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Hudson To Add Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology To Its Popular Airport Convenience Stores
Friday 15th January - 11:00 am
The Hudson Group plans to add Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology to some of the popular convenience stores the chain operates at more than 1,000 North American airports, train stations ...Decoding QR Codes: Retailers Embrace Simple, Secure Touchless Payments Option
Friday 15th January - 4:00 am
The use of QR codes is growing more popular in the United States, enabling consumers to instantly access information and easily pay on their smartphones without going through a URL ...Givingli Taps Blackhawk Network For eGift Technology
Thursday 14th January - 7:59 pm
Digital greeting card and gifting company Givingli has chosen Blackhawk Network to provide its app users with digital gift card selections. Givingli is an app that brings together greetings created ...Adobe: Holiday Online Shopping Topped $188.2 Billion
Tuesday 12th January - 10:20 pm
The 2020 holiday season was rife with online shopping, which hit a record $188.2 billion, or two years’ worth of growth, according to an analysis from Adobe Digital Insights (ADI).
That ...Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
Tuesday 12th January - 4:03 am
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices … then it makes sense to move ...Cargomatic Taps Geocoding To Avert Last-Mile Delivery Mistakes
Tuesday 12th January - 4:02 am
Merchants that wish to avoid lost sales and unhappy customers must have the most up-to-date information for the final steps of delivery. Inaccurate addresses, in particular, can be a huge ...QR Codes Set To Move From Sideshow To The Main Payments Stage
Thursday 7th January - 4:01 am
While QR codes have become an extremely prominent part of the payments landscape in the Asia Pacific region in general and in China specifically, in the U.S. they’ve mostly been ...Personalization Is Key To Loyalty Programs’ Post-Pandemic Future
Wednesday 6th January - 4:00 am
The future of the post-pandemic loyalty program is digital and tailored, giving consumers relevant offers in real time, Mladen Vladic, senior vice president of loyalty solutions at FIS, told PYMNTS ...New York City Joins Contactless Transit Trend
Monday 4th January - 4:38 pm
The largest bus and subway system in the U.S. is starting the new year with technology designed to speed up the collection of fares while reducing the amount of touching ...Today In Payments: US Consumers Expect To Return $115 Billion In Unwanted Gifts; Banks May Withhold Stimulus To Cover Overdraft Fees
Monday 4th January - 3:00 pm
In today’s top news, U.S. consumers are expected to return $115 billion in unwanted online orders from this holiday season, some stimulus recipients may see their checks go straight to ...Today In Digital-First Banking: Banks Ask UK To Raise Cap On Contactless Payments; Bank of Jamaica Drafts Rules For ePayments
Monday 4th January - 2:54 pm
In today’s top news in digital-first banking, the United Kingdom might increase its limit on contactless payments, while The Bank of Jamaica has drafted regulations for the nation’s ePayments sector. ...Banks Ask UK Treasury To Increase Limit On Contactless Payments
Sunday 3rd January - 11:12 pm
The U.K. might up its amount for contactless payments from £45 to £100 in one of its first actions after officially leaving the European Union (EU), a report from The ...Deep Dive: Why ML Plays A Key Role In Debit Issuers' Fraud-Fighting Strategies
Thursday 31st December - 7:45 am
Debit card issuers face an ever-growing array of fraud schemes perpetrated against them and their account holders.
Effective card offerings require financial institutions (FIs) to quickly and accurately detect myriad forms ...Curbside Pickup Gets The Nod From Santa
Tuesday 29th December - 7:34 pm
Consumers, as PYMNTS data has repeatedly shown are hesitant to set foot in stores out of concern of exposing themselves and their loved ones to COVID-19. But people still have to ...Banking Customers Take The Digital Leap With Cross-Channel Outreach
Monday 28th December - 4:03 am
The pandemic’s end is finally in sight as vaccines are approved and distributed, but the financial industry is not out of the woods yet. More than 20,000 bank branches in ...MercadoCredito Cracks The Code On Lending To The Un- And Underbanked In Brazil
Monday 28th December - 4:02 am
The digital compression of 2020 has drawn a wide range of speculation. Has it been ten years of change packed into one, as some have speculated? But maybe the most ...From BNPL to RTP, The Year In Payments Ends On Digital-First Note
Thursday 24th December - 4:02 am
It was a year in which consumers learned about new payment options and adopted them at a dramatic rate.
As the year closes, PYMNTS calls out six payment methods that gained ...BoxFox On Why Order-To-Cash Innovation Is Key For Businesses Expanding Globally
Wednesday 23rd December - 9:45 am
Seamless payments are key to cross-border payments, but not when the order-to-cash cycle are still paper-based, says Nick Shaffer, CEO of online B2B marketplace BoxFox. In this month’s Global B2B ...Piecemeal Order-To-Cash Innovation Won't Cut It For Cross-Border Commerce
Tuesday 22nd December - 4:02 am
The pandemic has forced businesses to pivot quickly to continue their operations — both domestically and internationally — with relative ease as the health crisis affects everything from supply chains ...PSCU CEO: Debit Still Wins With The Resilient Consumer
Tuesday 22nd December - 4:01 am
A year like no other draws to a weary close.
In a year marked by unpredictable events, high unemployment, business closures and, of course, a global pandemic, the U.S. consumer is ...Burger Intelligence: Shake Shack AI Takes Ordering, Customer Experience To The Next Level
Monday 21st December - 4:03 am
The pandemic has upended how we order meals at restaurants, how we pay and, ultimately, how we eat. These transformational shifts are, in turn, affecting how quick-service restaurants (QSRs) engage ...GM Backs Car Maintenance Service Yoshi With $23 Million
Thursday 17th December - 5:03 pm
General Motors (GM) is leading a Series B funding round for $23 million for Yoshi, an on-demand car maintenance service, CNBC reported.
This marks the second time GM’s venture capital arm ...FriendShip Kitchen Rolls Out Curbside Service Using Paytronix Platform
Thursday 17th December - 2:44 pm
FriendShip Kitchen, an Ohio-based chain of convenience restaurants, has become the first U.S. retailer to be certified as Safe Shop Assured by implementing contactless pickup using Paytronix’s guest engagement platform.
FriendShip ...Grocers Rush To Reinvent Themselves
Thursday 17th December - 4:01 am
Although the digital shift brought on by the pandemic has rapidly reshaped the entire retail industry, its impact on the grocery segment in particular has been especially pronounced.
In fact, according ...Goodbye Plastic: Corporate Card Spend Set For Virtual Makeover
Wednesday 16th December - 4:00 am
For all the pain and loss the pandemic has inflicted on the world this year, it’s refreshing to hear something positive associated with COVID-19.
Nick Reid, director of B2B Partner Development ...Deep Dive: Why Seamless Payments Are Key To Customer Engagement During The Pandemic
Tuesday 15th December - 8:15 am
Keeping consumers invested and engaged is an eternal challenge for retailers.
Merchants must constantly reevaluate their customer-targeting efforts to suit the latest commerce developments, and many are pivoting from brick-and-mortar advertising ...China’s Central Bank Tells Merchants To Accept Cash
Tuesday 15th December - 6:51 am
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is looking to close the widening digital divide and has warned merchants that they must accept cash or face disciplinary action, Reuters reported on ...Square Partners With POWDR To Offer Ski Resorts Contactless Transactions
Monday 14th December - 4:01 pm
Square has partnered with POWDR to advance payments, eCommerce and point of sale (POS) at ski resorts across the U.S. and Canada, according to a press release.
“POWDR chose to partner ...eBay On Turning Friction-Filled Payments Experiences Into Consumer Loyalty Opportunities
Monday 14th December - 8:00 am
Consumers’ newfound affinity for touchless shopping and payment experiences at brick-and-mortar stores is influencing how they shop online, says Keala Gaines, vice president of global payment services for eCommerce marketplace ...eBay: Offline Payment Preferences Are Changing Online Habits
Friday 11th December - 4:00 am
The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online ...Verizon Business To Offer Fiserv’s Clover Touchless Payment Services
Thursday 10th December - 1:48 pm
Verizon Business customers will now be able to utilize Fiserv’s Clover Flex point-of-sale devices to conduct touchless payments, in addition to Fiserv merchant services such as debit and credit card ...Deep Dive: How Businesses Are Preparing Their Workers, Payments Operations For A Digital B2B Future
Thursday 10th December - 8:30 am
The COVID-19 crisis that began in March is leaving an indelible mark on the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the outbreak to be a pandemic on March ...PayPal’s iZettle Introduces QR Codes At POS For UK Merchants
Wednesday 9th December - 6:55 am
PayPal has introduced QR code payments in iZettle’s point-of-sale app to advance secure, contactless transactions in the U.K. amid COVID-19 restrictions.
“Small businesses need access to commerce tools that help them ...New Data: Tracking The Consumer, Merchant Digital Shift Down Under
Monday 7th December - 4:00 am
The digital shift in retail is a global phenomenon. Amid the ongoing pandemic, a growing share of consumers the world over are turning to mobile devices and laptops to do ...In-Store Grocery Shopping Melds With Digital Payments To Nourish Commerce
Friday 4th December - 9:30 am
Would it surprise you to learn that nearly 79 percent of U.S. grocery shoppers still prefer to buy at least some of their groceries in-store? Prepare to be amazed, then, ...COVID-19 Causes Healthcare To Adopt More Touchless Payments
Thursday 3rd December - 4:01 am
Having a customer’s credit card on file or being able to take payments online is a common practice for many retailers. But increased adoption by healthcare providers of such basic ...Debit and Credit Usage Stage Friendly Battle For Holiday Spend
Thursday 3rd December - 4:00 am
After the year we’ve seen so far, uncertainty is probably just about the last thing the retail segment wants as a holiday present for 2020. But the good news is ...NEW DATA: What US Consumers Want Grocery Stores To Know About How They Want To Shop And Pay
Tuesday 1st December - 4:00 am
As consumers spend more time at home, they continue to order groceries online in far larger numbers than they ever did before the pandemic.
In fact, even more consumers have shifted ...Mastercard Intros Mobilized Virtual Cards; Defines Intersection Between Functionality And Security
Monday 30th November - 7:01 am
Virtual cards continue to gain traction in commercial payments, and it’s no surprise. As corporate card products grow more popular, virtual cards provide enhanced security and greater control, without compromising ...Thanksgiving 2020: Tough Times and A Cheaper Turkey Dinner
Thursday 26th November - 4:00 am
Thanksgiving is America’s most traditional holiday as, for generations, families have sat around the table to a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. And though there is some variety of opinions ...PayPal’s One-Day Coupons Drive Traffic To Local SMBs
Thursday 26th November - 1:28 am
When we think about holidays on Main Street, there is a certain mental image we all flash to, nurtured by decades of singing Christmas carols. We all know the picture ...ResTech’s Rising Prominence In Writing The Future Of The Industry
Tuesday 24th November - 11:10 pm
Point-of-sale restaurant technology startup Toast recently held a secondary share offering that reportedly valued the company at $8 billion as restaurants and ResTech rebound from COVID-19 lockdowns’ depths.
CNBC this week ...Second Share Purchase Deal Values POS Startup Toast At $8B
Tuesday 24th November - 6:47 am
Record sales following a massive staff reduction prompted point-of-sale (POS) restaurant technology (ResTech) startup Toast to hold a share purchase offering on an $8 billion valuation.
A Toast spokesperson told CNBC ...Google’s Super App Wakeup Call
Monday 23rd November - 7:00 am
In June of 2019, PYMNTS asked a national sample of 1,037 smartphone users about their interest in having a single app that would make their everyday activities easier to access ...New Report: Square Speaks Out On SMBs’ 2021 Payments Survival Guide
Monday 23rd November - 4:03 am
Small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) were hit especially hard by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have spent months experimenting with new sales models as they worked to keep ...Google, Mobile Wallets Pave Roadmap To Super Apps
Thursday 19th November - 7:22 pm
The pandemic has had an impact on digital wallet usage – in other words, up and to the right. Blackhawk Network noted that mobile wallet adoption in the U.S. stood ...Visa, NFL Team Up For Cashless Super Bowl
Thursday 19th November - 9:01 am
Visa will be working with the National Football League (NFL) on fully digital, cashless payments for the Super Bowl, a press release says.
Visa also unveiled the “Visa’s Guide to Touchless ...AP Automation: B2B’s Digital Shift Accelerates Move To Touchless Payables
Thursday 19th November - 4:00 am
In the continuous movement toward automating B2B payments – and especially payables – the pandemic is pushing firms to examine internal workflows and embrace the touchless process.
Robotic process automation and ...Paytronix Adds Red’s Savoy Pizza Chain To Order & Delivery Platform
Wednesday 18th November - 2:31 pm
Paytronix has added pizza chain Red’s Savoy Pizza to its Order & Delivery platform.
Red’s Savoy, which operates 16 outlets in the upper Midwest, will use the Paytronix system to consolidate ...Toast Serves Up New Tools For Contactless Restaurant Payments
Wednesday 18th November - 9:25 am
Point-of-sale (POS) restaurant technology (ResTech) platform Toast is launching a new suite of tools to help restaurants advance contactless transactions.
“Restaurateurs need technology that helps them quickly adapt — whether it’s ...Mastercard’s Vosburg Sees Consumer Spending Changes
Monday 16th November - 9:24 pm
Craig Vosburg, Mastercard’s president of North America, said at a conference Monday (Nov. 16) that the company is seeing new consumer spending trends as a result of the pandemic. Speaking ...Touchless Is Pushing Payments Beyond The Card
Monday 16th November - 9:30 am
Will anyone miss keypads when they go? Will POS terminals without a clear purpose make us long for the days of swiping plastic, punching buttons and squinting at tiny screens?
In ...CVS Taps PayPal For QR Code Payments For PayPal, Venmo Users
Monday 16th November - 7:31 am
Customers at 8,200 CVS Pharmacy locations can use PayPal and Venmo to pay for purchases contact-free starting Monday (Nov. 16), the retailer announced in a press release emailed to PYMNTS.
The ...COVID-19 Breathes New Life Into QR Codes
Friday 13th November - 1:17 pm
Up until recently, QR might have been an acronym for: Quaint Relic. In the United States, anyway.
The QR code is shorthand for the “quick response” barcode that was first designed ...Positive Developments In eCommerce Platforms, Contactless Cards
Friday 13th November - 11:00 am
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day online shopping event set a new record for performance. In luxury retail, Cartier has made an investment in Farfetch, while Burberry’s earnings showed a return to sales growth. And in payments innovation, COVID-19 has rapidly ...Report: Strategic Payment Investments Give FIs, FinTechs Innovative Payment Options
Thursday 12th November - 4:03 am
There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the global shift toward digital commerce. Safety-minded consumers the world over can now be seen tapping contactless cards, scanning ...J.P. Morgan: Treasury Innovations Accelerate Digital Transformation
Thursday 12th November - 4:02 am
The great digital shift has exposed some glaring inefficiencies in corporate back offices. Treasury departments need to modernize as they grapple with the pandemic — streamlining the way cash is ...PULSE Network: Pandemic Creates Tailwinds For Debit Card Spending
Thursday 12th November - 4:00 am
The pandemic and economic headwinds have spurred millions of consumers to eye their finances with caution.
In an interview with PYMNTS, Steve Sievert, executive vice president of PULSE Network, said debit ...i2c, Purewrist Partner For Contactless Wearable Payment Devices
Wednesday 11th November - 7:55 pm
Digital banking and payment processing firm i2c has partnered with Purewrist, a FinTech working in end-to-end contactless payment solutions and wearables, according to a press release.
The partnership will allow i2c’s ...Business Payments FinTechs Embrace A Time To Innovate
Monday 9th November - 8:00 am
With the global pandemic creating a market of volatility, corporate spend is down as businesses look to safeguard their bottom lines against macroeconomic headwinds.
Recent analysis from the World Advertising Research ...Paytm Teams With SBI To Deliver Contactless Visa Cards
Thursday 5th November - 11:38 am
India’s largest payments firm, Paytm, is partnering with SBI Card, the country’s biggest pure-play credit card issuer, to launch two variants of contactless cards on the Visa platform.
Bhavesh Gupta, chief ...FIS: Contactless Payments, Curbside Pickup Will Become Digital-First Necessities
Thursday 5th November - 4:01 am
The COVID-era embrace of curbside pickup will not only be around long after the pandemic, but could be just the thing that convinces more and more consumers to make the ...NEW DATA: Five Payments Innovations For Winning The Digital-First Shopper
Wednesday 4th November - 4:00 am
The United States is in the midst of a massive shift away from traditional brick-and-mortar to digital commerce.
Eighty million U.S. adult consumers have switched from shopping for retail products in-store ...Conferma Pay: Virtual Card Finds Footing Amid Market Volatility
Wednesday 4th November - 4:00 am
Optimizing B2B payments means providing a consumer-like experience while ensuring a seamless workflow, security and centralized control over spend within the enterprise.
Those requirements don’t change in the midst of a ...The Nine Things We Know For Sure About The Post-Pandemic Consumer
Tuesday 3rd November - 5:45 pm
There’s no shortage of pain points to catalog from the past six months: A global pandemic, worldwide economic disruption, record-breaking unemployment, an invasion by murder hornets — the hits never ...From Online Ordering To Cupcake ATMs: How Sprinkles Prepared For The Pandemic
Tuesday 3rd November - 8:00 am
Restaurants and bakeries have been sweet on digital and contactless technologies during the pandemic, but determining how best to use these tools can still prove tricky. In the Order To ...Netspend CEO On Making The B2B Pivot
Tuesday 3rd November - 4:01 am
Changing course isn’t an easy thing for businesses to do, particularly when it’s a big change like shifting focus from providing services direct to consumer (D2C) to taking on a ...Big Tech Earnings Cement Digital-First Economic Shift
Monday 2nd November - 7:00 am
Economic headwinds abound. This week marks the culmination of an election season like no other. Virus cases are rising.
But as earnings season nears its inevitable end, the puzzle pieces (in ...Sprinkles Sweetens Contactless Options To Improve Customer Satisfaction
Monday 2nd November - 4:01 am
Few sectors have experienced such radical change in consumer purchasing habits during the pandemic than the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry.
Restaurants turned to digital channels to keep customers and staff safe ...Tokenization Helps Consumers Credit Union Guard Debit Payments From eSkimming
Thursday 29th October - 4:00 am
Consumers have received warnings for years about the threat of card skimmers that can steal their debit and credit card data, and many have learned to check for the devices ...Hands Off: Touchless, Contactless Payments Drive Consumer Safety Preferences
Tuesday 27th October - 10:51 pm
That consumers are a bit gun shy when it comes to shopping in physical stores — particularly when it comes to checking out at the point of sale and having ...Fiserv Q3 Earnings Show Strength In Digital-First Economy
Tuesday 27th October - 9:43 pm
After a tough second quarter, payment processor Fiserv bounced back in a big way for Q3, reporting Tuesday (Oct. 27) that it rode strong new-account performance for double-digit percentage gains ...VyStar Credit Union On Using Mobile To Enhance The In-Person Banking Experience
Tuesday 27th October - 8:45 am
Meeting consumers’ banking needs during the pandemic has meant offering mobile and digital channels so that customers may engage in remote and contactless banking experiences.
Providing those services requires credit unions ...Contactless Interactions Help Healthcare Providers Recoup Revenue In COVID-19 Age
Tuesday 27th October - 4:02 am
Over time, technology has made it easier for healthcare providers to offer flexible payment options for patients to manage their healthcare expenses.
Most often, providers capture what’s owed right at the ...The Pandemic’s Latest Wave Meets The Digital-First Economy
Monday 26th October - 8:00 am
It’s difficult to say whether the pandemic is making a comeback because to “make a comeback,” it would technically have had to have gone away — which it never really ...
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