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MasterCard Enters the Mobile Payment Arena

MasterCard has just announced a new digital wallet service that it hopes will take the lead. The service, called MasterPass, evolved out of MasterCard’s PayPass system, which allowed cardholders to pay by tapping their card, phone, or key tag on… Read More >>

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Cashless Red Kettles: Cashless Payment for the Salvation Army

This time of year, Salvation Army bell-ringers are a familiar sight (and sound!) outside of stores and on street corners. One sight that might not be quite so common is the “cashless red kettle” – a variation on the traditional… Read More >>

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Facial Recognition in Less Than a Second

Facial recognition software is nothing new, but a company called FaceFirst may have found a way to vastly increase its potential uses. FaceFirst recently debuted facial recognition software that can identify faces in less than a second. The process begins… Read More >>

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Biometric Cashless Payment for Schools

We’ve frequently discussed the advantages of incorporating functions like cashless payment and access control into items like ID badges and wristbands that are already being carried – now, some schools are making it even easier for students to remember their… Read More >>

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Cashless Payment That Saves Lives, Too

In July, we wrote about the RFID wristbands used at many music festivals to handle cashless payment as well as access control (plus other functionality). Now a Philadelphia startup has developed a wristband that combines cashless payment with a different… Read More >>

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