Tag: Contactless payment

A new parkour game – tried it with NFC?

NFC is all about freeing us up – making purchasing simpler and more straightforward. The art of parkour or ‘free-running’ is the embodiment of movement without obstacle, pause, or thought. To us, it echoes the philosophy of NFC technology and the freedom it allows us every day. So, what’s the link?

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Mobile payment from South Africa to South Beach

This is my second post on our recent conference on how the mobile had impacted society for our French followers at the IT crowd hang-out, La Cantine, in Paris last week. Last week I blogged about the rise of mobile social media and today it’s the turn of mobile payment.

Using your mobile phone to pay for the bus, subway,…

One of the first places we first experienced contactless technology was as a travel ticket to ride the bus, subway, tube, metro or whatever you call it in your neighborhood. In fact, Oyster cards in London have helped pave the way for the UK to be a hotbed for all types of contactless transactions especially […]

U.S. Transit Riders Give Thumbs Up to Contactless Open Fare…

How many trains have you missed because you’re stuck in line waiting to a buy a ticket or to refill your fare card?  Even missing one is probably one too many.  If you follow the transit industry, you may have heard that several large U.S. agencies have announced plans to move to open fare transit […]