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Walmart Inc. has ended a service where customers could ring up their own purchases, showing that old habits die hard even in the digital age.

The deal, Walmart’s biggest ever, gives it greater access to India’s e-commerce market, which Morgan Stanley has estimated will grow to $200 billion in about a decade. But it will take some time for the business to turn profitable.

There are lot of PINless debit transactions available to capture, and First Data's migration to dual messaging on Star supports any method a consumer may choose at the point of sale.

Amazon and Walmart are battling to build an e-commerce presence in India, making Flipkart a key target for an aquisition.

Amazon is trying to acquire Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, in part to gain control over that country's e-commerce market and in part to make sure Walmart doesn't get hold of the company.

Walmart Inc. is close to finalizing a deal to buy a majority stake in India’s leading e-commerce company for at least $12 billion and may complete the agreement in the next two weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.

Walmart has also used Sam's Club's Scan & Go fast checkout feature and even robots in an attempt to shorten queues and improve the payment experience.

Comments by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles appeared to contrast with past statements by former officials about the controversial charter.

Considering Walmart spent the better part of a decade trying to establish its own bank, it comes as no surprise that the retail giant is aiming big with its latest financial service.

One way to get a sense of Walmart’s massive transition to an agile omnichannel retailer is to examine the company’s mobile app, which bears the influence of Karla Allen, Walmart's senior director of mobile wallets.

Total System Services is implementing software at Walmart and Sam's Club locations nationwide to link loyalty rewards to health care payments, while also recognizing qualified purchases from a consumer's health plan.

It’s not just hourly workers who struggle to make ends meet — many managers also often find themselves short on cash each month. To help employees cope, the retail chain is using a tool developed by the fintech Even to give them access to their wages before the next pay period.

Walmart is the first major merchant to add Fiserv’s Accel signature debit service following the debit network’s recent expansion of routing options, in a move to cut costs for card acceptance.

QR codes, NFC and host card emulation are all favored among among merchants and mobile wallet providers, writes André Stoorvogel, director of product marketing at Rambus.

Chase Pay was years in the making, and it's still finding new ways to reach its intended audience. On the surface it seems like a simple QR code-based mobile wallet, but underneath it's far more complex.

After nearly two years since the news broke of its plans to launch its own digital wallet, Target has finally launched Target Wallet, joining the myriad retailers that have gone with their own proprietary mobile payment solution.

New York's World Trade Center-based Oculus will host Chase Pay Village until Jan. 7 with an emphasis on holiday wares. Part of its mission is to determine which of Chase's mobile wallet features — if any — are most compelling to shoppers.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s $2.9 billion deal to buy a slice of China’s largest hypermart chain pits it against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the world’s largest retail arena.

After 10 years in operation, Amazon Fresh didn’t grow quickly and the company shifted more focus to its fast delivery service Prime Now, which also offers grocery products.

Since e-commerce and digital payments' inception, the state of the retail industry has been fluid, always facing new challenges and battles, writes Erik Morton, vice president of strategy and corporate development at CommerceHub.