Pennsylvania town swaps out parking meters for kiosks that take credit cards

March 25, 2019

ABM Parking, which operates the parking meters and garages in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has begun replacing parking meters with kiosks that allow users to enter…

Philadelphia says no to cashless stores

March 6, 2019

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has signed a bill to require stores in his city to take cash, thereby prohibiting cashless stores, according to The Inquirer. The…

Bans on cashless businesses gets hefty support

February 26, 2019

The ATM Industry Association has confirmed its support for efforts to ban cashless retail businesses in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. 

Vend taps Epson printer for retail POS

February 20, 2019

Vend, a cloud-based POS and retail management software provider, has adopted the Epson TM-m30 compact receipt printer to help retail clients deploy more…

Amazon, Western Union launch cross-border shopping platform

February 13, 2019

Amazon is partnering with Western Union to let foreign-based customers, initially in 10 countries, make purchases through a system called Amazon PayCode, using…

Square debuts free debit card for small businesses

January 31, 2019

Square Inc. has announced the launch of Square Card, a free business debit Mastercard that helps businesses manage their cash flow by eliminating the time…

Target debuts mobile payment, contactless card options

January 22, 2019

Hughes Network Systems now Verifone MNSP-certified

January 17, 2019

Hughes Network Systems is now a certified Verifone Managed Network Service Provider, a certification that allows the company to provide Verifone point of sale…

Princess Cruises embracing WeChat Pay, Alipay

December 24, 2018

Chinese tourists onboard Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess will be able to use WeChat Pay and Alipay to make purchases inside boutiques and gift shops, becoming…

Kroger taps MoneyGram for bill payment services

December 19, 2018

MoneyGram has announced an agreement with Kroger to provide bill payment services inside the grocery chain's 1,900 Money Service locations, which include…

H&M Home debuts voice-enabled shopping, mobile payment via Google Assistant

December 18, 2018

H&M Home has launched a holiday gift guide partnership with Google that uses Google Assistant voice technology to allow ordering on mobile phones and…

Cash, credit still retail consumer favorite payment choice

December 18, 2018

A majority of U.S. consumers (89 percent) still prefer paying with cash, credit card or debit card and only 8 percent of respondents prefer mobile payment.

December shopping marks biggest online period ever in US

December 12, 2018

A recordsetting $80.3 billion was spent online as of Dec. 6, marking it as the biggest e-commerce period of all time in the U.S., according to Adobe Analytics…

Amazon cashierless store may take flight in airports

December 7, 2018

The Amazon Go cashierless store concept may be moving into airports as the powerhouse omnichannel retailer is reportedly evaluating airport location options.

Walmart deploys Dotcom store technology to allow in-store website orders

December 4, 2018

7-Eleven pilots mobile payment app

November 5, 2018

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is testing a mobile app called Scan & Pay that allows customers to skip the line and pay for purchases with the 7-Eleven…

Mastercard debuts authentication security measures for online checkout

October 22, 2018

Mastercard has introduced a digital commerce solutions suite of offerings that enhance the security of stored card credentials, advance authentication to…

Verra Mobility debuts 'pay-as-you-go' toll-paying app

October 18, 2018

Tech-enabled smart transportation provider, Verra Mobility, has launched a nationwide, "pay-as-you-go" tolling service called Peasy that gives customers a way…

Interest-free payments can spur online spending

October 18, 2018

Thirty-five percent of consumers are more likely than not to make a purchase online if they can pay in interest-free monthly installments, according to a…

BofA debuts mobile banking capabilities

October 16, 2018

Bank of America has introduced a new feature that enables customers to move easily between the Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Merrill Edge and U.S. Trust…