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'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News Retailers participating in the scheme include Books Etc, Coffee Republic, Eat, McDonalds and Science Museum. MasterCard has launched its contactless payment tech in the UK. The MasterCard PayPass and Maestro PayPass... [04 Sep 2007]
McDonalds picks Microsoft for point-of-sale
News McDonalds has announced it has picked Microsoft's retail-specific operating system, XP Embedded, for its new worldwide point-of-sale system. McDonalds will also use a single point-of-sale application... [13 Dec 2005]
Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments
News McDonalds is one of a handful of companies to use contactless payments to speed up the process of consumer buying. Buying a Big Mac in the US has never been easier - you slide up to the counter, make your order and tap... [11 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet The US arm of HSBC is distributing one million of MasterCard's PayPass contactless cards to its customers, who can now use them in McDonalds, 7-Eleven stores, motorway toll booths and cinemas. Contactless payments (CP) -... [11 Oct 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.09.05
Round-Up Most of these people asking them for help clearly don't realise the problem they have is probably down to Microsoft in the first place and, as such, asking their friend or family member to sort it out is a little like asking a manager at... [16 Sep 2005]
One million HSBC customers getting contactless cards
News The US arm of international bank HSBC is giving contactless debit cards to one million customers before the end of the year. The bank is planning to reissue all customer debit cards to include MasterCard PayPass technology which allows... [15 Sep 2005]
Credit card signatures: Blink and you'll miss them
News MasterCard jumped on the RFID bandwagon earlier this year, with its chipped credit cards now accepted in various petrol stations and McDonalds drive-thrus. JP MorganChase, the US's second biggest bank, has done away with... [20 May 2005]
Web users don't like Microsoft shocker
News Redmond comes in at number six in the most negatively discussed brands, behind notable corporate behemoths including Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart and McDonalds. While Microsoft may be one of the most widely known brands on the... [22 Apr 2005]
Has technology finally emptied your wallet?
News However, should e-purses spread interoperability could become a problem - would an Oyster card interact with McDonalds' MasterCard PayPass system? Cash is slowly losing favour as UK consumers' favoured method of payment... [17 Mar 2005]
Credit cards get RFID makeover from MasterCard
News Some Mobil petrol stations and McDonalds in the US are now carrying RFID credit card readers. MasterCard has taken the wraps off its latest RFID-enabled credit card. The OneSMART PayPass card will use both Chip and PIN... [04 Nov 2004]
Wi-Fi 'hotspots' for web access and crime?
News Respondents were most confident using their laptops at a Starbucks Coffee shop, where just 3.7 per cent said they would feel least safe, while football stadiums (21.8 per cent), McDonalds (15.7 per cent) and pavement... [15 Sep 2004]
Leader: Where best to get your laptop nicked
Leader Just because your local McDonalds has Wi-Fi doesn't all of a sudden make it somewhere you'd be happy to use your laptop. This isn't for a minute to suggest McDonalds clientele are any more likely to... [07 Sep 2004]
Leader: Nokia believes the children are our future
Leader It could just as easily have been someone from Mattel or McDonalds. Nokia today announced it is bringing in a big-shot marketing type from the Coca-Cola empire to turn around its brand image and help increase its market... [20 Aug 2004]
RFID chips with burgers new for McDonalds menu
News Fast-food junkies visiting McDonalds drive-thrus will soon no longer have the choice if they want chips with their orders: the burger behemoth is trialling RFID-chipped cards as a means of payment. The technology will... [19 Aug 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Euro 2004 special
Comment Of course, I don't find it hard to argue that no one does the 'big sporting event' thing better than brands such as Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and McDonalds, all of which are present at Euro 2004. The relationship between... [24 Jun 2004]
