Posted on 12 June 2013 by
Day 5 JoshKathy 633.5 After five solid days of NFC payment excitement, the Gemalto 2013 Contactless Challenge has come to a close. Both Josh and Kathy used their $250 available funds to complete their tasks throughout the week and had us on the edge of our seats each day as they each creatively completed their […]
Posted on 07 June 2013 by
The Gemalto Contactless Challenge kicks off in the United States 10 June, with Josh Kerr and Kathy Dalton, in Austin, TX and Salt Lake City, UT, respectively, putting contactless payment infrastructure to the test. Our bloggers will be looking to find the best and worst contactless experiences, and you can see the results daily here […]
Posted on 06 June 2013 by
Seasoned readers of the blog will know all about the contactless challenge we ran in London last year. Two of the city’s finest mobile bloggers, Ewan MacLeod and Jon Choo, went head-to-head as they put London’s NFC payment infrastructure to the test. The findings were enlightening on the state of contactless payments in the UK, […]
Posted on 05 June 2013 by
A one-of-a-kind challenge is coming to the U.S. next week! Starting next Monday (June 10th), we’ve tasked two tech-savvy individuals from Austin and Salt Lake City to pay for most of their daily needs using just their mobile phone. In one corner we have Austin blogger, Josh Kerr (‘uber entrepreneur’) and in the other, from […]
Posted on 11 March 2013 by
This time of year, it’s really great to be based here in Austin, Texas, because we are right in the middle of South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi). Though SXSWi gets most of the buzz for its music and film lineup, SXSWi is a star on its own, featuring all of the latest and greatest in […]
Posted on 13 February 2013 by
It’s a really exciting time to be part of the U.S. payments industry, with the country migrating to chip-based EMV cards and mobile payment solutions being implemented on a range of connected devices. So we made our way to Salt Lake City for the Smart Card Alliance’s 2013 Payments Summit last week with a great […]
