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Sunway Lagoon Issues RFID Wristbands for Admission, Purchases The Malaysian resort's patrons use the wristbands, rather than paper tickets, to access sections of the park and pay for goods and services.

Slippery Rock Adds RFID to Student Cell Phones The Pennsylvania university is giving out passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags to attach to mobile phones, allowing attendees to pay for a range of goods and services, both on campus and off.

Visa and Wells Fargo Testing NFC Payments The two companies have started with internal tests involving Wells Fargo employees, but plan to involve consumers in the fourth quarter.

U.S. Cellular Phone Provider Tests NFC Cellular South is conducting a two-city trial in which customers can buy goods using RFID-enabled, biometric Kyocera phones.

Best Buy Eager to Use RFID to Eliminate Checkout Lines The greatest obstacle to deployment, according to Best Buy CIO Bob Willett, is the current cost of tags and readers.

Mercy Medical Tracks Cardiovascular Consumables The Des Moines, Iowa, hospital is employing passive HF tags to inventory its supply of stents, balloons and other devices used in its catheterization lab—and, eventually, to bill patients.

RFID Payment Platforms Gaining Momentum At last week's CardTech 2007 payments industry conference, Visa, MasterCard and American Express provided updates on their RFID-enabled payments rollouts.

University of Arkansas Kicks Off Apparel and Footwear RFID Study The project, which is being conducted by the university, consumer goods associations and a major retailer, will explore how tagging individual goods with RFID can improve retail processes.

RFID Makes Ordering and Paying for Pizza Easy As Pie A Florida pizzeria is using RFID so customers can pay for their pies at a self-service kiosk, and the restaurant can keep better tabs on orders.

RFID at the Car Wash An RFID-based payment system is helping streamline the car-wash process, and increase customer loyalty.