To help business owners maximize efficiency and engage customers, First Data launched Clover Mini and Clover Flex in Germany and Austria. The smart terminals are the first of their kind offered to businesses in those countries, the company said in an announcement. Both products can accept PIN or signature entry,...
Wirecard has announced a new partnership with French firm SES-imagotag to make it easy for consumers to use their mobile devices to pay shelf-side while shopping in-store, without having to line up at the point of sale. SES-imagotag specializes in omnichannel retail experiences — and...
For the 4,000 food trucks that serve 2.5 billion consumers each year — and bring in more than $1 billion — making a profit takes more than just offering food on the go. In the February mPOS Tracker, PYMNTS looks at the evolution of mPOS...
Fiserv, the financial services technology company, announced news on Wednesday (Jan. 31) that its Accel debit payments network has expanded its routing options. In a press release, Fiserv said the expanded routing options are for online and brick-and-mortar transactions, giving merchants more flexibility and offering...
Industries across the board are getting a mobile makeover. From retailers looking to use mobile features to better appeal to tech-savvy customers to cooks looking for a new way to get their food into the hands (and mouths) of hungry consumers, mPOS innovations across a...
Food order-ahead mobile apps are exceedingly good at calculating the best route for drivers, but they don’t always keep consumers informed about the status of their orders in real time, according to Lee Leet, chief executive of QSR Automations, Inc. Customers want to be kept...
Technology can be a fickle friend. In most sectors today, from retail and restaurants to financial sending and lending, organizations are discovering that they can’t live without it – but if they embrace it too enthusiastically, living with it can be just as bad. Karen...
In an effort to enable merchants to accept payments from nearly anywhere in their stores, Verifone launched its e280 mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solution, the company announced in a press release. Using the technology, merchants can enable experiences like self-checkout kiosks and fill consumer demand for...
It’s a problem with which most commuters are familiar, though many likely wish they were not. They wake up, get ready to go, walk to their bus or train stops and reach for their transit tickets only to realize said ticket is sitting on a...