Payments Software news and trends

The Next Big Cashless Play: Cannabis
Payment Methods // April 05, 2019

Blunt question for PYMNTS readers (pun intended): Have you been inside a pot shop lately? One of the legal operations that are springing up in the states that have approved the above-board sale of marijuana products? Or do your views of marijuana retail still center...

Worldpay: ‘Future-Proofing’ The POS
Mobile Commerce // April 17, 2018

The next big thing is not often easy to spot. Sometimes, the thing that everyone sees coming fails to actually show up. Need proof? Check out the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile wallet adoption numbers and compare them to the more exuberant predictions about Apple Pay in late 2014....

Developing A Healthy Online Business
Tracker Series // June 29, 2017

When it comes to pumping up sales, strategically infused tech can be downright performance-enhancing. In the latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, Ben Brown at technology-powered health company NutraClick discusses how technology is strengthening the company’s business and continuing to change the way consumers...

Developing The Right Omnichannel Fit
Payment Methods // May 25, 2017

Whether a brand wants to be the fittest fitness company or the top toy seller on the web, they need software support. The May PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, explores the world of omnichannel software with Chris Deck, founder of Deck Commerce, who says...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Next Big Cashless Play: Cannabis

April 05, 2019
Blunt question for PYMNTS readers (pun intended): Have you been inside a pot shop lately? One of the legal operations that are springing up in the states that have approved the above-board sale of marijuana products? Or do your views of marijuana retail still center around high school bathrooms, back alleys or sketchy dudes at […]

Worldpay: ‘Future-Proofing’ The POS

April 17, 2018
The next big thing is not often easy to spot. Sometimes, the thing that everyone sees coming fails to actually show up. Need proof? Check out the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile wallet...

Helping Specialty Stores Battle Grocery Goliath

April 28, 2017
Keep up or fall down. The April PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker, powered by Vantiv, features an interview with Burt Aycock, director of Design for ECR Software, about the use of consumer-friendly...

NEW REPORT: Small Retailers Play Big With Consumer-Friendly Tech

April 27, 2017
Whether they realize it or not, consumers have increasingly cutting-edge expectations of the merchants and companies with which they do business. And for the companies trying to keep up, the...

Quick Reads
Checkout.com Raises $150M On $5B Valuation

June 22, 2020
Checkout.com, the London-based online payments software platform, has nearly tripled it worth to $5.5 billion following a $150 million round of fundraising, the company announced Monday (June 22). The FinTech startup said its new valuation reflects a surge in demand for what it called “transformative online payment solutions” that perform across all geographies and channels. Checkout.com’s […]

Can Software Trump Hardware In Securing Payments?

March 03, 2016
When talking payments, there’s one topic of conversation that comes hand in hand: security. And, of course, the players who are bringing innovations into the market to secure data and...