cashless

A cashless society describes an economic state whereby financial transactions are not conducted with money in the form of physical banknotes or coins, but rather through the transfer of digital information between the transacting parties.

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Standard Cognition Gets $35M For Cashless Checkout
Standard Cognition Gets $35M For Cashless Checkout
July 25, 2019  |  Investments

Standard Cognition, a startup that develops autonomous checkout technology that rivals Amazon’s, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round and is valued...

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Olympics Payment Partner Visa Embraces ‘Cashless Japan’
Olympics Payment Partner Visa Embraces ‘Cashless Japan’
July 24, 2019  |  VISA

Visa is exploring state-of-the-art payment experiences at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo to support “Cashless Japan.”  The mandate handed down by Japan’s lawmakers strives to...

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Amazon Go Has Spawned Imitators, But Also Innovation
Amazon Go Has Spawned Imitators, But Also Innovation
July 22, 2019  |  Retail

Much of the excitement surrounding automated retail — aka cashierless retail — has been driven by Amazon Go, but the enthusiasm for “just-walk-out” technology has...

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Monopoly Goes Cashless And Board Games Gain Popularity
Monopoly Goes Cashless And Board Games Gain Popularity
July 13, 2019  |  Innovation

In this age of live multi-player online gaming, and virtual reality, and all things digital, it can be easy to think of board games as...

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Retailing The Automated Way
Retailing The Automated Way
June 27, 2019  |  Today In Data

Checking in on self-checkout, the move toward seamless shopping done in the physical realm but with eCommerce features is an inexorable one. The headlines may...

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Unattended Retail Stumbles In China, But Global Growth Continues
Unattended Retail Stumbles In China, But Global Growth Continues
June 26, 2019  |  Retail

Unattended retail is having a moment – a bad moment, as it turns out, in China, according to reports. The challenges there come as kiosks...

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Vietnam’s mPOS And Vimo To Combine Into NextPay
Vietnam’s mPOS And Vimo To Combine Into NextPay
June 11, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Two Hanoi-based FinTech startups, Vimo Technology and mPOS Technology, are merging to create NextPay Holdings, according to reports. The CEO of mPOS Technology, Nguyen Huu...

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Racing Amazon Go To The Cashierless Finish Line
Racing Amazon Go To The Cashierless Finish Line
June 11, 2019  |  Retail

Though San Francisco startup Zippin has gotten lots of press for being the first cashierless convenience store to compete directly with Amazon Go, Zippin CEO Krishna Motukuri wasn’t...

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LINE Pay, Visa Partner For Digital Payment Offerings
LINE Pay, Visa Partner For Digital Payment Offerings
June 06, 2019  |  Digital Payments

LINE Pay, the operator of digital wallet and FinTech services on the LINE messaging app, announced on Thursday (June 6) that it has inked a...

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