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.

Marqeta Introduces Tokenization-as-a-Service For Card Issuers
Marqeta Introduces Tokenization-as-a-Service For Card Issuers
September 29, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Marqeta, the global card issuing platform, debuted its new Tokenization-as-a-Service (TaaS) product, which allows card issuers to access its tokenization technology, the Oakland, California-based company...

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Crate And Barrel: Personalizing The Shopping Experience For A Digital-First Buyer
Crate And Barrel: Personalizing The Shopping Experience For A Digital-First Buyer
September 17, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

Consumers were shopping, transacting and interacting with merchants via online or mobile channels well before the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset, but the global health crisis has...

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Deep Dive: How Turning To Touchless Payments Can Boost Retailers Now And In The Long Term
Deep Dive: How Turning To Touchless Payments Can Boost Retailers Now And In The Long...
September 11, 2020  |  SMBs

Brick-and-mortar stores have been hit hard by the pandemic and have made serious adjustments to stay in business. Sixty percent of small- to medium-sized businesses...

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Strictly Bicycles On The Use Of Contactless Payments Amid COVID-19
Strictly Bicycles On The Use Of Contactless Payments Amid COVID-19
September 10, 2020  |  SMBs

For many small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), surviving the pandemic has necessitated a transformation of their brick-and-mortar stores into virtual showrooms. But simply enabling consumers...

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How Music Retailers Keep Card-Not-Present Fraud From Sounding A Sour Note
How Music Retailers Keep Card-Not-Present Fraud From Sounding A Sour Note
September 09, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The COVID-19 pandemic is shaking up shopping behavior. Consumers who previously paid for purchases by swiping or inserting their cards at in-store point-of-sale (POS) terminals...

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New Report: A Merchant’s How-To Guide To Reopening Retail Stores
New Report: A Merchant’s How-To Guide To Reopening Retail Stores
September 09, 2020  |  SMBs

The social distancing and stay-at-home orders intended to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak have been devastating to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), with...

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Brazil Says Central Bank Digital Currency Set For 2022 Rollout
Brazil Says Central Bank Digital Currency Set For 2022 Rollout
September 08, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

The race toward central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is tightening, with Brazil reportedly looking to launch one by 2022 in a bid to help digitize payments. And...

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How Credit Unions Are Moving The Consumer’s Basic Banking Needs Digital
How Credit Unions Are Moving The Consumer’s Basic Banking Needs Digital
September 02, 2020  |  Credit Unions

The idea of offering digital services was hardly new to credit unions (CUs) before the pandemic, but the outbreak provided “the why” for going all-in,...

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New Data: The Role Of Touchless Payments In Shaping Consumer Merchant Choice
New Data: The Role Of Touchless Payments In Shaping Consumer Merchant Choice
September 02, 2020  |  Retail

Six out of 10 consumers now say that the touchless payments options merchants make available to them can sway their decision to shop – or...

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