ROSH PINA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Track Innovations Ltd. (oti) (NASDAQ:OTIV), a global provider of near field communication (NFC) and cashless payment solutions, has been named the silver medal winner of the 2014 PYMNTS Innovator Award in the ‘Best Comeback Story’ category. Competitors in the category included Google, Blue Snap, Prosper and Earthport.
“We’re honored to be recognized for the tremendous product development and new major customer wins we achieved over the last year,” said Ofer Tziperman, oti’s CEO. “This reflects how we’ve strengthened our board of directors and executive team, divested non-core businesses, and refocused on our core NFC-based payment technology.
"As a result, we have been able to reinvigorate our growth while reducing costs, as well as expand key relationships with industry leaders like with MasterCard and Visa, who have certified the oti payment products hence accelerated the adoption of oti’s technology in the NFC payment industry. We have been a comeback story of which every employee can be proud.”
The winners of 2014 PYMNTS Innovator Award were selected among 500 companies, which were announced yesterday during the closing ceremony of The Innovation Project 2014. The two-day event, which was hosted by PYMNTS.com, highlighted the rapidly changing payments and commerce ecosystem, including the reinvention of retail, digital cash, security, global commerce and the consumer experience. Judges included executives from venture capitalist firms of Bain Capital Ventures, Continental Advisors, Commercial Ventures, Global Economics Group, NACHA, Menlo Ventures, General Atlantic, Market Platform Dynamics and Flybridge Capital Partners.
About oti
On Track Innovations Ltd. (oti) is a leader in
contactless and NFC applications based on its extensive patent and IP
portfolio. oti's field-proven innovations have been deployed around the
world to address NFC and other cashless payment solutions, petroleum
payment and management, cashless parking fee collection systems and mass
transit ticketing. oti markets and supports its solutions through a
global network of regional offices and alliances. For more information,
visit www.otiglobal.com.
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success in increasing its revenues or profitability from its NFC-based
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development activities or sales and marketing activities or from
expansion of its business relationship with any key partner, including
MasterCard, Visa or any other vendor, and/or actually reducing its costs
and operation expenses following elimination of secondary lines of
businesses or successfully executing oti’s growth plans. The
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