sQuid eMoney in the news

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"SWSAL selects ACT to deliver a complete ITSO Turnkey Solution"
25th January 2012, Chippenham (UK)

ACT (Applied Card Technologies Limited) has been selected by South West Smart Applications Ltd (SWSAL) to provide a central smart customer and card holder management system and associated ticketing services for the South West region.
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“The Times puts Smart Transactions Group in global "hottest payment start-up" list"
7 December 2011

The Times “Future of Payments” supplement has listed Smart Transactions Group in their "10 of the hottest payment start-ups in town" list.
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Scotland’s No1 Travel Agency launches innovative rewards smart card with sQuid
Dundee, 1 December 2011

Barrhead Travel, Scotland’s leading travel agency, today announced the launch of a next generation rewards smartcard, based on sQuid’s world-leading technology – the first of its kind in the UK travel industry.
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sQuid now processing over 1 million transactions per month
3 October 2011

Every transaction counts especially when managing the payments of thousands of school children every day. It’s the uptake in school cashless payments that have driven the meteoric rise in the number of transactions now processed each week by sQuid.
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“ACT of Smart Transactions Group, #49 in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100”
19 September 2011

ACT (Applied Card Technologies Ltd) the innovative UK start-up responsible for millions of contactless tickets and payments per month was placed at position #49 in the recently announced Sunday Times Tech Track 100 listing of Britain’s fastest growing private technology companies.
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“sQuid on track for 10 million transactions in 2011”
27 January 2011

With so much noise and hype in the industry around contactless payments, including contactless bank cards and NFC on mobile phones, it is difficult to see what is real and what is pure speculation. Today, sQuid, the independent electronic payments network providing end-to-end contactless cashless payments, reveals that it will deliver 10 million real customer payment transactions in 2011.
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“A revolution in student electronic ticketing launched in Birmingham”
4 October 2010

sQuid, the eMoney payments provider, together with smartcard ticketing company MoFlow, has launched an online ticketing scheme for Midlands events company Vodbull UK.
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“National Library of Scotland goes smart with sQuid”
24 June 2010

sQuidcard, the electronic money (eMoney) operator, today announces the addition of sQuid eMoney on the National Library of Scotland’s (NLS) smartcards in Edinburgh.
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"sQuid eMoney launches pre-pay contactless smart card with Pizza Hut Delivery stores in Dundee"
10 September 2009 - Dundee

sQuid eMoney today announces a new Pizza Hut branded pre-pay contactless smartcard for customers at stores in Dundee.
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"Domino’s Franchise launches pre-pay contactless smart card with sQuid eMoney"
29 May 2009 - Bolton

Domino’s Bolton franchise is introducing its own branded smart card payment system using London-based sQuidcard’s tap-and-go eMoney technology.
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"sQuid eMoney launches pre-pay contactless smart card scheme with SUBWAY® stores in Bolton"
18 May 2009 - Bolton

sQuid eMoney today announces a new pre-pay contactless smartcard for customers at SUBWAY® stores in Bolton.
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"sQuid eMoney launches at the University of Bolton"
11 May 2009 - Bolton

sQuidcard, the eMoney operator and the University of Bolton, today announces the launch of sQuid eMoney across the University campus.
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"sQuid eMoney contactless payments launch on Ingenico devices"
10 February 2009 - Dundee

sQuidcard, the eMoney operator and Ingenico, the global leader for payment solutions, today announced the launch of the sQuid application on Ingenico payment devices.
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"New way of buying in city stores" - Dundee is to pioneer what could be the next step towards a cashless society.
12 December 2008 - BBC Scotland

Over the next few days, about 5,000 young people in the city will receive a new plastic card which will act as an electronic purse.
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"sQuidcard receives award for payments innovation"
12 December 2008 - London

sQuidcard, the eMoney operator, received the award from Gemalto e-Payments Terminals for “the innovative design and features of sQuid, deployed on a Gemalto terminal” at Gemalto’s international Partner event held during the recent international Cartes exhibition in Paris.
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"Coffee Republic launches ‘Payment and Loyalty’ scheme in partnership with sQuid eMoney"
8 December 2008 - London

Coffee Republic today announces a new ‘Payment and Loyalty’ smartcard for its customers, using the sQuid eMoney (electronic money) service.
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"Uniwell and sQuidcard announce new partnership to deliver eMoney services"
24 November 2008 - Blackburn and London

Uniwell Systems (UK) Ltd today announces the integration of its electronic till platform with sQuidcard’s eMoney solution to enable contactless transactions with loyalty schemes.
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"Mercedes Smart helps launch new eMoney sQuidcard"
21 November 2008, Bolton and Dundee

The future of retailing has arrived in Bolton and Dundee with the launch of the new state-of-the-art sQuidcard. And to help with the launch sQuid has chosen the iconic smart car to promote the new service.
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"Dundee launches smart money with sQuid"
2nd September 2008 - Dundee

sQuidcard Limited, the electronic money (eMoney) operator today announces it is to launch its sQuid eMoney service in Dundee, in partnership with the Scottish National Entitlement Card (NEC) and Dundee City Council.
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"sQuids in in Bolton as change gets the heave-ho"
1 June 2008 - The Bolton News

Loose change is a thing of the past for Natalie Rose - who has become the first person to get her hands on a sQuidcard. Bolton has been chosen to launch the new card which aims to replace small denomination cash in the town.
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"Electronic purse"
July 2007 - Scottish Grocer

Bolton's Smart card holders could find themselves "quids in" when looking for small change.
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"Cheaper e-purse on the cards"
18 May 2007 - IT Week

An e-payment firm has vowed to take on the major card-issuing banks with an 'electronic purse' for low-value transactions.
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New card to undercut banks for sub-£10 purchases"
18 May 2007 - vnunet.com

sQuidcard has promised that its fees will not exceed 1.5 per cent, which may well be less than it costs a retailer to handle cash.
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"Surely convenience shouldn't have to cost a fortune?"
16 May 2007 - London

"Tap-and-go eMoney cards are expected to start to replace cash for small purchases under £10, but solutions from debit and credit card networks are likely to load small transactions with significant fees; which the consumer will probably have to pay for." says Adam Smith, CEO of sQuidcard, a new alternative network that is to launch a low cost 'Tap-and-go' eMoney card in the North West this Autumn, with further trial sites within the M25.
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"Contactless electronic purse is a good idea"
14 September 2006 - Digital Money Forum

Adam Smith of sQuidcard talks about our contactless electronic purse, and our plans to launch the service.
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"There's nothing too fishy about sQuid cash cards"
4 August 2006 - Off Licence News

A new cash replacement card for low-value sales is being launched as a cheaper alternative to credit and debit card transactions.
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"Squid's in for low-value purchases"
29 July 2006 - The Grocer

A new cash replacement card for transactions below £10 is to be launched in the first quarter of next year.
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"'Tap-and-go' e-cash card to target Londoners for launch"
25 May 2006 - Marketing Week

Called sQuidcard, it has been developed by consultancy Nucleus. It can be used to buy small items, such as newspapers and coffee, with a simple 'tap and go' mechanism in shops, similar to the Oyster travel card system.
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"Where Oyster clammed up, sQuid is ready to cash in"
14 May 2006 - Sunday Telegraph

NM Rothschild, the investment bank, has been appointed to raise £15m to fund the launch of a cashless card payment system designed to be a rival to Transport for London's Oyster card.
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