contactless payments

Contactless payments are various touch free ways of paying. When you tap to pay with your contactless card or payment-enabled device, checkout is safe and secure. These payments are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards (RFID, and NFC), or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices.

Paga Teams With LISNR on No-Contact Payments in Africa
Paga Teams With LISNR on No-Contact Payments in Africa
November 17, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Nigerian payments platform Paga Group has joined forces with proximity verification firm LISNR to enable contactless ultrasonic authentication and contactless payments across Africa, according to...

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Deep Dive: How Emerging Digital Payment Options Impact Cross-Border Customer Experience
Deep Dive: How Emerging Digital Payment Options Impact Cross-Border Customer Experience
November 08, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

As businesses are working to support an increasing volume of cross-border transactions, eCommerce growth is expected to continue long after the pandemic ends. Recent research...

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Deep Dive: How SMBs Can Prepare for the Holiday Shopping Season by Embracing Digital Transformations
Deep Dive: How SMBs Can Prepare for the Holiday Shopping Season by Embracing Digital Transformations
November 08, 2021  |  SMBs

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are the growth engines of the United States economy. There are approximately 31.7 million SMBs in the U.S. — they account for 64...

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Blaze Pizza on Firing up Mobile-First Experiences That Go Long on Loyalty
Blaze Pizza on Firing up Mobile-First Experiences That Go Long on Loyalty
October 26, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

When Blaze Pizza’s digital orders grew 150% year over year in just one week during the pandemic, the fast-casual chain knew it had to overhaul...

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Opy USA, Everyware to Offer BNPL by Text
Opy USA, Everyware to Offer BNPL by Text
October 12, 2021  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Opy USA, Inc., through its platform, Openpay Pty Ltd, along with contactless payments firm Everyware, launched a Pay by Text BNPL solution, according...

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LA’s SoFi Stadium, Square Ink 10-Year Deal for Contactless Payments
LA’s SoFi Stadium, Square Ink 10-Year Deal for Contactless Payments
September 10, 2021  |  POS Innovation

Square will be the exclusive point-of-sale (POS) payments, software and merchants service provider for the new SoFi Stadium, which is home to the Los Angeles...

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Digital Tools Key To Helping Salons Grow Loyalty, Cut Payment Friction
Digital Tools Key To Helping Salons Grow Loyalty, Cut Payment Friction
August 11, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Consumers coming out of their year-and-change long seclusion from in-person activities are returning to brick-and-mortar stores, but they are bringing the shopping and payment preferences...

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Visa Payments Volume Up 34 Pct With Debit ‘The Engine Of Cash Digitization’
Visa Payments Volume Up 34 Pct With Debit ‘The Engine Of Cash Digitization’
July 27, 2021  |  Earnings

Whether it’s surging eCommerce transactions, a rebound in face-to-face interactions or a pop in touchless purchases, global payments giant Visa got a bit of bump...

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Today In Payments: Afterpay Readies Money App Roll Out; Riskified Files For IPO
Today In Payments: Afterpay Readies Money App Roll Out; Riskified Files For IPO
July 20, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Afterpay is testing a money management app and Riskified eyes a $3 billion valuation in its initial public offering (IPO). Plus,...

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