We’re in the midst of a global crisis with governments around the world taking unprecedented measures to save lives in the short term – but also to save businesses in the long term. A colleague put it quite succinctly: […]… Continue
It’s an odd title. Definitely a deviation from recent blog posts on technology and payment systems. But with economic uncertainty in the air (think Brexit and the Coronavirus affecting trade for many small businesses), and following on from a conversation… Continue
A brief look at WeChat support on digital vending machines, covering experiential customer rewards and more 'traditional' payment workflows. Continue
Accepting payments in an unattended environment in Kuwait and the Middle East, where payment regulations present numerous unique challenges. We take a look at the use of digital wallets as an alternative to card payments altogether. Continue
It’s the new year, and with the new year come new developments in our digital vending machines. This is the first in a series of posts on the technology we’ve been developing to augment our digital vending machine technology over… Continue
At Aeguana, we spend a lot of time thinking, talking about, and ultimately working on three main things, which (in our opinion) underpin the success of any vending operation: How do we transition vending from predominantly impulse purchases, to a… Continue
I recently came across an interesting article on vending (link at the end of the article) which looked at the prevalence of vending machines in places like Japan (crazy stats time: there’s 1 machine for each 20 citizens, and the… Continue
2018 has been a great year for social vending. If we look back, Aeguana pioneered social vending technology in collaboration with a production agency partner in 2016, initially focusing on Twitter as a channel to trigger our vending machines. Since… Continue
Aeguana have partnered with the Martin Fisher Foundation (MFF) and Biosure to run a trial dispensing HIV Testing Kits from select locations in Brighton & Hove using the latest Digital Vend (Touch) vending machines. The on-screen user experience was completely… Continue
When jumping off the surprisingly practical Norwegian plane (it had WiFi) at Copenhagen for the first time over the weekend, I quickly realised that despite being well equipped with my Revolut card – which for anyone wondering is a digital-only financial… Continue