Bipartisan Senate effort introduces bill for cash payment choice

June 30, 2022

U.S. Senators Bob Menedez (D-New Jersey) and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) have reintroduced the Payment Choice Act, which would ensure retail organizations…

Ripple, Lunu partner to provide cryptocurrency payment to high-end retailers

June 27, 2022

Lunu, a German-based technology company for retail, has partnered with Ripple, a blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions provider, to allow luxury retailers to…

Blackhawk Network, LibertyX partner to enable bitcoin purchases

June 23, 2022

Blackhawk Network, a payments solutions provider, has partnered with LibertyX to allow customer to purchase bitcoin at participating merchants such as Tops…

Industry group urges Congress to pass Payment Choice Act

June 15, 2022

The Consumer Choice Payment Coalition is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Payment Choice Act, HR 2534, also known as the Federal…

Dollar General launching self-checkout store pilot

June 9, 2022

Dollar General, as part of its Fast Track initiative, plans to launch a store pilot in which the stores will be entirely self check-out.

Smart checkout rolling out to Circle K, Couche-Tard stores

June 7, 2022

More than 7,000 Circle K and Couche-Tar stores are being outfitted with computer vision-based, self-checkout machines after a successful initial deployment in…

New Partnerships Ease Customer Service Burden in Post-Pandemic World

Businesses who included bill pay kiosks as part of their pandemic strategy realized 10 benefits that will continue to drive revenue and customer satisfaction…

More consumers want to buy now, pay later

May 25, 2022

Consumers are embracing the buy now, pay later payment approach and those with an annual household income of $100,000 or more are very likely to finance…

Diebold Nixdorf introduces digital receipt to reduce paper

May 24, 2022

Diebold Nixdorf Inc., a provider of connected commerce for the retail and financial industries, has introduced its Vynamic Digital Receipt, a solution to…

Mastercard debuts biometric payment tech in Brazil

May 18, 2022

Mastercard is debuting a retail payment approach that involves biometric data from a consumer's face and/or hands.

Selfly Store expands contactless micro stores via RFID

May 17, 2022

Selfly Store, a Finland-based company owned by Stora Enso, a renewable materials company, has expanded its RFID-enabled micro stores designed for contactless…

Kwik Trip stores home to Coinsource bitcoin ATMs

May 16, 2022

Coinsource, a bitcoin ATM network, is teaming with Kwik Trip, a convenience store and gas station chain operating more than 800 retail stores in Wisconsin…

T-Mobile Park to offer Amazon cashierless tech, palm recognition

May 13, 2022

Baseball fans will be able to use Amazon's Just Walk Out technology and Amazon One at T-Mobile Park this summer, according to a press release.

Amazon Japan taps Adyen for payment processing

May 11, 2022

Amazon Japan is now having payment processing done by the Adyen payments platform.

Amazon not jumping on crypto payment just yet

May 9, 2022

Amazon isn't thinking much about adding cryptocurrency as a payment option though the door is a bit more open to selling non-fungible tokens.

Consumers more interested in crypto than ever before

May 9, 2022

Over a third of consumers would like to have the option to use cryptocurrency when shopping online and their interest in the metaverse is increasing, according…

Luxury goods retailer accepting bitcoin

April 25, 2022

SFLMaven Corp., a high-end luxury goods retailer, is going all in on bitcoin and will be accepting the cryptocurrency for purchases of vintage jewelry items in…

NRF calls on Visa, Mastercard to cancel swipe fee increases

April 22, 2022

The National Retail Federation is calling on Visa and Mastercard to cancel credit card swipe increases due to take effect this month.

Whole Foods Market debuts Amazon One palm payment in Austin store

April 20, 2022

The Arbor Trails Whole Foods Market store in Austin is the first store in the Austin area to offer Amazon One, a palm recognition service, as a payment option…

Reimagining customer experience for the new breed of shopper

by Joe Kamara — Director of Sales, Manhattan Associates

A reimagined customer experience can be broken down into three key stages, with POS playing an important linchpin function in each phase.