A toy store comes to life in this interactive window display that lets you donate a toy using your mobile phone.

eBay and Toys for Tots team up this holiday to launch The GIVE-A-TOY Store. The interactive storefront launched in New York (at 35th and Broadway) and San Francisco (at 117 Post St.) and invites passers-by to window shop for good. Not in SF or NY? No problem. You can donate some joy at ebay.com/giveatoystore.com

The challenge: UNICEF wants to increase donations to help children. The intention: even the smallest donation helps.

The solution: A common habit with a common problem: We all lend little amounts of money and we hardly get it back. We dont want to ask for it and we don´t need the money to survive. But a lot of children do.

So we developed a easy way for donating: the UNICEF „Repay for good” app. Choose your friend who owes you money, set the amount and choose one of the UNICEF projects you want your friend to donate for. Your friend receives an message/email with a notification. On a microsite, your friend can directly donate the amount via paypal.

The results: Many tiny donations, for a big task: helping children to survive.

Text: RepayForGood Youtube’s account

Visa announced today initiatives in New York and California to create more convenient payment experiences for riders of mass transit. The company is aiming to integrate VisaNet, its electronic payment system, to let commuters avoid the hassle of digging through a wallet or pocket book for cash as the subway pulls away from the station.

If Visa can make its new technology known to riders, especially the fact that it is available in smartphones as trusted and ubiquitous as the iPhone, then metro cards may soon be a thing of the past.

Text: Fast Company