sQuid recent news

sQuid launch online pre-ordering and pre-pay with Aberdeen City Council
28 July 2011, London

sQuid the ePayments provider has launched a new product that enables customers to pre-order food, drink and other products and services online. Online payments combined with loyalty enable a compelling proposition for scheme operators and consumers alike.
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“sQuid wins Company of the Month in Business and Industry Today ”
7 June 2011

Business and Industry Today is excited to announce that sQuidcard Ltd has won our Company of the Month Award! sQuidcard has been chosen as the recipient for this award for reasons including its impressive growth and its innovative, state-of-the-art cashless ePayment system that has been incredibly well received by schools, colleges, universities and campus environments across the nation.
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$87 million deal creates a new leader in smart payments and ticketing
24 May 2011, London

Two innovative UK start-ups responsible for millions of contactless tickets and payments per month have joined forces to create a new European leader in
smart transactions.
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sQuid wins highly coveted Frost & Sullivan best practice award!
20 May 2011, Emirates Stadium, London

From the seed of an idea we have realised our plan to create a new standalone payments network, independent of the banks, utilising the latest smart payments technology. sQuid is now widely used by schools, universities, business campuses, retail, loyalty, transit and Councils. sQuid is proud to accept the Frost & Sullivan Award for Europe Smartcards Market Penetration Leadership.
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“sQuid reaches out to new retailers”
19 May 2011, Aberdeen

The growing popularity of sQuid in Aberdeen means citizens can now pay with sQuid on their Accord Card at several new retailers in the city centre. Beginning today you can use sQuid to pay for a coffee, lunch or snack at The Beautiful Mountain, Books and Beans or ice cream Baskin’ Robins. Launched by Aberdeen City Council’s Accord Card in September and used at council and Sport Aberdeen facilities across the city, sQuid is the smart way to pay for the little things in life.
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“Lucky student gets rewarded for making the one millionth sQuid transaction!”
18 February 2011, Devon

One lucky student at Newton Abbott College was today rewarded with a £25 book token for the local Waterstones, as well as having £25 loaded onto her Innovate cashless catering sQuid card for use in the school's restaurant.
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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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“First schools launch sQuid enabled payments with Pebble’s School Fund Manager software”
12 January 2011, London

School Fund Manager (SFM) from Pebble, the smart accountancy software provider, now enables their school clients to offer online sQuid ePayments as an option to parents.
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“Dumfries and Galloway Council launch online school top ups with sQuid”
12 January 2011

sQuid, the electronic payments network and Dumfries and Galloway Council, today announced the launch of online top ups at Moffat Academy for secondary school pupils.
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“moneysupermarket.com launch sQuid cashless payments in staff restaurant facility Bytes ”
6 January 2011

moneysupermarket.com , the market leading price comparison website have launched a sQuid electronic contactless smart card for their staff.
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"Point Hotel in Edinburgh launches new loyalty smart card with sQuid."
5 January 2011, Edinburgh

The Point Hotel, have announced the launch of new loyalty cards using contactless smartcard technology from sQuid, introducing two new sQuid cards; The Point Hotel Loyalty Card & Ambassador Card.
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“Landmark Hotel launches new contactless loyalty smart card with sQuid.”
12 October 2010

sQuid, the ePayments provider and the Landmark Hotel, Dundee’s newest four star hotel, have announced the launch of a new loyalty and payment smart card using the latest in contactless smartcard technology.
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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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"Pupils give the thumbs up to cashless school dinners"
30 September 2010

The Holgate School in Hucknall will be the first of a countywide roll-out where 1,200 students will need only their finger to pay for their school meals.
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"National Express and sQuid to launch pay-as-you-go smartcard travel in Scotland"
28 September 2010

National Express Dundee, part of the National Express Group of companies, is launching the first smartcard pay-as-you-go service for bus travel in Scotland.
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“The London School of Economics and Political Science launch with sQuid payments”
20 September 2010

sQuid, the electronic money provider, and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) today announces the launch of sQuid on the LSE card.
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"sQuid’s in for students at North West college"
14 September 2010

A NORTH West college has cemented the launch of its new, £70m campus, by spearheading the use of sQuid cards for all of its students.
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"Introducing the smart way to pay for the little things in life."
1 September 2010

Residents of Aberdeen will soon be able to buy small value items using a smart money electronic purse added to their Accord Card.
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“Plusnet launch sQuid cashless payments on their staff card”
27 August 2010

Plusnet, the award winning Internet Service Provider is joining the growing list of customers for sQuid’s electronic money service.
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“sQuid, the electronic money provider, wins tender for Nottinghamshire County Council’s new cashless system for the County’s Schools”
3 August 2010

sQuid’s eMoney cashless payments service is to be made available to 28,000 Secondary School children and potentially 117,000 Primary School children across Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City.
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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’s the new Quid – now launching in North Lanarkshire”
17 May 2010

Residents of North Lanarkshire will be able to use smart money to buy small value items using their National Entitlement Card (NEC). sQuid, the electronic money operator, and North Lanarkshire Council today announce the launch of their electronic purse.
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“Nottingham Gateway Hotel is sQuids in as it introduces a new contactless card loyalty scheme”
19 April 2010

Nottingham Gateway Hotel has become the first hotel in the UK to introduce a loyalty scheme using sQuid’s innovative contactless smartcard solution, with the launch of their new ‘We Love to Reward You’ loyalty programme.
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"sQuid Introduces Contactless Smart Card Loyalty Schemes"
15 March 2010

Following successful trials over the last twelve months, sQuid, the ePayments provider, announces the nationwide launch of its new contactless smartcard-based loyalty schemes.
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"sQuid, the ePayments provider, is making the cashless campus a reality for schools"
4 March 2010

Enabling smart card and biometric solutions, sQuid makes it easy to pre-load money on to a sQuid account, which can be used to pay for items at school and for parents to view transactions online, without children ever having to take cash into school.
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“Dumfries and Galloway launch smart money with sQuid”
01 March 2010

sQuid, the electronic money (eMoney) operator, today announces the launch of their electronic purse on the Dumfries and Galloway branded National Entitlement Card (NEC).
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"BETT 2010: It's not just about computing"
16 January 2010 - Guardian.co.uk

The British Education and Training Technology exhibition has been helping to computerise schools since 1985, but it now goes a lot further than putting computers on desks -- into cashless payment systems, biometric tracking, and CCTV
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"sQuid eMoney launches biometric payments at Banbury School "
12 January 2010

sQuid, the ePayments operator, has announced the launch of a new biometric-enabled school payment scheme at Banbury School in Oxfordshire.
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"sQuid integrates with Cunninghams cashless system"
12 January 2010

sQuid, the ePayments provider, has accounced its new partnership with Cunninghams, the EPOS solutions company, to deliver simple, seamless payments for students to pay for meals and school and on campus.
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"sQuid integrates with Pebble’s Smart Accountancy Software"
12 January 2010

sQuid, the ePayments network, has announced the integration of their ePayments service with Pebble’s ‘School Fund Manager’ system.
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"sQuid integrates with NRS’s Trust-e payments"
12 January 2010

sQuid, the ePayments provider, has announced the integration of their system with Nationwide Retail System’s (NRS) ‘Trust-e’ Cashless Catering School Management Solution.
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"sQuid and Innovate join forces to create new cashless catering solution"
12 January 2010

sQuid, the ePayments provider, has teamed up with the Innovate, the catering service provider.
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'Transport Smart Thinking'
November 2009 - Holyrood Magazine

How to implement transport smartcards - a review of Scottish councils implementation of transit smartcards.
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'sQuid eMoney's prepaid contactless card for Pizza Hut'
November/December 2009 - CardsNow

sQuid eMoney announces a new Pizza Hut branded contactless smart card for customers of Pizza Hut stores in Dundee, Scotland.
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"Can you trust wave-and-go cash cards? Loose change could become a thing of the past thanks to contactless payment systems"
24 October 2009 - The Times

Bolton council, in collaboration with sQuid, the smartcard provider, has introduced contactless payment terminals to the town’s leisure centres, library and transport network.
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Using smart cards for bus fare payments in Bolton
7 October 2009 - London

A piece on the BBC Radio Four program You and Yours focusing on sQuid enabled smart card usage in Bolton.
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"Greater Manchester leads in the creation of a Cashless Society"
5 October 2009 - Bolton

On Monday 28 September 2009, GMPTE and Bolton Council succeeded in launching the UK's first ITSO-enabled, multi-purse smart card.
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"Bolton Council launch the UK’s first multi-purse smart card with an ITSO enabled pay-as-you-go travel purse"
28 September 2009 - Bolton

The first multi-purse smart card with an ITSO enabled pay-as-you-go travel purse has been launched in Bolton.
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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"
10February 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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"Cashless catering helps boost school dinner use"
22 January 2009 - Wiltshire

Secondary schools from Chippenham and Trowbridge are using cashless smartcard technology as part of their initiative to encourage pupils to eat healthy school lunches.
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"Lord Provost signs up with sQuid on his National Entitlement Card"
21 January 2009 - Dundee

Lord Provost John Letford is leading the way to add the new free sQuid emoney service to his National Entitlement Card (NEC).
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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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"Young People sign up for sQuid"
12 December 2008 - Dundee

More than 5,000 young National Entitlement Card holders in Dundee are being given new sQuid eMoney NEC cards. sQuid brings the added advantage of being able to use their NEC card as an electronic purse to pay for low value items at over forty outlets across the city.
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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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"CoffeeRepubliclaunches ‘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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