as with contactless stickers that can be affixed to non-NFC phones, can be used to conduct purchases anywhere MasterCard PayPass is accepted. According […]

FileTrail and Motorola will be presenting a “RFID Solution for Courts” webinar on to discuss how RFID technology creates a more productive court environment by automating the tracking and retrieval of case files and exhibits. The event will take place on November 4 at 1:00pm EST. To register click here.   

By Brian Rogal, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications The University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business is always looking for technical innovations they can introduce on campus to better educate students. They need to be familiar with the latest technology for us to be seen as legitimate by the industry, says David Corsun, the director of […]

Villanova University set up a lottery system to help manage demand for its popular men’s basketball games. There is a point system where the student earned points for attending basketball games, says Read Winkelman, vice president of sales at CBORD. Each game attended earns the student points and the greater chance that they will receive […]

Mocapay, a mobile platform for merchants that offers an integrated marketing and sales solution, and eNational Payments, a provider of mobile and contactless electronic commerce and payment processing services, have implemented a mobile wallet driven by Mocapay technology along with eNational’s location-based platform at select Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant locations. The test launch with Maggiano’s […]

The CBORD Group Inc. announced that Karen Sammon has joined its executive team as the senior vice president of operations. Sammon will be responsible for operations supporting CBORD’s card systems, housing systems, food and nutrition management solutions and integrated security product lines. She will also oversee CBORD’s procurement, installation, customer support and client relations teams. […]

sQuid has announced the launch of a new loyalty and payment contactless smart card at the four star Landmark Hotel in Dundee, Scotland. The Landmark Hotel’s loyalty smart card allows guests to make contactless payments at the hotel and receive rewards redeemable in the hotel’s bar and restaurant, as well as ‘booker’ rewards for accommodation […]

Apriva announced that it will host a Town Hall meeting on cashless vending at the Atlantic Coast Exhibition in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The program will feature presentations explaining essentials behind cashless vending, such as choosing appropriate vending machine locations and how vending operators can manage their day-to-day operations with vending machine alarms. “Our Town Hall […]

Mall billboards in Japan have been going high-tech with personalized ads for those walking past made possible by biometric scanners that help figure out what ads would be the best fit for the shopper, according to an ID Super Store article. As a shopper walks past one of the billboards, it attempts to determine the […]