99 Ranch Market accepting Alipay at North American stores

July 5, 2018

99 Ranch Market, one of the largest Asian supermarket chains in the U.S., has announced a partnership with Alipay that will enable customers to pay for items…

Why retailers may want to gamify the consumer payment process

Victoria Greene, an ecommerce marketing expert, explains how retailers struggling with the payment process can draw inspiration from games to make it more…

Apple Pay to hit 200M users by 2020

June 29, 2018

The global number of mobile contactless users will exceed 760 million by 2020, up from an estimated 440 million in 2018, according to a new study from Juniper…

As frictionless payments struggle consumers cling to cash

June 15, 2018

Consumer concerns about data security and privacy are hampering the move to frictionless payments, according to Lost in Transaction: Payment Trends 2018, a…

How payments innovation is hindering the customer experience

New technology and innovation is changing the way consumers want to pay, but the increasingly rapid pace of change also creates challenges and vulnerabilities…

Rewards.com users now earning, redeeming Dash digital currency at retailers

May 28, 2018

Dash, a company that frames itself as an alternative to bitcoin, has announced a partnership with Rewards.com, a loyalty rewards website incentivizing…

Nuggets testing blockchain e-commerce mobile app

May 21, 2018

Nuggets, an e-commerce payments and ID platform, has opened up its mobile app Alpha to iOS users. 

Wirecard powering contactless payments in Garmin smartwatches

May 18, 2018

Wirecard is partnering with Garmin to provide Garmin smartwatch owners a digital payment experience through Wirecard's flagship product, boon, according to a…

Taco Bell's digital transformation focus of ICX Summit keynote

by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

Rafik Hanna, senior director, All Access, at Taco Bell will share insight on how the brand is winning big with customers due to its digital transformation…

Study: Millennials aren't shopping like older parent generations

May 1, 2018

As millennials move into the age of having children, their shopping habits and activities are a bit different than previous consumer generations.

Mobile pay, AI, biometrics bringing new muscle to automatic merchandising

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The National Automatic Merchandising Association trade show floor featured POS equipment tailored to a consumer who is comfortable with mobile payment, and…

Sionic Mobile, FreedomPay join forces on mobile payments, rewards

April 24, 2018

Sionic Mobile and FreedomPay have entered into a strategic alliance agreement to deliver an enhanced mobile payments and rewards experience intended to help…

Mobile wallets: What's stopping retail consumers from jumping on the bandwagon

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

A TSYS study reveals mobile wallet users intend to use mobile payments more at brick-and-mortar retailers. But intent and actual use could vary based on a…

Meijer hops on scan-and-pay bandwagon

April 23, 2018

Meijer is the latest supermarket chain to jump on the shop-and-scan bandwagon and will roll out the technology to all its stores by the end of the summer…

Evolving payments tech challenges merchants to keep pace with shoppers' expectations

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

Retailers must be aware of what's changing in payments to better serve their customers. That was the overarching message to retailers from a group of…

Mobile scan-and-go shopping: Future of retail is on

Julian Wallis, retail director at Rambus, believes that retailers that invest in the right in-store digital initiatives will be able to separate themselves…

Octopus extends merchant acceptance via NFC-enabled mPOS app

April 6, 2018

Octopus Cards Limited has launched a new feature to enhance the Octopus App for Business, enabling merchants to accept Octopus card payment through their NFC…

Mobile payments set to hit $4.5B market value by 2023

April 5, 2018

Data from Allied Market Research suggests that the mobile payment market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 33.8 percent from 2017 to 2023, to…

Mobile payment: Redefining the customer experience for unattended retail

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

One of the best-attended educational sessions at the recent National Automatic Merchandising Association show in Las Vegas focused on how payment technology…

Mobile orders skyrocket in 2017, but 2 in 5 still use cash, claims study

March 21, 2018

Restaurant visits paid via mobile app grew by 50 percent over the last year, a new NPD study finds. However, cash payment still captures two of every five…