Point-of-sale

It wasn't long ago that mobile point of sale companies like Shopkeep were the alternative, the way for very small merchants to finally start accepting cards.

It's no secret that restaurants are going to be slow to adopt EMV relative to other retail categories, but in the past two months more dining establishments have begun to focus on the business-side issues and changes to customer interaction brought on by chip cards.

PayPal's previous efforts to come to the physical point of sale about three years ago never managed to topple the entrenched payment methods. Now the company is taking another stab at it, securing an arrangement with Macy's Inc.

Amazon Dash Button is all about the data, not just the repeat purchase.

Discover was one of the most notable holdouts when Apple Pay first launched in Oct. 2014, but it now plans to launch Apple Pay compatibility Sept. 16.

With the EMV liability shift less than a month away, U.S. merchants have far more on their plates than merchants in other countries had when only weeks from migrating to chip-based payment cards.

Kash Corp. is prepared to move into the money transfer world, launching an application programming interface (API) that will allow companies of all sizes to accept direct debit payments without credit card fees.

Stockholm-based mobile wallet provider Seamless Distribution AB is seeking beta testers for a new digital cash register service that would become part of its SEQR wallet application.

Young people have a much different relationship with credit, requiring retailers to find different ways to enable financing to encourage larger purchases.