When Affirm launched in February 2013, the point-of-sale (POS) financing marketplace in the U.S. was largely an empty greenfield wherein PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin set up virtual stall. The motivating idea, Levchin told PYMNTS, was pretty simple: offer an honest, transparent and data driven POS...
NCR has launched an all-in-one subscription solution to help restaurants use its Aloha Essentials more efficiently, NCR announced in a press release on Thursday (Oct. 3). More than 75,000 restaurants use Aloha, NCR‘s point-of-sale (POS) solution. Now they can tap into Aloha Essentials, which gives...
European payments provider myPOS announced that it has opened a store in Antwerp, Belgium. The move comes four years after the company introduced its omnichannel payment solution for small businesses in the country. “We are very pleased to be offering Belgian SMEs and independent professionals...
To integrate directly into the point-of-sale (POS) systems of leading restaurant brands through Olo Rails, Uber Eats has teamed up with digital food ordering platform Olo. With the tie-up, orders placed through the Uber Eats app or website are injected directly into a restaurant’s order stream...
Shopify announced it has launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers. “We’ve helped merchants successfully build and grow their online stores for 14 years, and now we’re the best partner to help...
In a move to target small and medium-sized businesses and hospitality companies, HP has announced it has teamed up with PayPal to release what it calls an “all-in-one” point of sale (POS) unit, with PayPal handling the payment processing and other financial-related services. According to...
One size never fits all in retail — so why should it be any different with payments? Commerce is done across brick-and-mortar and online conduits, with plastic cards and in-app payments. Merchant acquirers — and, of course, merchants — must be aware of how consumers want...
JCB subsidiary CB International has rolled out a new EMV QR code payment service that will allow the cardholder to make contactless payments using a QR Code. According to a report in The Verdict citing CB International, the new payment service was launched in Taiwan and...
It has been written that “to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.” Seven years ago, when Mobeewave Co-founders Benjamin du Haÿs and Maxime de Nanclas hatched the idea to turn every smartphone into a contactless acceptance device without the need for...
