mobile payment

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The new connection: Mobile payment via electronic shelf labels

Interview with Alexander Hahn from digital payment service provider Wirecard

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RFID tags with features for the cashierless store

Customers can unlock products on their own thanks to smart tags

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App-based self-checkout

Edeka offers mobile self-scanning with snabble

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Mobile payment service

Mall of America® welcomes chinese consumers

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Enhancing the payment experience online

Visa and PayPal extend digital partnership in Canada

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Make it easy: Optimizing the checkout process

If everything runs smoothly here, customers and retailers are happy: at the checkout. This requires the best technologies. These can be seen at EuroCIS.

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Wirecard partners with SES-imagotag to revolutionize the in-store customer experience by enabling mobile payments at the shelf

Retailers will be able to boost their sales by speeding up payment processes

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Fairway Market with new mobile app partner

The New York’s iconic grocery store has selected FutureProof Retail, provider of line free checkout, to power Fairway’s next-generation mobile app

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Smart POS - the new payment generation speaks Android!

How do retailer prepare their Point-of-Sale for digitalization?

15.01.2018 #e-commerce #mobile payment

Proceed to checkout? Not on your mobile, say researchers

Shoppers are much less likely to go through with their purchases if they are using phones and tablets to buy goods online

Shoppers hoping to bag a bargain in the post-Christmas sales are much less likely to go through with their purchases if they are using phones and tablets to buy goods online. This is because consumers often worry they are not seeing the full ...

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12.01.2018 #mobile payment #mobile terminals

APG to display global family of pos solutions with cash management partners

Extensive POS solutions to enhance customer experience at NRF 2018 Big Show

APG Cash Drawer, a fast-growing global manufacturer of cash management solutions, will exhibit its latest innovations and global POS solutions at the NRF 2018 convention from January 14th – 16th, in New York City, New York. On display will be ...

06.12.2017 #online trading #e-commerce

“Just walk out“: the invisible payment process

Pay automatically with zero-click payment and smart store technologies

Retailers are constantly looking for solutions that make payments easier and more automated. After all, an easy payment process also makes it easier to spend money, at least when it comes to small amounts and quantities. According to a study by ...

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15.10.2017 #mobile payment #customer relationship management

"Mobile payment can fail due to lack of knowledge and enthusiasm of checkout personnel"

Interview with Professor Ludwig Hierl of the DHBW Heilbronn

Out in the field, new technologies hinge on whether the people who use them also accept and adopt them. In this conversation with iXtenso, Professor Ludwig Hierl points out that things are still amiss when it comes to mobile and contactless payment ...

15.09.2017 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

U.S. customers shop with retailer apps

Mobile retail apps are connecting with private label credit card users

The retail industry has shifted quickly to mobile, bringing the private label credit card market right along with it, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in the new report Private Label Credit Cards in the U.S., 10th Edition. The ...

11.08.2017 #mobile payment #payment systems

Visa supports the new global QR Code Payment Specifications

Simplifies onboarding for small and medium-sized merchants who want to deploy QR code digital payments

Visa announced its support of the new global QR Code Payment Specifications from EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV Specifications. The specifications cover consumer-presented and merchant-presented QR code use cases for digital ...

30.06.2017 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Research for retailers on transforming omni-channel strategies

Global consumer survey research quantifies new patterns of shopper behavior

The consumer retail report, "Shopper-First Retailing: What Consumers Are Telling us About the Future of Shopping," reveals new insights gleaned from shopping behavioral patterns. Launched in tandem with the research is a Retail study by ...

26.05.2017 #mobile payment #pos systems

Winner of 11th Annual Pay Award

Paybefore has selected Vantiv's triPOS Mobile for the best M-POS Solution category at its 11th annual Pay Awards competition.

Vantiv, a provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, announced that Paybefore has selected Vantiv's triPOS Mobile for the best M-POS Solution category at its ...

12.05.2017 #mobile payment #payment systems

Cryptocurrency on the rise

Underdog Bitcoin evolves into retail sector’s payment solution

Digital money – also known as cryptocurrency – has finally made its way into the offline world. Since April, Japan officially recognizes online currencies as means of payment. Known as the “Bitcoin City”, the Dutch city of ...

17.03.2017 #mobile payment #security

Quantum key system could make mobile transactions far more secure

Prototype device communicates rapidly and securely with a receiver using unbreakable light-based encryption

With the growing popularity of mobile phone apps to pay for purchases at cash registers and gas pumps, users would like to know their personal financial information is safe from cyber-attacks. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a ...

09.03.2017 #mobile payment #payment systems

Solutions for the Connected World from Verifone

Payment terminals are increasingly becoming the network endpoint

Verifone's EuroShop appearance therefore has the slogan „Solutions for the Connected World“. Markus Hövekamp explains in the interview what this means for modern communication. ...

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20.01.2017 #mobile payment #payment systems

German retailer Bartels-Langness selects Verifone to offer customers new self checkout experiences

Special promotions and a variety of payment options possible

The German retailer Bartels-Langness Handelsgesellschaft (Bela) has selected Verifone (NYSE: PAY), a world leader in payments and commerce solutions, to enable shoppers in Germany with smart, interactive experiences at checkout including special ...

20.12.2016 #mobile payment #Cash

Mobile Payment – Germans don’t like to pay with their mobile phones

Point solutions are an integral part of spreading mobile payment solutions

In Germany, the mobile payment issue is actually an illusory giant: every year business consultants outdo their predictions on its enormous potential to increase sales. In its recent market analysis, the information technology company GFT, for ...

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26.09.2016 #mobile payment #payment systems

Pay by using your fingerprint: growing interest in biometric payment systems

Interview with Marc Fliehe, Divisional Director of Information Security at Bitkom - Digitalverband Deutschland (Germany’s Digital Association)

Mobile payment options with smartphones have not comprehensively made their way into brick-and-mortar stores yet, at least not in Germany. On the other hand, interest in biometric payment systems is growing. Today, many users already unlock their ...

23.05.2016 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Beacons create an opportunity for new advertising companies

BLE beacon market remains on target to break 400 million shipments in 2021

ABI Research forecasts the BLE beacon market to more than double in 2016. Given its steady growth, the market remains on track to break 400 million shipments by 2021. "We will continue to see steady rather than spectacular growth this ...

23.05.2016 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Mobile: Brands not ready to meet consumer expectations

97 percent of brands believe that a good mobile experience impacts customer loyalty, yet 4 in 10 remain without a mobile strategy

Sitecore has released the second half of a global study conducted in conjunction with Vanson Bourne, surveying 450 brand marketers in 11 countries about their attitudes and strategy for the consumer mobile experience. The research shows that ...

17.05.2016 #mobile payment

Mobile Payments ecosystem to boost financial inclusion in South Africa

Boloro's retail acceptance application of MobiCash's digital money is the first step

In keeping with the concept of 'Connecting Africa's Resources through Digital Transformation' at today's World Economic Forum on Africa event in Kigali, Rwanda, Patrick Ngabonziza the Chairman and Founder of ...

27.04.2016 #mobile payment #card terminals

SPA releases 2015 smart payment card shipment figures

Over 2 billion smart payment cards shipped globally in 2015

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, has released the findings from its annual review of the smart payment cards market. Data collated by the SPA from its members reveal 2060 million payment chip cards ...

14.04.2016 #mobile payment #tablet pc

Shop line-killer - Improved speed of transaction

Microsoft, HP and Shopbox are now taking a big step towards killing long lines

Danish startup Shopbox has developed a cloud based checkout counter, a Point-of-Sale (POS) system that makes it possible to provide faster transactions in the hospitality industry.

07.03.2016 #mobile payment #self-checkout systems

"A significant development of the payment processes in retail"

Interview with Christoph von Lingen, Country Sales Leader at Toshiba

Self Checkout still has not had its breakthrough in Germany - though it may nonetheless be worthwhile to invest in the necessary infrastructure. Christoph von Lingen from Toshiba explains in this interview, which developments can be expected in the next few years in the checkout area.

04.03.2016 #mobile payment #card terminals

Only 22 percent of retailers are EMV ready

Payment/data security in an omni-channel world

According to a new special report from Boston Retail Partners (BRP), the threat posed by data security breaches continues to consume retailers’ resources.

02.03.2016 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Unicoop Firenze delivers award winning shopping experience

Using NCR app and omnichannel software platform

Unicoop’s mobile shopper implementation receives a retail technology award at EuroCIS for its seamless self-service shopping experience across in-store, online and mobile channels.

18.02.2016 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Technology influences eight of the top 10 retail trends for 2016

Synchrony Financial examines changes empowering consumers and impacting shopping, payments and retail sales.

The retail environment is constantly changing with every new style, product and season. While change is often retailer and consumer-driven, technology is shaping eight of the top 10 trends expected to have the greatest impact on retail sales in 2016 in a market brief1 released today by Synchrony Financial.

01.02.2016 #mobile payment #mobile terminals

Who’s afraid of Amazon Fresh?

NCR Power Picking prepares for the growing pressure in grocery retail

Many believe that Amazon’s new grocery delivery services will put food retailers under pressure and will see a huge increase on in-store fulfillment. As analysts have estimated that more global consumers will give online shopping a shot in 2016.

01.02.2016 #mobile payment #mobile terminals

The easy way to mobile payment!

app2pay is an easy payment application for your iPad / iPhone or iPod.

Tablets and smartphones get more and more interesting and important for daily retail business.

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25.01.2016 #mobile payment #pos systems

Posiflex to demonstrate the next wave of mobile POS innovation at EuroCIS 2016

The Hybrid solution helps brick-and-mortar retailers provide a better shopper experience

Mobile POS will continue to gain traction in retail due to its dual usage in customer-facing and operational employee applications.

20.01.2016 #online trading #mobile payment

Smartphone addiction driving January sales

UK consumers are more likely to shop on a mobile device

The UK is becoming a nation of smartphone shoppers, with more consumers from the UK opting to hit the January sales on mobile devices than those from other regions around the world.

27.11.2015 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

EuroCIS 2016: Making the move towards mobile!

Everyone’s talking about mobile payment – only consumers aren’t (yet)

Mobile payment continues to pique the interest of the retail community. The types of mobile payment currently being offered to retailers along with approaching trends of the future will be presented at EuroCIS, The Leading Retail Trade Fair taking ...

24.11.2015 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Tablet use to rapidly grow in European Retail

Key drivers for adoption are the need for improved efficiencies and customer service

In the study "Rethinking Retail: The Tablet Revolution", sponsored by Panasonic, over half of research respondents were already using some tablets. Retail and wholesale organisations forecast adoption to reach 10% by the end of this ...

02.11.2015 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Tablet applications are conquering the point of sale

EuroCIS 2016: Retailers are increasingly interested in mobile services

Tablets will be used more and more, not just to advise customers at the POS but also as mobile POSs. Exhibitors are set to present suitable solutions at EuroCIS 2016. Retail chains are giving intensive consideration to the use of mobile POSs in ...

28.10.2015 #epos systems #mobile payment

Sainsbury's responds to current shopping trends

New store layout and more checkout options are tested

A supermarket moves with the times: Sainsbury's is now testing new ways to respond to the changing demands of today's customers at six locations in the United Kingdom. The most important new features are an extensive adaptation of the ...

08.10.2015 #multichannel commerce #mobile payment

The sales personnel in the store gets a mobile upgrade

A complete multichannel system enables selling anywhere in the store

Multichannel is the order of the day – no retailer can still afford not to connect all his sales channels. This usually means a technological challenge in the first place because many different systems must work together. But there are also ...

06.10.2015 #mobile payment #nfc (near field communication)

Using jewellery instead of a smart phone to pay?

Startup develops first ring for contactless payment

Paying just with a gesture – this is the promise of simplicity which is one of the big advantages of contactless payment using NFC technology. But there are some clever heads who think that there still is a simpler way to pay than using an app ...

05.10.2015 #mobile payment #mobile data capture

Infinite Peripherals introduces Infinea Tab M for iPhone 6 Plus

Larger handheld option for industries including retail, hospitality and transportation

Infinite Peripherals continues to keep pace with the evolution of Apple products with the introduction of the Infinea Tab M for the iPhone 6 Plus. The first mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) device for the iPhone 6 Plus, the new ...

01.10.2015 #consulting #mobile payment

"Today’s consumers primarily want a seamless customer journey"

Interview with Robert Wucher, Head of Technology and Digital Client Solutions, GfK

To understand what services customers expect today, retailers should know exactly what touchpoints their customers use to get in touch. Only then can they align their sales approach, advertising and services accordingly. Robert Wucher, Digital ...

17.09.2015 #mobile payment

ImpulsePay in top ten fastest growing UK tech companies

Highest placed mobile payments company in the The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100

ImpulsePay has been listed as the leading mobile payments provider in the The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100. The privately-owned company, that has helped pioneer the Charge to Mobile sector, was listed as the 10th fastest growing ...

14.09.2015 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Shopkick blows past 15 million users, doubles in one year

On track to drive $800 million in sales for retail and brand partners in 2015

Shopkick, the shopping companion app that makes in-store shopping more rewarding, personal and enjoyable, has blown past 15 million users worldwide, doubling its user base in one year. Shopkick’s passionate users also spent almost two ...

14.09.2015 #mobile payment

Contactless mobile wallets to reach 200 million by 2016

Apple Pay boosts awareness

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of mobile wallets using contactless technology is expected to reach 200 million by the end of 2016, representing growth of more than 100% from the end of 2014. The research found ...

26.08.2015 #mobile payment #pos systems

ISVs integrate unique all-in-one mobile solution mPOP

Functions of mPOP make processing customer transactions smooth and effortless

Star Micronics announced that more independent software vendors (ISVs) have incorporated mPOP, a all-in-one mobile point of purchase solution, into their retail and hospitality software. Combining a 58mm Bluetooth thermal printer with a cash ...

22.07.2015 #mobile payment #mobile shopping

Millennials are changing the rules in retail

Why your teenager is making shopping better for everyone

ROPO - not yet more text-speak - but a new acronym (Research Online, Purchase Offline) created to explain the seismic shift in shopping behaviour of the 'mobile first' generation. This growing phenomenon means retailers are kitting out the ...

16.07.2015 #mobile payment #data management

Americans are anxious about personal security

But consumers are also optimistic about new ways to pay

Every day it seems information security is ruling the headlines; Americans are (perhaps understandably) feeling insecure about the security of their financial information. In fact, according to a new survey from MasterCard, a majority (77 ...

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