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.

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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Sam’s Club Touts 90 Pct Re-Use Rate For Its Touchless Checkout And Delivery Tech
Sam’s Club Touts 90 Pct Re-Use Rate For Its Touchless Checkout And Delivery Tech
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

With the rise in online grocery occasioned by the pandemic, consumers have grown used to being in control of their shopping journey. The digital buying...

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Citcon Sees Trillion Dollar Opportunity For QR-Friendly Merchant POS Systems
Citcon Sees Trillion Dollar Opportunity For QR-Friendly Merchant POS Systems
July 15, 2021  |  Payment Methods

As much as consumers are out and about and heading back into stores, Citcon President and COO Wei Jiang told PYMNTS, they’re not the people...

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Biometrics Shape the Evolution of Physical (and Virtual) Cards
Biometrics Shape the Evolution of Physical (and Virtual) Cards
June 22, 2021  |  Payment Methods

As commerce becomes truly omnichannel, consumers are becoming used to wielding plastic and virtual cards. According to Amanda Gourbault, executive vice president, financial institutions at...

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35 CEOs On Payments As The Connected Economy’s Power Source
35 CEOs On Payments As The Connected Economy’s Power Source
March 31, 2021  |  Internet of Things

There are changes driven by choice, and there are changes driven by necessity. In the world of payments and commerce, the pandemic has produced both....

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One Year: How Consumers Have Changed In Response To COVID
One Year: How Consumers Have Changed In Response To COVID
March 11, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Anniversaries are usually happy events — celebrated with gifts, balloons and parties to celebrate. But the anniversary we as a nation collectively pass this week...

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