Posted on 26 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
The contactless challenge is now entering its final few days, with Ewan MacLeod struggling to find companies willing and capable to accept contactless mobile payments. Ploughing on with continued tenacity, however, he has managed to clock up potentially vital points in his attempt to wrestle the lead back off Jon Choo. A trip to the […]
Posted on 22 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
Jon Choo went into Day 3 of our Contactless Challenge with a twenty-five point lead following a hugely successful second day. However, a previously despondent Ewan MacLeod resolved to pick himself up and get back on the NFC payment wagon with a vengeance. Embracing (or should that be enduring) the London rain, Ewan headed out […]
Posted on 20 February 2012 by Tim Cawsey
As the variety of payment options on offer expands each year, companies need to be aware that consumers are fickle creatures. At the close of 2011, leading UK newspaper The Times published an issue of the Raconteur supplement on the future of payments. In it, they gathered representatives from five key players in the payments […]
Posted on 17 September 2012 by Tim Cawsey
Just a few weeks ago NFC services launched in Singapore and with over 20,000 point-of-sales, it is an exciting time to see where NFC technology will take us. For those of you, who are more visually inclined, take a look at this infographic outlining a day in the life of an NFC user. The mobile […]
Posted on 02 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
This week we announced that we would be providing and operating the global Trusted Service Management (TSM) platform and NFC services for Vodafone Group, one of the world’s largest mobile communications service providers. Secure and convenient ‘wave and pay’ contactless transactions are going to become more and more common as handsets flow into the market […]
Posted on 20 November 2012 by Tim Cawsey
We are just one day into our Contactless Challenge and the competition is already in full swing. At 5pm on Day One, Ewan and Jon were neck and neck on points, but with a full nine days of competition remaining there’s still everything for our two cashless crusaders to play for. After some initial frustration […]