MobileBytes, the point of sale (POS) for iPad innovators, has released its next-generation software update for online ordering. According to PointofSale.com, this latest update includes the ability to easily create specials and promotions for online orders, as well as allowing restaurateurs to automatically disable the...
While the rollout of EMV in the U.S. has worked to improve the security and authentication of card payments, the technology has become synonymous with a slower checkout process. Depending on the terminal in question, EMV transactions can take between seven to eight seconds to...
Though much attention these days is given to the plight of retails in a digitizing world, in his fireside chat with Karen Webster and Innovation Project (IP) 2017, Verifone CEO Paul Galant gave IP delegates a critical retail reality check. It hasn’t suddenly gotten really hard. Retail...
Payment with a connected device requires hardware, of course, at the point of payment. And until now, most often, the point of payment required a specialized bit of hardware. Usually on a merchant countertop. But in an initiative dubbed “The Genius of Things,” Visa and IBM IoT platform...
When First Data quietly announced its purchase of Clover in 2013, the move was widely covered as a competitive answer to Square (and its many imitators). The common narrative was a tale of two payments hardware firms – with Square playing the part of the...
There are many ways to log the changes in the payments ecosystem over the last decade and a half. One could look to the point of sale changes like EMV or NFC, or the various omnichannel upgrades like order ahead or buy online and pickup...
Social media has made it easier than ever for aspiring entrepreneurs to get the news out on their latest and greatest ideas. Fortunately for them, though, sometimes established companies are eager enough for new blood in the engine of retail disruption that they’re willing to...
With so much industry focus on the payments stream aspect of security, the equally — if not more — important customer information stream tends to get lost in the discussion. TNS and Intel have teamed up on a solution that addresses that gap. Lisa Shipley,...
The checkout process has evolved to become less about payments and more about customer experience. But merchants are left with the puzzle of determining what experiences will take hold among consumers. Hitesh Anand, VP of commerce enablement and mobile at Verifone, shares with MPD CEO...
