ROAM Gets Ready for Election Season
August 13, 2012

You can’t win a campaign without donors. And that’s where Sean Gately has an advantage: an executive at ROAM Data, Gately will use ROAM’s mobile payment acceptance technology to simplify fund raising and get out ahead, in the race for a seat in the Rhode...

UK Cinemas To Adopt NFC Technology In Ad Campaigns
August 13, 2012

Cinema advertising specialist Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has partnered with Primesight, and outdoor media owner to install 100 NFC enabled interactive advertising panels in Cineworld, Odeon and Vue Cinemas in the UK, according to the nfcworld.com. These panels provide an interactive experience to users, and...

NFC Stickers Help Students Pay In Cafeterias
August 13, 2012

Finnish Mobile operator Elisa has partnered with MasterCard and student-owned Lyrra discount and benefit card to issue prepaid NFC stickers to 100,000 students to use with their phones. The new stickers would allow students the ability to pay for food at campus canteens, whereby merchants...

First Data Introduces Contactless Ticket Machines In Poland
August 13, 2012

First Data has introduced the first ticketing machines in Poland to accept contactless payments on public transportation, according to finextra.com. The news source reports that at the end of July, 112 such machines had been installed in buses and trains all throughout Warsaw, and this...

Olympic Games Brought Top Dollars To UK With Visa
August 13, 2012

International travelers enjoying the Olympic Games in the London spent an additional $716.7 million on their Visa accounts during the second week of the games alone. According to Visa, the top five contributors were United States, Japan, France, Italy, and Australia, with an overall spending...

India Moves Toward NFC-Powered Rail Ticketing
August 13, 2012

Metro rails in India are considering a mass scale adoption of NFC technology in an automatic fare collection system, according to mydigitalfc.com. The news source reports that Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has invited bids from banks to participate in enabling cashless transactions when it is...

Are Supermarkets Replacing Banks In The UK?
August 13, 2012

Tesco, Asda, and Marks and Spencers are examples of groceries enticing consumers with comprehensive financials services in the hopes to lure them away from the traditional banking sector. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile Purchases In UK To Exceed $30 Billion By 2021
August 13, 2012

The total value of physical and digital goods purchased via a mobile device is on pace to exceed $730 billion a year globally by 2017, representing about 30 percent of annual online retail activity, according to a new Juniper Research forecast. Get the Full Story...

Issuers Face Their Own “Foreclosuresque” Legal Crisis
August 13, 2012

As an increasing number of debt collection cases end up in court, the proceedings are looking more and more similar to the painful foreclosure settlement scene that included multibillion-dollar settlements paid out by big banks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...