Apr 26 2005 : Self-service and self-checkout is growing in multiple markets, with Frost & Sullivan noting sales of interactive kiosks to have totaled USD 492 million globally in 2004, up 6 per cent on 2003 totals. Kiosk sales are predicted to see an 8.1 per cent CAGR from 2003 to 2010, with IDC […]
Aggressive investors and day traders should once again have their sights on Nighthawk Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:NIHK.OB - News) this morning! Yesterday after the stock markets closed, the company, a leading provider of intelligent wireless power control products, issued a press release announcing an initial order for 75 of units of the company’s NH100 rebooting devices by Thalassa Financial Services, Inc. of Houston, Texas.
The Federal Trade Commission has charged two groups of California-based defendants working together with duping hundreds of consumers into buying “Internet kiosk” business opportunities with promises of lucrative earnings. The FTC alleges that the defendants misrepresented the earnings potential of the business opportunity and misrepresented the availability and/or the profitability of locations for the machines. […]
Feb 17 2005 : Self-service technology is catching on in North America and Europe, with retailers installing automated self-checkout points, and hotels, car rental firms and airlines using kiosks to simplify routine processes. While retailers will never shift entirely to self-checkouts, most will use automated tills for line busting or to speed customer throughput at […]
Dec 08 2004 : In 2003, e-payments exceeded paper checks for the first time in the US, at 44.5 billion e-payments, versus 36.7 billion check payments, according to a new Federal Reserve study. Credit cards endure as the most popular electronic payment method, with 19 billion transactions in 2003, at a total value of USD […]
Nov 12 2004 : With APACS reporting three-quarters of UK cardholders to hold at least one new chip and PIN-secured debit or credit card at present, merchants have an opportunity to grow sales in unattended and vending environments. By end-2004, APACS expects 40 chip and PIN payments every second, and 87 per cent of consumers […]