When we think about holidays on Main Street, there is a certain mental image we all flash to, nurtured by decades of singing Christmas carols....
Small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) were hit especially hard by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have spent months experimenting with new sales models...
Craig Vosburg, Mastercard’s president of North America, said at a conference Monday (Nov. 16) that the company is seeing new consumer spending trends as a...
Up until recently, QR might have been an acronym for: Quaint Relic. In the United States, anyway. The QR code is shorthand for the “quick...
There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the global shift toward digital commerce. Safety-minded consumers the world over can now be...
There’s no shortage of pain points to catalog from the past six months: A global pandemic, worldwide economic disruption, record-breaking unemployment, an invasion by murder...
Few sectors have experienced such radical change in consumer purchasing habits during the pandemic than the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry. Restaurants turned to digital channels...
That consumers are a bit gun shy when it comes to shopping in physical stores — particularly when it comes to checking out at the...
Visa announced Wednesday (Oct. 21) that the company is expanding its contactless Tap To Phone (TTP) payment systems to more than 15 markets worldwide, with...