Sections
cashless
-
3.3KData DriversFor Mobile Payments, The Lure Of Everyday Life
What is the tipping point for mobile payments? It’s not just infrastructure, as our latest Data Drivers details. According to Kristian Gjerding, CEO...
-
3.2KUnattended RetailEmbedded Chips Lend a Hand To Unattended Retail
Some unattended retail solutions run skin deep — literally. Tech company Three Square Market recently kicked up a media firestorm by implanting tiny microchips...
-
3.7KUnattended RetailNEW REPORT: Three Square Market Puts Its Chip On The Table (And Into Employees)
One of latest unattended retail solutions could someday have customers waving goodbye to old payment methods. And while they’re waving, they’ll also...
-
5.7KPayment MethodsVisa And The QR Code Evolution/Revolution
The QR code hasn’t always seemed like a world-changing technology. When it first appeared in the developed world approximately two decades ago...
-
2.0KToday In Data
Today in Data: Cashless Week in China
Online sales have no doubt pushed today’s society into using less cash than previous generations. As we reported last week, 62 percent...
-
4.3KCashAre Contactless Payments Making Cash Obsolete?
Think long and hard about the last time you carried physical cash or a business asked for cash only as a payment....
-
2.1KVISAVisa Hopes To Draw More SMBs Into Digital Payments With Its ‘Cashless Challenge’
Visa wants SMBs nationwide to go cashless. It also thinks better education about the benefits of doing so is the key to...
-
Retail
Amazon Invests $260 Million Into India-Based Ops
TechCrunch reports Amazon has invested an additional $260 million into its India-tied operations — formally known as Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd — just ahead of...
-
4.3KPayment MethodsOnline Purchases Rule The UK Commerce Arena
As the popularity of online shopping continues to rise, it comes as no surprise that there has also been an uptick in...
-
2.0KPayment MethodsVisa Launches New Payment Methods For FIFA Stadiums
Visa, the official payment service partner of FIFA, announced Tuesday (June 13) that football fans attending the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 will...
-
2.2KB2B PaymentsTax Reform And Going Cashless – How Indian SMEs Are Coping
There are two massive shifts happening within India’s economy: tax reform and demonetization. And both of these, experts say, have a particular...
-
3.0KMobile CommerceMastercard, UnionPay, Visa Launch Standardized QR Code For E-Payments In Thailand
Mastercard, UnionPay International and Visa have introduced a Standardized Quick Response (QR) Code for payments, accelerating Thailand’s transition to a cashless society. According...
-
3.3KMobile PaymentsPayRange’s Mobile Payment Solution Coming To Japanese Vending Machines
PayRange Inc., creator of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, announced in a press release that it has signed an agreement...
-
4.3KUnattended Retail
Mastercard And PayRange Partner To Make Vending Cashless
“Who wants to shop at vending machines?” When PYMNTS first encountered PayRange CEO Paresh Patel at Innovation Project 2013, he was leading...
-
3.8KPayment MethodsAadhaar Payment App Not Without Issues
The Aadhaar payment app, another part of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to establish a cashless society, was launched this week and...
-
5.7KPayment MethodsSweetgreen Puts The Kibosh On Cash
Those looking to spend a little green at popular salad chain Sweetgreen may be disappointed over the coming year. Sweetgreen announced it...
-
Payment Methods
Cash-Free Payments To Get A Boost In India
There may be a winner that emerges from the snafus and snarls caused by the demonetization of Indian notes that have effectively...
-
Boomers vs. Millennials
Millennials Vs. Baby Boomers: When Does The ‘Cashless Society’ Begin?
More than one out of four millennials carry less than $5 cash with them. And according to another study, nearly 20 percent...
-
Retail
The Dawn Of A Cashless Global Economy?
In the U.S., retail transactions paid for with credit or debit cards (physical or digital) are becoming the norm over those paid...
-
International
Sweden Puts The Kibosh On Cash
In Sweden, the movement to a cashless society is gathering speed. The New York Times reported that the nation has become “hooked...
-
Mobile Commerce
Android Pay Makes Way To Cashless Vending Machines
Cantaloupe Systems, the mobile and cloud-based technology company focused on cashless vending, announced Monday (June 1) that it now supports Android Pay. That...
