Finalists: 2013 Contactless & Mobile Awards

14 March, 2013

The finalists for the 2013 Contactless & Mobile Awards, sponsored by Visa, have been announced.
These awards recognize those companies, organizations and retailers who have done the most to embrace and implement contactless and NFC technology into their day-to-day operating practices.

The competition is open to all implemented contactless applications within the relevant sectors, regardless of geographic region or size of corporation. Judges have narrowed the field down to four finalists per category and are now moving into the final selection process.

Competitive Advantage

De Krantenautomaat – NFC magazine vending (the Netherlands)
Identive – Cloud-based mobile service platform (US)
Cardis International – CardMobile in Linz (Austria)
Michelin Travel Partners – Michelin Guide information via NFC (France)

Transportation and Ticketing

OSPT– Cipurse (Germany)
Transport for London – Contactless bus travel (UK)
Garanti Bank – Esparacard (Turkey)
Vix Technology – Beijing ACC (China)

Mobile Payment

MOPET – Mobito (Czech Republic)
FNB – Geo payments (South Africa)
Royal Bank of Scotland/ Giesecke & Devrient – TouchPay (UK)
T-Mobile– MyWallet (Poland)

Innovation

Rosetta Stone – NFC for the funeral industry (US)
IS Bank – Parakod QR code payment (Turkey)
Scanvibe – Scan Card 3.0 (Canada)
99Squared – Kuoob platform (UK)

Customer Experience

Casino/Think&Go – NFC Shopping (France)
Sony – One-touch functions (Japan)
SRC – SmartOrder (Slovenia)
Watchadata – SIMpass (China)

Loyalty

Proxama – EE coffee loyalty card (UK)
I am mPowered– SaaS Platform (US)
Loylogic – PointsPay (Switzerland)
MoSoCo – MOSIVO Platform (Poland)

Public Domain

Connecthings – StrasPlus (France)
Open eCard– Mobile authentication with German eID card (Germany)
Young Scot – Young Scot National Entitlement Card (UK)
Signaids– Communication & mapping via NFC (Canada)

Marketing Campaign

Kyp – Marie Claire NFC advert (UK)
Thinaire – Mondelez International/Kraft Foods/News America Marketing campaign (US)
Tapit– Out of Home xBox campaign (Australia)
Escher – Finnbees Coffee House (Ireland)

Infrastructure

VeriFone/M&S – full integration with contactless & NFC (UK)
Merchant Warehouse – Genius platform (US)
YEP – Yepify platform (Estonia)
Secure NFC – NFC security solution (Australia)

Eco-System

CBT – MUGI65+: NFC for the elderly in Bilbao (Spain)
Digicel– Countrywide Beep & Go implementation (Tonga)
ATCM – MoLo Rewards in Reading (UK)
NXP/BSS – Rabbit e-money system in Bangkok (Thailand)

Selected by a panel of industry experts, winners of each category will be announced April 30 at the Hilton London Tower Bridge in London during the Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference.