May 09, 2019
What Does Innovation Mean For Small Hospitality And Food Service...
Small businesses might be optimistic about the future. In the accommodation and food services industries, they are also ready to innovate. According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index, powered...
May 09, 2019
How 45 Pct Of Old-School SMBs Plan To Innovate
In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have no choice but to innovate to keep and...
April 08, 2019
Can Platforms And Payments Solve Restaurants’ 73 Percent Turnover Problem?
Good waiters are hard to find. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, they are even harder to keep, as the restaurant worker turnover rate is 73 percent every single year. This was...
March 26, 2019
Why Hotels And Restaurants Struggle With POS Innovation
When it comes to implementing innovation, trying and succeeding are two different things. This is a fact that hotels and restaurants know all too well. As much as 77.4 percent...
March 20, 2019
Bridging The Perception/Retail Innovation Gap For SMBs
Truth exists in the gaps. Yes, that sounds like a lazy stab at wisdom — more like a parody of a pretentious mission statement than anything worth the attention of...
March 15, 2019
Judge: Rent-A-Center Doesn’t Have To Complete Merger
A judge has ruled that Rent-A-Center will not have to complete a $1.37 billion merger by Vintage Capital Management, and that the furniture retailer acted properly when it canceled the...
February 06, 2019
Giving Health And Beauty Merchants A POS Makeover
Consumers have thousands of health and beauty brands to choose from, and that pool has only grown larger as the global economy expands. To keep up with the competition, merchants...
February 05, 2019
AEVI, Secure Trading In White-Label POS Pact
On Tuesday (Feb. 5), AEVI and Secure Trading/acquiring.com said they have teamed up to offer a POS solution that focuses on white-labeled, standalone and semi-integrated hardware and services. The companies...
January 22, 2019
SMB Payments, Lending Startup KiWi Grabs Funding
Investors have backed Switzerland-based FinTech startup KiWi to help the firm expand its small business payments and lending operations in Mexico, reports in BankingTech said Monday (Jan. 21). The $3.2 million...