Road Merchant enables Blackberry credit card processing

October 27, 2009

Rapadev LLC, developer of the iPhone credit card processing app ProcessAway, announced the launch of Road Merchant, a mobile credit card processing…

Target's new return policy raises questions

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

October 25, 2009

The bloggers at Consumer Reports are having fun trying to figure out how Target's new return policy works. While they acknowledge that the changes represent a…

Steve Jobs helping overhaul Disney Stores

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

October 12, 2009

It looks like some of the visionary thinking that went into the Apple Stores is being brought to the retail wing of the Magic Kingdom: The New York Times…

Retail marketing will drive growth of NFC market, says Juniper study

October 8, 2009

Retailers using near-field communication, or NFC, for mobile coupon and smart poster applications will be key drivers of the growth of the technology over the…

More grocery stores to stop accepting checks

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 21, 2009

Whole Foods has stopped accepting consumer checks at three of its stores this month, a test to see how consumers will react.

Blackhawk unveils open-network gift cards

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 20, 2009

Blackhawk Network, the largest third-party gift card provider, has announced the availability of its Rewards Visa Gift Card through its B2B program. Cards can…

Driver's license scanning reduces fraud, but may alienate shoppers

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

In an effort to fight return fraud and abuse, a growing number of retailers are using a service that keeps a database of return activity — and feels like an…

Coinstar continues '09 march with Kroger deal

August 2, 2009

Despite this year's challenging economic environment, Coinstar Inc. has had a monumental 2009, so far. In the past two months, the company has announced the…

Sweden testing mobile phone payments

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

July 28, 2009

There has been much speculation about the mobile phone as the all-in-one payment device of the future, and while adoption of that technology has taken off in…

Happy birthday, bar codes!

Next week marks the 35th anniversary of the first retail bar code scanner, installed in an Ohio supermarket.

PCI compliance dominates talk at NACStech

by David Drain

Data security is on the minds of retailers, and one of the themes of this year's show was "making scary go away."

Five underutilized features of the modern POS

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Today's point-of-sale systems are sophisticated business tools, but many retailers are still using them as glorified cash registers.

Sheetz completes mobile payment trial

May 19, 2009

Progressive Grocer: Sheetz Inc. completed its multi-city NFC mobile payment pilot with Wright Express Corp. and ViVOtech. During the trial, drivers used their…

Satisfying the customer whose credit has been denied

The retail credit scene is tough, but retailers don't have to bear the brunt of rejection.

Critics tear into PCI at congressional hearing

April 5, 2009

Computerworld: At a congressional hearing last week, federal lawmakers and retail industry officials contended that the PCI security rules have done little to…

Stickers enable NFC payments on cell phones

March 31, 2009

USA Today: Payments by cell phone at retail have been slow to take off in the U.S. MasterCard and Blaze Mobile have unveiled high-tech stickers that aim to…

Nokia invests in mobile payments startup

March 26, 2009

Yahoo! News: Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, is making a large investment in California-based Obopay Inc., a startup that's pushing…

Coinstar named top performer in prepaid category by retailers

March 26, 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Coinstar E-Payment Services, a subsidiary of Coinstar Inc., has been named a top prepaid performer in the 2009 Convenience Store Decisions…

Paymo aims to make mobile payments a reality in the U.S.

March 11, 2009

Fortune: The mobile phone has yet to become a tool for payments in the United States, largely because the different players in the mobile payment ecosystem …

ProcessAway turns iPhones into credit card terminals

February 24, 2009

TUSTIN, Calif. — Apple's best-selling iPhone can double as a credit card processing device, thanks to a new app called ProcessAway.