With the deadline for accepting EMV payment cards now just months away, 38 percent of U.S. small merchants still don’t have plans to upgrade their point-of-sale systems, according to a new American Express survey released Tuesday (Feb. 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Every consumer knows not to go to a grocery store when hungry because it invariably ends the same way – leaving the store with way more food than needed – when an empty stomach is in charge of the trip (and therefore, the wallet) instead...
In the United States each day, about 2 million people travel by air. On average, those travelers are in their late 40s and earn between $60,000 and $85,000 annually. And those 2 million passengers are evolving into an increasingly digitally enabled group. One-quarter of air travelers use Web–based...
When Tim Cook announced at Apple's last earnings that Apple Pay was being accepted at 200k new merchant locations, no one focused on the fact that those merchant locations were part of the retail’s big blue ocean: unattended retail. Stephen Herbert, Chairman and CEO at...
Frantic shoppers roaming from store-to-store to find the last gallon of milk in the city before the next major storm hits may become a thing of the past. Record-breaking snowfall are keeping many in the Northeast from venturing out, but omnichannel merchants are keeping consumers...
The slow down at the Port of Long Beach wears on. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...
Apple Pay for in-store purchases via NFC gets much of the attention, even though much of the action the new payment service sees is actually online. That has been the case for Staples anyway; the big box retailer says that since its launch in October...
With Red Robin’s new tabletop payment tablet option, there won’t be any more customers asking “can we have the check, please?” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Apple has ordered between 5 and 6 million Apple Watches for the device’s debut in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Feb. 17). And it increasingly looks like Apple’s wearable will stand or fall on the strength of Apple Pay. Get the Full...
