cashless payments

Cashless payments are financial transactions that are transfers of digital information between involved parties, rather than money in physical form.
Coin Use Plummets in Japan as Consumers Rethink Savings
Coin Use Plummets in Japan as Consumers Rethink Savings
July 11, 2023  |  Cash

High inflation in Japan has had an unintended victim: the piggy bank. As the Financial Times (FT) noted Monday (July 10) in a report on...

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UK Contactless Card Use Up 94% YoY
UK Contactless Card Use Up 94% YoY
May 08, 2023  |  Payment Methods

The coronation has come and gone, and digital wallets and contactless cards continue to dominate the U.K. retail space. How will Brits pay for coronation...

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MLB Says Three Strikes and You’re Outdated to Concessions Payments
MLB Says Three Strikes and You’re Outdated to Concessions Payments
April 06, 2023  |  Payment Methods

With the return of baseball season, major teams are upgrading their in-arena ordering and payments. Take, for instance, New York’s Yankee Stadium, which this year...

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Will FedNow’s July Launch Make Crypto and Stablecoins Redundant?
Will FedNow’s July Launch Make Crypto and Stablecoins Redundant?
April 03, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Digital is often a one-way street, and the finance sector appears to be taking it. This is as the future of money movement looks set...

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This Time Around, Amazon’s Restaurant Strategy May Be Easier to Swallow
This Time Around, Amazon’s Restaurant Strategy May Be Easier to Swallow
March 30, 2023  |  Amazon

The old saying in hockey is to skate to where the puck is going to be. The old maxim in business and in life: If...

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White House Economic Report Shifts Stance on Crypto From Neutral to Negative
White House Economic Report Shifts Stance on Crypto From Neutral to Negative
March 23, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s increasingly looking like the fed is trying to put the crypto sector to bed. This, as a new report authored by the White House Council...

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Italy’s Mobile Wallet Use Rises, Despite Government Cash Chaos
Italy’s Mobile Wallet Use Rises, Despite Government Cash Chaos
February 14, 2023  |  Payment Methods

PYMNTS’ Q3 2022 ConnectedEconomy™ Index, “How the World Does Digital,” finds that consumers globally are increasingly incorporating digital tools, transactions and activities into their daily...

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UK FoodTech Business Chases Digital Even as Consumers Still Use Cash
UK FoodTech Business Chases Digital Even as Consumers Still Use Cash
January 31, 2023  |  Vending Machines

Adopting an innovation mindset has been the vending business’ saving grace in tough economic times. In fact, with a global recession and an ongoing war...

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Mastercard: How Banking as a Service Will Scale in 2023 and Beyond 
Mastercard: How Banking as a Service Will Scale in 2023 and Beyond 
January 12, 2023  |  Digital-First Banking

“Banking as a service, and embedded finance, taken together — they just represent where the world is going.” As Sherri Haymond, executive vice president, Global...

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