CardMobili is a European-based
mobile application development
Mobile app development is the act or process by which a mobile app is developed for mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants or mobile phones. These software applications are designed to run on mobile ...
company founded in 2009. The primary application of the company, also named CardMobili, provided a platform for managing customer
loyalty programs
A loyalty program is a marketing strategy designed to encourage customers to continue to shop at or use the services of a business associated with the program. Today, such programs cover most types of commerce, each having varying features an ...
via
mobile phones. The application provided for digitizing and storing loyalty and membership cards, allowing their barcodes to be scanned directly from the device screen. It supported
Android
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Science and technology
* Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human
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,
iPhone,
BlackBerry,
Windows Phone 7,
Windows Mobile,
Nokia,
Vodafone, and other brands. CardMobili and the Portuguese Bank
Banco Espírito Santo collaborated to launch the world's first digital
credit card.
On April 30, 2016, the application was removed from app stores and online features ceased functioning.
Awards and reception
In 2010, Cardmobili won Vodafone's "Mobile Clicks" contest for the best mobile internet startup.
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See also
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References
Further reading
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"The technology that puts the wallet inside the phone"*
"Loyalty cards are in the digital world""Cardmobili and RouletteCricket: great startups, Vodafone Mobile Clicks winners"*
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"Portuguese want to do away with plastic loyalty cards"''The Register''article
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"Ten thousand Portuguese joined the digital copy of voter registration card in the phone"*
"Cardmobili wins global competition for applications in Barcelona"*
"Cardmobili represent Portugal in the final contest of Vodafone"''The Register''article
External links
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Software companies established in 2009
Android (operating system) software
IOS software
BlackBerry software
Windows Phone software
2009 establishments in Portugal
Software companies disestablished in 2016
2016 disestablishments in Portugal