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Irish NFC specialist Zapa Technology, which ran into financial difficulties last month, is back in business with new investment led by technology entrepreneur Brendan McDonagh (pictured), who has become the company's new CEO. Delta Partners... More

Vivotech has selected Zapa Technology as its preferred partner for managed Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services in Europe. "Zapa Technology has focused on executing commercial NFC programs," says John Nagle, the company's CEO. "Having Vivotech... More

Zapa Technology has partnered with Mobiun to enable users of its mobile loyalty system to check and manage loyalty points they have collected via their mobile handsets. Zapa, which raised €2.5m in funding in July... More

Issues remain to be resolved for retailers in terms of the costs and benefits of equipping themselves to accept contactless cards. However, the ability of NFC to enable consumers to store discount coupons and loyalty cards on their phones, as well as to make payments, could change the proposition altogether.  More

Irish coffee chain Insomnia has signed up as the first customer for Zapa Technology's NFC-sticker based payments and marketing system. Insomnia is using Zapa to enable a loyalty programme that delivers points to customers equipped... More