Payment Systems Archives

Android-based Smartphone Incorporates RFID Reader

by Claire Swedberg | Jul 12, 2023 | News

Bluebird's new device is a phone, an RFID and NFC reader, and a barcode scanner, making it easier to manage hospital inventory or patients.

FASTag RFID System Serves 97 Percent of Indian Vehicles

by Claire Swedberg | Jul 2, 2023 | Case Studies

All new cars are equipped with UHF RFID tags, operators are signing up through their banks, and the system has reportedly increased toll revenues, while reducing traffic and carbon emissions.

Five Things Retailers May Not Know About Contactless Payments

by Suresh Dakshina | Jun 25, 2023 | Expert Views

As shoppers increasingly adopt contactless as their preferred method, merchants need to understand what it means for security, customers and the future.

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand

by Rich Handley | Jun 20, 2023 | Editor's Notes

A technology entrepreneur has had an AI-based RFID chip embedded in one hand, allowing him to store data, pay for goods and share content.

RFID Lets Shoppers Complete Purchases Within 30 Seconds

by Claire Swedberg | Jun 20, 2023 | News

Teamwork Commerce is offering a solution to midsized retailers that sell apparel or other products with RFID tags, enabling self-checkout for customers on the go.

Vehicles with Electronic Tags Receive Tolling Discounts in Brazil

by Edson Perin | Jun 19, 2023 | News

Whether in automatic billing lanes or at free-flow gates, drivers using electronic payment tags can benefit from discounts of 5 to 70 percent.

RFID Enables Self-Service Unmanned Stores in Rural Finland

by Claire Swedberg | May 31, 2023 | News

Mini Smart Ahonkylä uses Nordic ID readers, as well as Confidex tags, to identify products stocked, purchased and removed from stores.

RFID Tolling Tag Delivers High Memory, Performance

by Claire Swedberg | May 10, 2023 | News

India's FASTag tolling program is using Perfect ID's new transponder, which features high user memory to store vehicle data, as well as Impinj's M781 chip.

RFID News Roundup

by Rich Handley | May 4, 2023 | News

STAR Systems Int'l, TransCore partner on tolling solutions; Semtech, Connected Development launch LoRa IoT products; Texas Instruments offers IC family for IoT applications; Abracon UWB antennas enable short-range data transmission; Connectivity Standards Alliance revises Zigbee protocol stack; Descartes Systems Group acquires Localz.