PayByCar… how did it start?

When sitting in bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic, slowly creeping along with all the other drivers, the mind wanders. In 2008, PayByCar founder Kevin Condon was in just such a traffic jam heading to Cape Cod (along, it seems, with every other driver in the region). Rather absent-mindedly, he wondered how it would be technically possible…

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What is RFID and how is it used to pay by text?

RFID, which is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification technology, is a relatively simple and universally recognized way to capture data – kind of like barcoding. RFID tags, like those used in toll transponders (take your E-ZPass tag as an example), use a small electronic chip surrounded by an antenna that can then be read…

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