Dear Readers,
Last week's Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference and the Contactless & Mobile Awards were our biggest and best ever! So it would be remiss of me not to exploit my position of editor and publisher of C-ITV to use this newsletter as a platform to thank the very kind and generous individuals and companies who made these two events such a great success.
First, a big thanks goes out to all our speakers and panelists. Thank you for making the day interesting and perhaps more importantly - relevant. CI has always tried to report 'in the moment'. We focus less on future roadmaps, forecasted results and long-term strategies. Instead we embrace what is happening 'right here, right now'. It is only by looking at case studies of actual implementations that we believe the industry can truly move forward - so I want to thank everyone who shared their stories with the CISC attendees. It is more important to the industry than you can imagine.
So 'thank you' all around for the following people who spent their time to speak and work at our conference; Samee Zafar, John Conlon, Matthew Hudson, Nicky Kaye, Kieran Fitsall, Chris Wright, Christian Lackner, David McEvoy, Jose Quesada, Bjoern Scharfen, Gerry Kelliher, Rob Harper, Raja Ray, Piotr Lubiejewski , Sergio Cozzolino, Jill Nickerson, Tim Daly, Ben Reason and last but by no means least, Rupert Englander.
A big 'tip of the hat' to our sponsors, without their help it would be far more difficult to put on this event. Thanks goes to Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon, NXP, VeriFone, Samsung, Ingenico and Proxama for supporting the conference and an even bigger thank you goes out to Visa Europe for supporting, once more, the CMAs.
The 2013 Contactless and Mobile Awards were the biggest we have ever done. It always impresses me that our finalists travel so far to receive their awards. From Turkey, USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands – they all came along to share in the evening. We had a truly impressive cast of winners this year who richly deserved to win. The press releases and social media output on these awards are still rolling out as I write this. Not an hour goes by when I don't see another release on my RSS feeds or roll across Twitter (and I am talking global) - it is truly breathtaking that our little show is having such an impact! Thank you to Wendy Atkins and her team of expert judges.
I would also like to single out a few individuals whose support and guidance helped shape the awards this year. Thanks goes out to Mark Austin, Patricia Brolly and Caroline Hawkett of Visa Europe.
Finally, a big thank you goes to some of the key players behind the scenes at Krowne who host the Contactless Intelligence events. Thanks goes to Karen Brindley from Krowne Communications (UK) Ltd and to Susan Hicks and in Germany, to Veronica Atkins and Katja Wiedner from Krowne Communications GmbH. To Steven Lake, Shaune Fradley and Ruth Davies. And of course, a thank you goes to our chairman of the day - Ram Banerjee. For a single day and evening event, it takes a awfully long time to plan, develop and implement so that all goes off without a hitch. My personal thanks to you all.
That's all I wanted to say on the matter apart from my thanks to you, the reader, for patiently indulging me in this editorial. I can assure you that normal service will resume next week but in the meantime - look out in the near future for video footage shot on the day and for some interesting films to come out on CI, including a film about an Endless Shelf!
Until next week.
Regards,
Steve Atkins
Contactless Intelligence
This week on C-ITV
Infineon launches Next Gen. embedded secure element, supports multiple NFC apps on same device http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1RU
OSPT brings CIPURSE Open Security Standard to NFC Phones http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1RM
Guest Post: From POi to POS http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1Oo
New NFC tag orders and deployment of Tagtrail helps expand
Identive NFC business http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1Oa
Speed and demand drive payments industry, says Visa Europe http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1O2
Contactless Intelligence Announces Winners of 2013 Contactless & Mobile Awards http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1OP
Introducing the 2013 CMA Finalists: Eco-System http://wp.me/p1Jrjn-1NS
Watchdata’s SIMpassTM wins“Best Customer Experience”at the 2013 Contactless & Mobile Awards http://bit.ly/10w9csr
*Connecthings, winner of 2013 Mobile & Contactless Award! http://bit.ly/10w9jUX
Payments & m-Commerce
Has NFC missed the mobile payments boat or will the industry rise to the cloud payments challenge http://bit.ly/15dNLp2
Germany: Dortmunder Volksbank launches NFC payments with O2 http://bit.ly/11GIfEW
Demand for mobile payments grows in the Middle East http://bit.ly/Zfx485
Mobile payments sector seeing a decline in wallet applications http://bit.ly/Zfx1ce
Is Amazon Entering The Mobile Payments Market? http://bit.ly/ZfwYxi
Tieto helps MTS Bank to launch a new mobile payment service http://bit.ly/Zfx9sh
Retailers 'set for m-payments boost' http://bit.ly/11zSLhv
Mobile payments sparking concerns http://bit.ly/11zT3oE
Toshiba GCS adds Isis SmartTap support to POS system http://bit.ly/11zT0ZY
Mobile payments success for banks will depend on credibility http://bit.ly/13u2maW
Apple CEO Cook: Mobile payment technology still 'in its infancy' http://bit.ly/17VTqM0
The rise of the low-cost smartphone and the spread of mobile commerce http://bit.ly/17VTwU4
Mobile POS could transform the American shopping experience http://bit.ly/17VTRWJ
Australian Supermarket Chain Sees Fast Take-Up of Contactless Payment http://bit.ly/17VTVG5
Will mobile payment adoption come from a vending machine? http://bit.ly/10w9gbE
US: Cashless Technology Company Announces Rollout of Isis SmartTap on Vending Machines http://bit.ly/135Spkk
Dortmunder Volksbank Introduces Payment with Cellphones http://bit.ly/164YyBm
MasterCard blames carriers for NFC payments delays http://bit.ly/ZrOmLI
Should Amazon Stay Out of Mobile Payments? http://bit.ly/108xeLd
Incentives, m-financial tools encourage m-payments adoption http://bit.ly/18haqj1
NFC & Mobile
NFC Phones Will Surge 138% in 2013 http://bit.ly/11zSKdt
NFC Israel launches NFC pet ID tags http://bit.ly/11zSWt2
STMicroelectronics Announces First Design Win for NFC Controller Chip http://bit.ly/11zSOK9
Jabra Revo headphones get NFC http://bit.ly/13u2yH4
Creative Proximity connects NFC toys to mobile devices http://bit.ly/17VTviN
HID Global Drives Initiative for Partners to Develop NFC Trusted
Tag Applications at RFID Journal Live! 2013 http://bit.ly/10w9nnD
Luxury watches get NFC authentication http://bit.ly/18h9DP5
French bar adds NFC tags http://bit.ly/ZZBks4
Samsung to issue new TecTiles that meet NFC Forum standards http://bit.ly/ZrO07Z
Sony to add NFC soundbars http://bit.ly/YiQVlZ
Vendor Group: NFC Secure Element Market to Grow by Two-Thirds This Year http://bit.ly/120maCV
Transportation, Ticketing, Access, Security & Loyalty
Clear Channel Mobile Platform: Your Bus Stop Just Got Smarter http://t.co/Zx4miawEGP
Madrid gets NFC bus stops http://bit.ly/13u2APg
Strasbourg begins ticketing pilot http://bit.ly/13u2CXh
TfL teams up with policing partners to crack down on Oyster card fraud http://bit.ly/17VTNWV
Airplus pilots NFC virtual cards for travel expenses http://bit.ly/10w9aki
German Bank and Telco Hold Small NFC Trial; Larger Launches Planned in Country This Year http://bit.ly/10w9bVx
Australia: Ballarat commuters give myki thumbs down http://bit.ly/103FLU9
Other News & Opinion Articles
Impulse shoppers be warned! Coming soon to a high street near you... the gadget that lets you pay with a fingerprint http://bit.ly/135UuNg
Nigerian mobile payment company may give glimpse of the future http://bit.ly/108xwBR
European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe http://bit.ly/135Uj4v
Square hires ex-Googler to handle global expansion, partnerships http://bit.ly/YiR6O0
Mocapay White Paper Reveals Mobile Payment Security http://bit.ly/17AY9Vg
Aussies embrace contactless payments as merchant terminals become more widespread http://bit.ly/123AMjR
VeriFone Enables Channel Partner Success with New EMV-Capable, Portable and Mobile Payment Solutions http://bit.ly/108wSUU
Square Selects Socket Mobile Barcode Scanner for Apple iPad Point of Sale Solution http://bit.ly/ZE5YYg
2 Ergo Wins Contracts for Podifi Contactless Technology http://fxn.ws/Zfx5ZE
Vendor Group: Contactless Payment Card Shipments Soar in 2012 http://bit.ly/13u2Duk
NXP Reports Slower Growth for NFC Chips, But Notes Market is in ‘Early Innings’ http://bit.ly/13u2Iy4
Zooz Closes $2M Series A Funding: Making Mobile Payments Easier Worldwide http://bit.ly/13u2FTc
uTouchPOS Integrates with VeriFone PAYware Connect http://bit.ly/10w9aRh
Starbucks counts 10M active mobile customers, 4M mobile payments per week http://bit.ly/123AVDU
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