Lithuania bank taps iDentify’s customer identity verification

January 3, 2023

Mano.bank, a Lithuania-based bank, has selected iDentify's customer identity verification service for onboarding customers while ensuring compliance with…

Eagle Bitcoin ATM deploys ATM in Australia

January 3, 2023

Eagle Bitcoin ATM has deployed a Bitcoin ATM, with Bitcoin Lightning capability, in Australia. With the Lightning network, users can purchase Bitcoin cheaply…

Legal sports betting kiosks go live in Ohio

January 2, 2023

Legal sports betting kiosks went live in Ohio Sunday, the first state to offer over 1,000 self-service kiosks in convenience stores, grocery stores, bars and…

2023 outlook: Kiosks ride automation’s surge

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk industry executives are bullish for 2023 as consumer acceptance of self service technology expands and businesses look to automation for relief from a…

NFT vending machine founder: ‘Don’t count crypto out’

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Hugo McDonaugh, who introduced a vending machine that offers non-fungible tokens, sees a big future for NFTs and cryptocurrency, despite some recent crypto…

Japanese vending machines offer chance to win pearl necklace

December 29, 2022

People in Japan can win a necklace made of domestic pearls worth 20,000 yen ($146) by making a purchase at one of 250 "gacha gacha" capsule vending machines…

Arizona startup launches contactless alcohol vending machine

December 29, 2022

Lamarr Houston and Lauren Smee present their business plan. Boxx, an Arizona tech startup, has developed a contactless alcohol vending machine to…

Bahrain bank introduces self-serve kiosk with biometric technology

December 28, 2022

Al Salam Bank in Bahrain has introduced a self-service kiosk serving clients 24/7, according to a zawya.com report.

Florida residents recycle containers with reverse vending machine

December 28, 2022

Coral Gables, Florida residents have recycled more than 1,500 containers through a reverse vending machine as part of a recently introduced rewards incentive…

US casinos take aim at ‘illegal’ slot machines

December 27, 2022

The U.S. casino industry has launched a legal war against videogame machines which they claim are gambling machines that are evading gambling laws and avoiding…

Rebound dominates KMC reader interest in 2022

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk Marketplace ranks the 10 best read stories in 2022 based on reader interest.

Dallas attorney launches diaper vending machine business

December 23, 2022

Who would ever expect a finance attorney to be moonlighting as a diaper machine operator?

Bizjournals profiles SOS machine co-founders

December 23, 2022

SOS, the creator and operator of interactive vending machines for public spaces that deliver feminine hygiene products and digital content, was recently…

Exhibit floor sizzles with excitement at Self-Service Innovation Summit

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Attendees at the Self-Service Innovation Summit stayed busy between education sessions by visiting the exhibit area where vendors demonstrated advances in…

Diebold Nixdorf teams with payment orchestration provider to expand retail payment options

December 21, 2022

Diebold Nixdorf Inc. has partnered with Phos, a London-based provider of POS software, to allow businesses to add point-of-sale orchestration as an option to…

Coral Tree Partners acquires AMI Entertainment Network

December 15, 2022

Coral Tree Partners, a Los Angeles-based media and entertainment-focused private equity firm, has acquired AMI Entertainment Network, a digital jukebox…

The Tech You Need To Create Connected Workstations In Your Industry

Connected workstations that feature terminals or tablets and stands, printers, scales, and online ordering integration increase productivity and efficiency to…

Acai specialist expands from brick-and-mortar to self-serve, robotic smoothie kiosk

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Entrepreneur Charles Lee is on a growth curve with both his brick-and-mortar restaurants and free-standing, unattended robotic smoothie machines.

Unmanned self-storage facility coming to Florida

December 13, 2022

Stoic Equity Partners, a commercial real estate developer, has begun construction on a 50,000-square-foot, climate-controlled, virtually-managed, unmanned…

Invenda teams with DOOH solutions provider on programmatic advertising

December 13, 2022

One Tech Group GmbH, a Hamburg, Germany-based provider of digital out of home and retail solutions, has teamed with Invenda, a developer of automated retail…