RGCA forecasts big gift card sales this summer

May 22, 2015

Retail Gift Card Association bi-annual shopper survey reveals shoppers' preferences for giving, receiving, redeeming and exchanging gift cards.

Vesta releases solution to 'prevent online, mobile fraud'

May 21, 2015

Built to combat the rising trend of fraud in e-commerce, vGuaranteed is a "revenue-generating payment solution for digital goods, services and subscriptions."

Digital interactions drive brick-and-mortar sales

May 15, 2015

Deloitte Digital Study: Digitally-influenced sales are five times larger than e-commerce sales; consumers use of mobile for price checking declines 30 percent.

Retailers cautious about embracing upgraded payment options

by Josh Fischer — Editor, NetWorld

Although technology continues to enhance the customer experience, retailers are still guarded when it comes to embracing upgraded payment options.

What is bitcoin's retail future?

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

While enthusiastic about the virtual currency's future, bitcoin experts sounded a note of caution about retail consumer adoption.

Prepaid + Payment Kiosks = The Perfect Fit

Bill payment kiosks provide a boost for the launch of prepaid programs.

Best Buy accepts Apple Pay, still involved with MCX

April 28, 2015

Best Buy was one of several large retailers who did not accept Apple Pay at launch in October because it was involved with a competing system called CurrentC.

Netsuite inks deal to acquire Bronto software

April 24, 2015

Partnership brings together cloud-based omnichannel commerce provider and cloud-based commerce marketing company.

Retailers encouraged by passage of cyber security bills

April 24, 2015

The Protecting Cyber Networks Act and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act encourage businesses to share cyber threat information…

Star Micronics launches new cloud-based digital receipting

April 22, 2015

Digital receipting eliminates the issues typically associated with email receipting including the time taken to record email addresses and the potential…

First Data adds in-club business consultants to Sam's Club

April 22, 2015

First Data will increase its presence in Sam's Club locations around the country by staffing on-site business consultants in more locations.

Is Facebook Messenger coming to retail?

by Alex Hum — Chief Architect, IT Consultant

With a reach of more than 600 million active monthly mobile users, Facebook Messenger as a business platform has the potential to make quite an impact. Alex…

TNS adds Ingenico, expands point-to-point portfolio

April 21, 2015

TNS' Managed POS Encryption helps merchants to protect sensitive customer information by eliminating the transmission of 'clear' cardholder data from the…

Mobile payments app for restaurant goers seeks to cut wait time and feed the hungry

April 20, 2015

Full Society launches IndieGoGo campaign to finalize app development designed to allow users to donate when paying for a restaurant bill.

Elavon SDK update enables merchants to accept Apple Pay

April 15, 2015

Elavon said the Commerce SDK comprehensive kit also accelerates a business' ability to implement a secure, EMV-compliant payment product.

Kofax works with Blackhawk to enhance digital wallet

April 15, 2015

A mobile capture feature is intended to make it easier for consumers to spend, share and keep gift cards secure.

Army and Air Force Exchange Service looking to improve checkout performance

April 14, 2015

NCR RealPOS 72XRT to be installed at 6,000 Exchange locations worldwide and supported by NCR Services.

Barclays expects huge gains in UK spending on mobile devices

April 14, 2015

Barclays said the influence of mobile on spending, however, is expected to more than double this figure from £18.4 billion to £112 billion over the same period.

BJ's Restaurants exec discusses benefits of chain's mobile app

Tim Hackbardt, VP of Marketing for BJ's Restaurants, talks about the many ways the chain's mobile app improves the customer experience.

mPOS 101

What merchants need to know about mobile point-of-sale technology.