Every consumer has faced it. Susan starts out trying to buy a relatively simple item – new sheets, a toaster. Maybe it starts as an innocent stroll through the Home Electronics section at the local Target, or a quick glance on Amazon – but that...
The migration to EMV in the US, as MPD CEO Karen Webster discussed earlier this week in a live digital discussion, is putting a new face on point-of-sale. New capabilities including talking POS systems, large interactive tablet screens, and wearable devices are transforming the purchase...
Three heavy hitters in the payment-card industry are trying to smooth the path for small merchants to support EMV chip cards by launching an education and pre-qualification program for the companies that provide their card processing connections. On Thursday (April 30), the Payments Security Task...
Millennials like self-checkout — but they’d like it even more if they could use mobile payments there, according to results from a new survey commissioned by location-based mobile marketing vendor Retale. While 20 percent of the survey’s 1,000-plus U.S. adult respondents said they’d like to...
French startup Lydia launched with a simple idea: become the alternative to Venmo for French users. The firm’s amibitions have expanded since launch, however, and nowadays users can also shop on eCommerce websites through Lydia. And the app is now ready to go on the Apple Watch, which...
Since its creation of the first mechanical typewriter in 1884, NCR has been a standard part of the American retail experience. That experience has grown to include POS devices and the product the firm is most known for – ATMs. But as of late the...
This month’s Vantiv Omnicommerce Tracker highlighted a number of trends but perhaps none more interesting than what innovators are doing to make omnichannel a one-to-one experience. Marcus Robins, SVP of Strategy for Vantiv recently caught up with MPD CEO Karen Webster to offer his insight...
Across the U.S., merchant payments is an area that’s experiencing rapid growth and transformation. And when it comes to delivering solutions for the space, Neil Randel, CEO of First American Payment Systems says merchants want to do a lot more with a lot less –...
TSYS announced yesterday (April 21) that it has enabled full service payment processing under American Express OptBlue, the small merchant acquiring program from American Express, according to a TSYS release. The new program allows eligible direct merchants and small merchants from TSYS' third-party clients to...
