Target checks out Shopkick’s check-in rewards

November 18, 2010

Select Target Stores began this week to offer Shopkick, a location-based shopping app and rewards platform for mobile phones, according to Mashable.

VeriFone to Acquire Hypercom in POS consolidation

November 18, 2010

San Jose, Calif.-based VeriFone Systems Inc. reported it would acquire Phoenix-based Hypercom Corp. in a move that will consolidate two of the world’s largest…

Ariane integrates Hypercom's SmartPayments Wynid system

November 17, 2010

Paris-based Ariane Systems and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hypercom Corp. announced that Hypercom's SmartPayments Wynid payment solution has been integrated into…

SITA to provide self-check-in kiosks for India's CIAL Airport

November 17, 2010

Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has entered into a strategic partnership with SITA to automate passenger check-in and bag reconciliation, according to…

Black Friday will see mobile shopping growth: Survey

November 17, 2010

Many consumers plan to use their mobile phone to shop as the holiday season begins, according to PriceGrabber, a shopping site and division of credit bureau…

Phoenix Kiosk unveils instructional videos

November 16, 2010

Phoenix Kiosk has posted numerous instructional videos on its website in order to assist kiosk owners with some of the most common kiosk maintenance tasks. The…

Monitise forms mobile money network with Best Buy Europe

November 16, 2010

Monitise has formed a U.K. mobile money network joint venture with retailer Best Buy Europe and Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone, according to…

U.S. Bank to test mobile payments

November 16, 2010

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank and Visa announced they had partnered with DeviceFidelity, FIS and Monitise to introduce a new way for customers to make purchases…

Selecting the right touch screen to maximize results, Part 2

by Kurt Myrick — Technical Engineer, Phoenix Kiosk

Part 2 of 2 In my first blog about touch screens, I discussed basics and explained common touch screen sizes (including the benefits of having a large touch…

The bill payment world is flat

by Behshad Hastibakhsh — Director of Marketing, TIO Networks Corp

Browsing through Thomas Friedman’s book “The World is Flat”, I came across a passage on Wal-Mart’s entry into the world of banking and financial services. The…

Carriers to announce mobile payments venture

November 15, 2010

Major telecom firms Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA have joined with Discover Financial Services and Barclays Plc and are preparing to…

Versatile reports 1Q results, launches Self-Service Cloud platform

November 15, 2010

Versatile Systems reported recently fiscal first quarter revenues for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2010, of $9.2 million, generating a gross profit of $2.…

SUBWAY to accept FaceCash mobile payments at select outlets

November 15, 2010

Doctor's Associates Inc., the parent company of SUBWAY, the largest single-brand restaurant chain in the world, and Think Computer Corporation announced that…

Telcos launch 'Isis' mobile payments system

Telecom companies serving 200 million mobile phone customers take on the established payments system in the United States by offering payments via smart phone.

CETW: Voices from the Customer Engagement Technology World show floor

by Christopher Hall — w, t

The inaugural Customer Engagement Technology World show is in the books, and the reviews from the show floor are in.

U.S. Bank, Visa to begin mobile-payment pilot

U.S. Bank and Visa Inc. soon will begin testing mobile payments in more than a dozen states.

DVD-rental kiosks driving Coinstar, NCR

November 14, 2010

Investors and partners are looking favorably on the prospects of revenues generated by DVD-rental kiosks operated by the two of the major firms in the sector…

Public Media Works teams, again, with Signifi to tackle Toronto

November 14, 2010

Sausalito, Calif.-based Public Media Works and its wholly-owned subsidiary, EntertainmentXpress Inc., announced they had entered into a Collaboration Agreement…

Finding success in self-service: Kiosk execs discuss 'How to's'

Leaders offer ideas on engaging consumers and partners to launch winning products.

DVD kiosk push brings 3Q revenue rise, small loss for Global Axcess

November 11, 2010

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Global Axcess Corp. reported a net loss of $96,000 in the third quarter on revenues of $5.8 million as the company invested in…