RFinity of Idaho Falls, Idaho Nominated for Contactless Intelligence’s Monkey Award for Trailblazing and Innovation

RFinity http://www.rfinity.com, a technology company specializing in secure near field communications (NFC) mobile payment transactions, has been nominated by Contactless Intelligence (CI) for its Monkey Award in the category of Trailblazing and Innovation. The award recognizes exemplary companies worldwide that further the boundaries of contactless technology through product introduction or pilot programs. The winners will be announced at CI’s spring conference on April 29 in London.

“students can confidently make purchases at the store knowing that their personal information won’t be intercepted or compromised.”

This nomination follows a successful pilot program that began last fall at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I), where students are using RFinity-enabled cell phones to securely and conveniently make purchases at the campus bookstore.

“Receiving the nomination for this international award certainly is an honor. It clearly recognizes RFinity’s innovative solution for secure mobile commerce and acknowledges the success of our historical pilot program at BYU-I, where students used our groundbreaking technology to make purchases,” said Steve McCown, interim RFinity CEO.

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With offices in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Rexburg, Idaho; and Wanchai, Hong Kong, RFinity offers an unparalleled, simple, elegant, and secure user experience. It is dedicated to delivering a highly secure mobile transaction platform to enable users to conduct business in completely new ways, while eliminating the security vulnerabilities of legacy transaction systems. RFinity’s dynamic and security cryptography allows you to use your mobile phone as a secure transaction device. Visit http://www.rfinity.com for more information.

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