Summer should get a speeding ticket, a wise person once said, and that’s a reality that all of us living in the Northern Hemisphere came to grips with last weekend. The Labor Day weekend marked the unofficial end of summer, and the start of the...
Various industries are looking into artificial intelligence (AI) and the labor and cost-saving efficiencies it promises. When it comes to leveraging the technology’s novel capabilities for enhancing payments, the question is “How,” and the answer is “Now.” “AI and machine learning (ML) are incredible tools...
What begins as a seismic shift gradually becomes the new normal. After all, repetition breeds familiarity. Familiarity breeds adoption, until what was once unfamiliar, or perhaps even uncomfortable, becomes second nature. That’s especially true in payments, where the pandemic has made us all shift to...
More consumers want faster disbursements through digital channels for more complex financial transactions, and they want that functionality available now. Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize...
October 23, 2023
Various industries are looking into artificial intelligence (AI) and the labor and cost-saving efficiencies it promises. When it comes to leveraging the technology’s novel capabilities for enhancing payments, the question is “How,” and the answer is “Now.” “AI and machine learning (ML) are incredible tools [for the payments sector],” Justin Shoolery, head of data science and […]
October 03, 2019
NCR has launched an all-in-one subscription solution to help restaurants use its Aloha Essentials more efficiently, NCR announced in a press release on Thursday (Oct. 3). More than 75,000 restaurants use Aloha, NCR‘s point-of-sale (POS) solution. Now they can tap into Aloha Essentials, which gives restaurants all the tools necessary to run their businesses. “Restaurants […]
April 26, 2019
Amid the backlash to cashless stores around the country, Sweetgreen plans to start taking legal tender. Critics contend that cashless stores impact those that don’t have credit cards, bank accounts...
April 02, 2019
Wells Fargo announced Tuesday (April 2) the launch of contactless consumer credit and debit cards. In a press release, Wells Fargo said the new cards will enable customers to complete...
March 19, 2019
ACI Worldwide, a real-time payment and banking company, has partnered with Solutions By Text, a Dallas-based automated texting company, to allow companies to receive payments through text, according to a...
