Just as online shopping is overtaking the need for physical stores, could an entirely new sales channel become the “next big thing”? SEQR, a mobile wallet provided by global mobile payments company Seamless, has introduced Shop Spot, according to a recent company release. Shop Spot...
In-store shopping app Chameleon has just added a thoroughly logical feature for an iOS app: It now notifies shoppers when the store they’re in accepts Apple Pay and gives step-by-step instructions for using it, according to BGR. The app from startup ShopPad, which was originally...
Square competitor ShopKeep has a deal for new customers: Sign up now for our iPad-based in-store point-of-sale system and we’ll give you free equipment to handle Apple Pay, contactless, traditional magstripe and (eventually) EMV chip payment cards, Re/code reported on Monday (Dec. 15). That free...
An East Coast supermarket chain opened for business on Dec. 8, only to find all of its payment terminals unresponsive — and it wasn’t alone. Last week, several thousand Hypercom payment card terminals at retailers across the country suddenly stopped working because of the expiration...
Enhanced functionality. Ubiquity. A business case. Three things that NACHA CEO and President Jan Estep says makes NACHA’s Same-Day ACH payments proposal not only attractive to the FIs and the payments ecosystem but a whole lot different from the proposal that was presented to banks...
Priceline.com has integrated Apple Pay into its IOS app, allowing payment via Touch ID, saying that mobile users are much more likely to use it than Priceline’s desktop customers. “Our customers are smart, and on-the-go, and our mobile customers are two times more likely to...
‘Tis the season for holiday discounts, a bit of showrooming, bumper-to-bumper shopping mall traffic – and for those of us feeling particularly generous, holiday charitable donations. But according to a recent survey, for every $100 in donations a charity receives, it loses $96 to donor...
Apple started accepting PayPal in its online retail store in both the U.S. and the U.K. on Thursday (Dec. 11). Although the two companies have been exchanging words of not-niceness regarding its rivalry with mobile in-store payment (ApplePay versus in-store PayPal), its online relationship has...
This holiday season, mPOS is on fire. In preparation for increased online and in-store sales, retailers have prepped themselves with these mobile devices to eliminate long lines and provide better customer service. This month’s ROAM mPOS Tracker report follows these players, and shows an increasing...
