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CARDFREE Wins Best Mobile Startup in the Mobile Excellence AwardsCARDFREE, the leading mobile commerce provider to large merchants, announced that it has been selected as 2015's Best Mobile Startup at the 8th Annual Mobile Excellence Awards (MEA). The MEA is a coveted award program, which recognizes and honors the companies that have truly set the bar of excellence in their respective fields. Founded in 2012, CARDFREE has become the mobile commerce leader with top QSR customers such as Dunkin' Donuts and Taco Bell, expanding into Casual, Convenience and Grocery in 2016. CARDFREE's integrated commerce platform enables data-driven offers, order-ahead, payments, gifting and loyalty via mobile and online. "The mobile start-up space is extremely crowded, but CARDFREE stood out with its momentum and ability to accelerate the nascent mobile commerce market," commented Allison Dollar, CEO of the ITV Alliance and a board member for the Mobile Excellence Awards. "CARDFREE embraced that the mobile wallet space is about more than payments, powering some of the most successful mobile commerce apps in the market and positioning itself to dominate the merchant wallets." "We're honored to be recognized by the MEA and so pleased that our vision of integrated merchant apps that enable consumers to order, pay and skip lines is becoming a mainstream reality," commented Diane Hong, CARDFREE's CMO. "2015 was a strong year for us with QSRs and Casual Dining. In 2016 we'll go even further in fundamentally changing the merchant experience for the mobile customer in all verticals." The 8th Annual Mobile Excellence Awards are produced by Axis (News - Alert) PR & Entertainment and sponsored in par by globally recognized companies such as Intel, YouTube, Fathom Events and others. More information can also be found at www.mobilexawards.com. About CARDFREE From the team that deployed the three largest mobile commerce initiatives in the U.S., CARDFREE offers merchants a one-stop solution to mobilize and enhance the customer experience for maximum ROI. CARDFREE offers complete, integrated solutions for merchants from mobile and online through to the POS. Our award-winning platform provides end-to-end capabilities such as mGifts, messaging, smart offers, loyalty, payments, order ahead and social media integration. CARDFREE is headquartered in San Francisco and has been recognized as a "Fierce 15" company by Fierce Wireless. Customers include Dunkin' Donuts, Taco Bell, Sonic Drive-In and Checkers/Rally's. For more information, visit www.cardfree.com or contact [email protected]. About the Mobile Excellence Awards The Mobile Excellence Award organization is one of the most coveted and prestigious events in the mobile industry. Coined as the "Oscars" of Mobile, the MEA organization recognizes and honors leaders and innovation in mobile entertainment and technology across the globe. The MEAs produce various high level and high profile events for visionaries and leaders by offering knowledge exchange, peer networking, market intelligence and recognition through various programs throughout the year. In addition, MEAs' holds the most prestigious annual awards event in the industry, honoring excellence in all segments of the mobile ecosystem. For more information, please visit www.mobileXawards.com. More information can be found at www.mobilexawards.com.
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