cashless payments

Cashless payments are financial transactions that are transfers of digital information between involved parties, rather than money in physical form.

TouchTunes Unveils Mobile Wallet for In-Venue Entertainment
TouchTunes Unveils Mobile Wallet for In-Venue Entertainment
March 14, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Interactive music/entertainment platform TouchTunes is entering the mobile payment arena. The company on Thursday (March 14) announced the launch of FunWallet, its cashless mobile payment platform that lets...

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Coin Use Plummets in Japan as Consumers Rethink Savings
Coin Use Plummets in Japan as Consumers Rethink Savings
July 11, 2023  |  Cash

High inflation in Japan has had an unintended victim: the piggy bank. As the Financial Times (FT) noted Monday (July 10) in a report on...

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UK Contactless Card Use Up 94% YoY
UK Contactless Card Use Up 94% YoY
May 08, 2023  |  Payment Methods

The coronation has come and gone, and digital wallets and contactless cards continue to dominate the U.K. retail space. How will Brits pay for coronation...

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MLB Says Three Strikes and You’re Outdated to Concessions Payments
MLB Says Three Strikes and You’re Outdated to Concessions Payments
April 06, 2023  |  Payment Methods

With the return of baseball season, major teams are upgrading their in-arena ordering and payments. Take, for instance, New York’s Yankee Stadium, which this year...

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Will FedNow’s July Launch Make Crypto and Stablecoins Redundant?
Will FedNow’s July Launch Make Crypto and Stablecoins Redundant?
April 03, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Digital is often a one-way street, and the finance sector appears to be taking it. This is as the future of money movement looks set...

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This Time Around, Amazon’s Restaurant Strategy May Be Easier to Swallow
This Time Around, Amazon’s Restaurant Strategy May Be Easier to Swallow
March 30, 2023  |  Amazon

The old saying in hockey is to skate to where the puck is going to be. The old maxim in business and in life: If...

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White House Economic Report Shifts Stance on Crypto From Neutral to Negative
White House Economic Report Shifts Stance on Crypto From Neutral to Negative
March 23, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s increasingly looking like the fed is trying to put the crypto sector to bed. This, as a new report authored by the White House Council...

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Italy’s Mobile Wallet Use Rises, Despite Government Cash Chaos
Italy’s Mobile Wallet Use Rises, Despite Government Cash Chaos
February 14, 2023  |  Payment Methods

PYMNTS’ Q3 2022 ConnectedEconomy™ Index, “How the World Does Digital,” finds that consumers globally are increasingly incorporating digital tools, transactions and activities into their daily...

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UK FoodTech Business Chases Digital Even as Consumers Still Use Cash
UK FoodTech Business Chases Digital Even as Consumers Still Use Cash
January 31, 2023  |  Vending Machines

Adopting an innovation mindset has been the vending business’ saving grace in tough economic times. In fact, with a global recession and an ongoing war...

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