Payments News & Media

Mastercard study shows COVID-related shift to contactless

April 29, 2020

Consumers are increasingly moving toward contactless card adoption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Mastercard study

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NYC expands contactless pay options for parking kiosks

April 23, 2020

The New York City Department of Transportation wants to discourage cash payments at city parking meters and encourage contactless payment by smartphone…

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U-Haul launches mobile self-checkout amid COVID-19

April 20, 2020

U-Haul has launched self-checkout technology, called U-Haul Scan & Go, at all of its U.S. and Canadian locations.

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Demand for real-time payments rises amid COVID-19 pressure

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

The economic fallout of COVID-19 is increasing demand for real-time payments as retail revenue sources are drying up and consumers and businesses face…

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Vancouver family fun center deploys cashless tech

April 9, 2020

The fun center of the Uncle Buck's FishBowl & Grill restaurant, at a Bass Pro Shop in Vancouver, Canada, now boasts cashless technology. Four other centers…

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Publix rolls out contactless pay to all stores

April 6, 2020

Publix, a Lakeland, Florida-based grocery chain, is rolling out contactless payment to all stores, including its organic GreenWise Market, as part of a…

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Coronavirus outbreak raising questions about digital payments, cash

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

The coronavirus pandemic is raising a number of concerns about whether consumers would shift toward digital payments amid concerns about cash handling and…

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CIBO Express Gourmet Markets to deploy Amazon's Just Walk Out tech

March 11, 2020

Hospitality group OTG will begin deploying Amazon's Just Walk Out cashierless technology in select CIBO Express Gourmet Markets in airport locations next week.

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Shein taps Klarna for additional payment option

March 10, 2020

Shein, a fashion retailer, is partnering with alternative payments provider and shopping service Klarna to offer customers a new payment option.

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Amazon to sell cashierless tech to retailers

March 9, 2020

Amazon plans to start selling its cashierless technology, called Just Walk Out, to other retailers and already has signed deals in place.

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Caesars Entertainment teams with Alliance Data to expand loyalty strategy

March 5, 2020

Caesars Entertainment is partnering with Alliance Data in a long-term agreement to expand its loyalty program with on-site credit card issuance and online…

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Mobile wallet use to overtake credit cards

March 4, 2020

Mobile wallet use is beginning to take off in the U.S. and will overtake credit cards as the leading form of online payment, according to a report from FIS.

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Meijer partners with Citi Retail on credit card services

February 28, 2020

Midwestern supermarket brand Meijer is teaming up with Citi Retail Services to provide its customers with private label and co-brand credit card services at…

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Oracle debuts flexible POS systems

February 27, 2020

Oracle Retail is advancing its Xstore Point of Service and hardware systems with the Workstation 655 and 625 that promise to deliver a more engaging shopping…

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Amsterdam arcade features cashless readers

February 24, 2020

Visitors to Jar BV Gamestate in Amsterdam can experience the virtual reality immersion rooms aided by 180 smartTOUCH card readers that enable them to play…

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Cardtronics enables cash balance reloads for Amazon customers

February 20, 2020

Cardtronics, the largest ATM operator in the world, announced that Amazon customers can load cash onto their Amazon cash balances at up to 400 of its ATM sites…

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Industry watchers optimistic on Bed Bath & Beyond future

February 20, 2020

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is focused on revamping its stores with three new format approaches in the works.

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Contactless payments tripling by 2024

February 18, 2020

Juniper Research reports that contactless payments will triple to $6 trillion worldwide by 2024, from about $2 trillion this year, as OEM mobile wallet…

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Podcast: Driving sales when store traffic is down

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Declining store traffic is often cited as the key reason why sales are down, but retail analytics expert and two-time author, Mark Ryski has a different take…

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TD Bank, Cardtronics rebranding ATMs at Rite Aid stores

February 4, 2020

TD Bank has signed a deal with Cardtronics to rebrand 80 ATMs inside New York Rite Aid stores in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens to operate under the bank's…

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