Europe Kiosk News

Last Updated on November 30, 2025 by Craig Allen Keefner

Kiosk and Self-Service News from Europe

• Conversational AI Drive-Thru: How Bojangles Scales AI Ordering to 500 Stores
  Bojangles AI Drive-Thru Expands: Bo-Linda Handles Hundreds of Menu Variations By Craig Keefner | Kiosk Industry | October 25, 2026 Bojangles is expanding its AI-powered drive-thru ordering program with technology partner Hi Auto. The company’s Bo-Linda voice assistant is now deployed at nearly 500 restaurants, with another 100 locations targeted by mid-2027. The bigger story is not simply ...
• The Fragmentation Tax: Digital Signage Integration Can Solve
  Self-service kiosks, digital signage, ticketing, and mobile applications are supposed to improve the customer experience. But when these systems operate independently, they can create new operational costs instead of eliminating them. A new white paper from Acquire Digital, The Fragmentation Tax: What Disconnected Systems Cost, examines the hidden costs of disconnected technology in visitor attractions. The central ...
• Money20/20 2026: 5 takeaways on stablecoins, agentic AI and payment security
  Convention Report Stablecoins, AI agents and fraud prevention dominated Money20/20 2026 at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, where speakers and exhibitors explored how to move money faster without sacrificing security or customer trust.  Most of the discussion in education sessions and on the trade show floor concerned payment rails, transaction transparency and fraud prevention. “I think the ...
• Government Self-Service Kiosks: Access Beyond the Touchscreen
  Government self-service kiosks are becoming more than public-facing computers. Advanced Kiosks’ Fall 2026 newsletter highlights systems that combine document scanning, guided forms, payments, printing, multilingual interaction, and remote staff assistance. The applications span housing authorities, police departments, county government, and rural healthcare. The common thread is access: helping people complete a service, not simply pointing them ...
• Kiosk Industry News Roundup – October 2026
  October’s kiosk and self-service news connects customer-facing technology with the systems behind it: hotel AI ordering linked directly to POS, voice automation in restaurant drive-thrus, and infrastructure decisions affecting deployment economics. This roundup brings together the month’s developments in kiosks, payments, accessibility and retail technology, with practical questions for buyers and suppliers. News with insight ...
• UL Certification for North America
  We needed this weekend to do a dive into UL for North America.  We are about to release “So you are Coming To North America” for our Asia and Europe friends eyeing the NA market. So here is a quick look at UL in the US from our vantage in Denver. Trust but verify is my ...
• NAC 2026: Has the ATMs second evolution arrived? 6 takeaways
  Convention Report Changing cash use habits are driving a revamping of the ATM from simple cash dispensing to multiple financial services. A realignment that is creating new roles for ATM operators, ATM providers, transaction processors and financial institutions. These changing roles and the challenges and opportunities they create were on full display at this past week’s NAC ...
• KIOSK Summit 2026
  KIOSK open house today as part of the KIS Summit—and I’ll admit it: I (Craig Allen Keefner) underestimated what I was going to see. Two football fields of space. A logo easily seen from across the interstate. And inside, an operation that makes a much bigger impression than any slide deck or website could. Impressive doesn’t ...
• Code Factory: Adding Accessibility, Voice and AI to Self-Service Kiosks
  With kiosk4all, accessibility specialist Code Factory is bringing a new approach to self-service technology – one that combines touch, voice, AI and assistive technologies in a single software solution designed for people with diverse needs. Self-service kiosks have become part of everyday life. We use them to order food, purchase tickets, check in, find information and access ...
• NACS 2026 Show Review: 10 Retail Technology Takeaways
  Connected systems—not simply unattended stores—were a central technology theme at NACS 2026. Checkout, fuel payments, foodservice, cash handling, and store analytics increasingly appeared as parts of an integrated operation. This overview summarizes Elliot Maras’s show-floor reporting and highlights the implications for kiosk and self-service operators. Based on reporting by Elliot Maras. Summary and commentary by Craig ...
• Industry People Moves: Oracle, Elo and More
  Recent leadership changes at Elo, Mood Media, SignalFlare AI, Connectpoint and Canopee Tech are worth noting. The more useful question is what they mean for customers, integrators and the self-service market. Our take: these moves are primarily about execution—selling, deploying and supporting technology at scale. None, by itself, establishes a major change in product direction. But ...
• Save $100 on NAC2026 Through Kiosk Industry
  Exclusive $475 Registration Rate & Membership Offer Kiosk Industry readers (via The Industry Group) can save $100 on eligible registration packages for the National ATM Council’s NAC2026 Conference & Expo, taking place October 13–15, 2026, at Paris Las Vegas. This year’s theme is “ATMs Across America,” marking NAC’s 15th anniversary. First-Time Attendees / New Members: Get the ...
• NAC2026 focuses on securing and reinventing the independent ATM business
  Convention Preview How does the independent ATM operator evolve from managing a cash-dispensing fleet to operating a secure, connected, multi-service self-service payments business? The National ATM Council 2026 conference and expo, Oct. 13 to 15 at Paris Las Vegas, will explore how independent deployers can protect, modernize and diversify their businesses. The agenda centers on security, ...
• G2E 2026: Gaming kiosks become identity, payment and compliance hubs – 6 takeaways
  A humanoid, robotic baccarat dealer turns heads at the AA Slots/LT Game exhibit. Convention Report G2E 2026 made one point clear this past week: gaming technology is no longer organized around separate slot, cage, loyalty and surveillance systems. Across the show floor, suppliers presented a connected player journey in which kiosks, payment devices, casino management platforms, biometrics ...
• Kiosk Asia Update — Machine Vision, Payments, AI and the Changing APAC Kiosk Market
  We have been expanding our coverage at KioskAsia.org, with a particular emphasis on the practical issues facing companies deploying self-service technology across Asia — and companies buying kiosk hardware from Asian manufacturers. Asia is not a single kiosk market. China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore and Southeast Asia have very different payment ecosystems, regulatory environments, labor ...