Payment Systems
Honeywell NFC Solution Offers Contactless Mobile Payment in Stores
The Smart Pay system lets employees conduct sales transactions via a handheld device, sparing customers from waiting in queues, while making payment collection more frictionless.
RFID News Roundup
iDTronic intros industrial handheld RFID reader for access control; STMicroelectronics receives EMVCo certification for payment platform; CAEN RFID expands reader module family; Sony Semiconductor Israel launches cellular IoT chipset.
RFID System Puts Payments on a Tab Across Multiple Businesses
GoTab is designed for food courts, festivals, resorts and other sites at which patrons can set up a tab and make payments with the tap of a wristband.
New Philippines Bridge Adopts RFID for Toll Collection
The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway will require that all motorists pay for crossings via a passive UHF RFID sticker linked to their prepaid account.
Ultra-wideband Payment Pilot Underway in the Netherlands
Participants in an ING Bank and NXP pilot are making peer-to-peer payments by pointing Samsung phones within meters of each other and accepting the transaction on an app.
RFID News Roundup
Fat Lip Pizza features iPourIt RFID self-serve tap; Touch 'n Go, Shell Malaysia enable RFID gas pump payments; ClearBlade unveils IoT software-as-a-service platform; Cantaloupe, MSU study shows contactless payments soaring; Lord Hobo Brewing Co. deploys Preddio digital twin tech; IIC extends IoT security maturity model.
RFID Tags Have Become Customer Loyalty Items
Brazil's Bank Itaú understands that tags for automatically paying parking lot fees and tolls offer amenities that benefit its brand.
NFC Use Approaching Full Adoption for Payments
A recent study, conducted by ABI Research in partnership with the NFC Forum, found that 85 percent of respondents have made NFC-based payments during the past two years, up by 30 percent.
RFID-enabled Ice Cream Truck Comes When Hailed
Unilever has begun offering its Ice Cream Shop mobile stores in West Hollywood, leveraging Robomart's vehicles and app with a UHF RFID system to detect what products are in stock and when customers select them.