Payment Methods

Restaurant Payment App Takes Care Of The Check
February 12, 2015

Dubbed the “personal dining concierge,” the restaurant payment app Reserve won’t pay your bill, but it will help pay that bill quicker and more discretely by eliminating the bill paying process typically done at the table. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Merchant Innovation
Shell Pumps PayPal For Mobile Payments
February 11, 2015

Tired of having to get out of the car in the middle of winter to pay for gas? Thanks to a new partnership between PayPal and Shell, payments for filling up can now be done via smartphones, sources from both companies announced. Get the Full...

International
Two Global Payments Showstoppers
February 11, 2015

The big trend in payments is to move away from in-house payments processing systems to SaaS-based platforms that are easy to deploy, configure and enable new capabilities. What’s driving this trend, says i2c CMO Marc Winitz, is the need for both the control and flexibility...

Mobile
Tim Cook: Apple Pay Rollout Outperforming Expectations
February 11, 2015

On the day that Apple became the first U.S. company to end its business day with a market capitalization above $700 billion, CEO Tim Cook told an investment-conference audience that Apple Pay is rolling out “much faster” than he expected, and that in April, Apple...

Has E-Commerce Killed Customer Loyalty?
February 10, 2015

For retailers, brand retention and building a loyal customer base is important, especially as online shopping has made the retail space more competitive. According to data collected by Accenture, not only has it become more convenient, it’s also make consumers more fickle shoppers, as brand...

E-Commerce Tweet Deals Attract Millennial Followers
February 10, 2015

A key component of most retail stores’ online presence is their social media networking, which can be used to keep potential consumers engaged in brand awareness, or even offer discounts on goods. This is particularly important when catering to a millennial generation that is increasingly...

Merchant Innovation
Fuel Rewards May Drive Retail Coalition Loyalty in America
February 10, 2015

While very popular in Europe, Canada, and the U.K., retail coalition loyalty programs have been difficult to get off the ground in America, largely thanks to the abundance of stand-alone loyalty programs and the need to protect a customer base. With greater integration of payment...

India’s E-Commerce Figures May Catch Physical Store Share By 2019
February 10, 2015

Despite its current problems with slow adoption of online retail, a new retail survey in India predicts that by 2019, e-commerce will pass physical store sales by 2019. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Shoppers Say Personalized Mobile Experience A Must
February 10, 2015

Mobile devices are quickly becoming the main search tools for shoppers, and retailers are increasingly investing in ways to turn mobile searches into consumer benefits to drive sales. A new Retail Consumer Sentiment Survey published by Merkle Inc. shows that if a brick-and-mortar or online...