A brief history of sQuid

Get ready to forget cash...
sQuid is a secure payments network that is fast becoming the alternative to cash and debit and credit cards to pay for small value items. A market forecast to grow rapidly, replacing some of the £200 billion sub £10 cash transactions made each year in the UK. sQuid is an independent payments network that utilises the convenience and wide availability of the internet and is a unique alternative to bank owned pre-pay payment models.

 

2012

Money Week
Luck, timing, and chance encounters. Adam Smith Profile More >

Shares Magazine
sQuid - Britain's got more talent More >

Adam Smith,CEO of sQuid, interviewed live on Talk Radio Europe
Interview by Steve Gilmour from Talk Radio Europe More >

sQuid arrives in the Shetland
sQuid cashless catering arrives at Sandwick School More >

 

2011

SOS Children’s Villages and sQuid in Kenyan aid project
sQuid’s launch smart card aid distribution pilot with global charity More >

sQuid's campus card goes live at West Cheshire College
Students get an all-in-one ID, payment, discount and travel card More >

sQuid launch in Dungannon, Northern Ireland
Online top ups and cashless catering at St Patrick’s Academy More >

sQuid now processing over 1 million transactions per month
Payments by thousands of school children every day using sQuid More >

#49 in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100
ACT (Applied Card Technologies Ltd) of Smart Transactions Group, the innovative UK start-up responsible for millions of contactless tickets and payments per month was placed at position #49 in the recently announced Sunday Times Tech Track 100 listing of Britain’s fastest growing private technology companies. More >

 

Online pre-ordering and pre-pay launched with Aberdeen City Council
Staff can now pre-order food and drink using their sQuid account More >

$87m deal creates 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. More >

 

 

sQuid inside Pebble's School Fund Manager software
First schools launch sQuid enabled payments with Pebble’s SFM More >

Dumfries and Galloway Council launch online school top ups with sQuid
Online top ups launched at Moffat Academy for all pupils More >

moneysupermarket.com launch sQuid cashless payments for staff
Market leading price comparison web site launch sQuid for their staff More >

Point Hotel in Edinburgh launch new loyalty smart card with sQuid
New sQuid loyalty contactless smartcard at The Point Hotel More >

 

2010

Student electronic ticketing launched in Birmingham
sQuid launches online e-ticketing in Midlands with Vodbull UK More >

National Express to launch pay-as-you-go smart card travel in Scotland
Announce pay-as-you-go bus travel with sQuid in Scotland More >

The London School of Economics launch with sQuid payments
LSE announces the launch of sQuid on the LSE card More >

sQuid launches in Aberdeen with the City Council
sQuid electronic money added to the City's Accord Card More >

sQuid wins tender for Nottinghamshire County Council’s schools
sQuid cashless payments for the County’s schools More >

National Library of Scotland goes smart with sQuid
sQuid on the National Library of Scotland’s smartcards in Edinburgh More >

sQuid launches in North Lanarkshire on the National Entitlement Card
sQuid launches electronic purse with North Lanarkshire Council More >

sQuid introduces contactless smart card loyalty schemes
sQuid announces the launch of its smart card loyalty schemes More >

sQuid launches in Dumfries and Galloway
sQuid announces the launch of eMoney in Dumfries and Galloway More >

Biometric sQuid payments launched
"sQuid eMoney launches biometric payments at Banbury School" More >

sQuid integrates with EPOS providers
"sQuid integrates with Cunninghams cashless system" More >
"sQuid integrates with NRS’s Trust-e payments" More >

sQuid integrates with School accountancy package
"sQuid integrates with Pebble’s Smart Accountancy Software" More >

sQuid enables school cashless catering with Innovate
"sQuid and Innovate create a new cashless catering solution" More >

 

2009

sQuid enables Transit payments on Arriva buses in Bolton with GMPTE
"Bolton Council launch the UK’s first multi-purse smart card with an ITSO enabled pay-as-you-go travel purse"More >

sQuid launches on campus at the University of Bolton
"sQuid eMoney launches at the University of Bolton" More >

sQuid integrates with global hardware manufacturer Ingenico
"sQuid eMoney contactless payments launch on Ingenico devices" More >

sQuid launches in schools in Wiltshire
"Cashless catering helps boost school dinner use" More >

sQuid launches in Dundee on NEC card
"Lord Provost signs up with sQuid on his National Entitlement Card" More >

 

2008

sQuid launches on the Young Scot card in Dundee
"Young People sign up for sQuid" More >

sQuid receives award for innovation
"sQuidcard receives award for payments innovation" More >

sQuid launches loyalty and payment scheme with Coffee Republic
"Coffee Republic launche ‘Payment and Loyalty’ scheme with sQuid" More >

sQuid integrates with EPOS provider
"Uniwell and sQuidcard announce new partnership to deliver eMoney services" More >

sQuid launches open eMoney scheme in Bolton
"sQuids in in Bolton as change gets the heave-ho" More >

 

2007

Funding in place and sQuid in development
"Cheaper e-purse on the cards" More >
"New card to undercut banks for sub-£10 purchases" More >

 

2006

The seed of an idea
"'Tap-and-go' e-cash card to target Londoners for launch" More >
"Where "Oyster clammed up, sQuid is ready to cash in" More >