With technologies that can automate the preparation of quick-service staples such as pizza, robotics firms that serve the restaurant market are gaining traction. News surfaced this week that food production technology provider Picnic notched an additional $5 million in seed funding and is bolstering its leadership team...
Back in the 1970s, when Annie Hurlbut Zander was an anthropology student researching Andean marketplaces in Peru, she became, in her own words, “addicted” to the textiles she would come across. “In the Andes, each village has its own distinctive weaving style, its own iconography...
After attempting to renovate too many locations and sell too many new products at once, Kroger Co. is going back to the basics of grocery retail. The U.S. supermarket company is intending to refresh stores at a slower clip to keep more locations fully operational,...
To help companies automatically purchase office supplies when they run low, Amazon announced the Amazon Dash Smart Shelf. The device is a new scale that also serves as a shelf for office supplies, and, when the weight falls, it can realize that companies are running low and...
Bank and credit card fraud losses are likely to reach $44 billion by 2025, and new fraud types — like attacks from false mobile banking apps — are cropping up more frequently. Both cybercriminals and financial institutions (FIs) are relying on one essential component to...
Consumer demand, technological innovation and the evolution of the payment service provider landscape are driving faster payments adoption in the U.S., according to Fiserv Vice President of Payments Strategy and Solution Consulting Deva Annamalai. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
The rise of the cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has transformed the way businesses operate, digitizing valuable data with the potential for deeper, more insightful analytics and smarter decision-making. However, this shift comes with a major drawback. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
For merchants, divining the future of payments — in essence, anticipating what’s next — means looking around corners, thinking about what consumers want, and will want and then laying the technological groundwork ahead of time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Independent software vendors (ISVs) have to navigate a brave new world where megamergers are reshaping financial services. And the decision to offer payments may lure some to become payments facilitators (PayFacs). But in an interview with Karen Webster, Daniela Mielke, CEO of RS2, says ISVs...
