Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

TORO a Sesame finalist

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

TORO, a developer for NFC mobile platforms, has had its product AKAMI selected as a finalist for the Sesames Innovation Awards in the mobile category.

Akami is a mobile software suite that provides a user management system for the distribution to end-users of NFC services, such as payment, transport, loyalty, tickets, and even marketing, CRM, social network, games. Akami is made up of a mobile client, a widget system, a SDK, and a back-office system with APIs for third parties. [end] 

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