Luxury vending kiosks growing in numbers

January 21, 2008

Business Week: Consumers are using their plastic instead of their spare change to snap up luxury items such as digital cameras, cologne and even software from…

NCR celebrates 10 years in self-checkout

January 14, 2008

Grocery Retail Online: For shoppers in thousands of stores worldwide, the ability to scan, bag and pay for items has become synonymous with NCR's FastLane …

Dubai traffic fines now paid at police kiosks

January 2, 2008

(United Arab Emirites) Khaleej Times: Dubai Traffic Police have launched a new service in which citizens can pay traffic fines at kiosks in various shopping…

Kiosks take over c-stores

Popular self-service devices to move in on convenience stores.

Top deployments at Europe expo

Seven kiosks made the show's SuperStar Deployments list.

Kiosk software glitch: Long Island Rail Road double-bills kiosk users

October 7, 2007

Newsday.com: At least 2,000 Long Island Rail Road passengers were billed twice for tickets purchased with credit cards and certain types of debit cards at…

SuperShuttle places kiosk at BWI airport, more to come

September 20, 2007

PHOENIX — SuperShuttle has introduced a kiosk for its shared-ride ground transportation at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Passengers using…

USPS giving cash to kiosk users

September 9, 2007

The Greensboro (N.C.) News and Record: The U.S. Postal Service wants its customers to handle their own postage — and is offering cash prizes to those who…

Kiosks spark debate about technology in churches

August 30, 2007

National Catholic Register: The use of ATM-style kiosks designed for church donations rings with modern debit-card users, but some dioceses aren't to anxious…

Self-service banking gains interest in Philippines

August 6, 2007

The Manila Bulletin: Self-service banking is slowly but surely getting interest from major Philippine banks, which are continuously looking for ways to…

Tithing by kiosk? 'Amen,' say churches

August 5, 2007

The Southern Illinoisan: At the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Dallas, parishioners have signed up to give tithes and offerings automatically…

More than 100 EagleCash kiosks now used by soldiers

July 24, 2007

The Military Family Network: Thousands of service members deployed overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom are using EagleCash cards when making…

Smart launches self-service top-up kiosk for mobile phones

July 23, 2007

Asian Journal Online: Mobile network operator Smart Communication Inc. has launched an automated service that makes it easier for subscribers to load airtime…

Self Service Excellence Awards

Polo Ralph Lauren and USPS take awards.

Baseball fans use mobile phones, kiosks for tickets

July 18, 2007

The Dallas Morning News: The Texas Rangers are among a handful of Major League Baseball teams expected to launch Tickets@ Phone, a technology that sends a…

Restaurants test table card readers

July 8, 2007

The Associated Press: Pay-at-the-table systems are popular in Europe and other parts of the world, but they haven't yet caught on in the United States…

Self-service taxi trend: contactless payments announced

June 12, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO –  Visa and Creative Mobile Technologies announced the launch of a program to equip thousands of New York taxicabs with contactless payment…

PCI standards weigh heavy on ATMs, kiosks

Data security breaches are putting pressure on the self-service industry.

Research firm takes a look at self-checkout

May 28, 2007

BOSTON — Mercator Advisory Group's new report, "Retail Self-Checkout: Providing Options for Merchants and Consumers," compares primary retail self-checkout…

RFID, self-service speed pizza ordering

May 16, 2007

RFID Journal: City Pizza in West Palm Beach, Fla., is letting patrons take ordering into their own hands. Using an RFID-enabled card at a self-service kiosk…