POS and Retail

Amazon.com has set the standard for e-commerce with fast delivery, invisible payments and many other perks that keep consumers coming back to its site. Increasingly, the e-tailer has been experimenting with ways to streamline the payment process outside of the trappings of its website.

Both major brands are accelerating a move away from traditional checkout, and all retailers need to make adjustments for the future.

The mobile ticketing service is aimed at reducing lines, and is similar to a deal Atom has in place with Regal Cinemas.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Justice, could play a key role in the fate of the agency.

The growth that followed the turnover of Costco's payment cards from American Express has been greater than expected, according to the bank.

Legacy systems will be pressured in the year ahead to keep ahead of e-commerce, international regulations and other emerging risks.

Already under fire from companies like Square, another outsider threatens to cut terminal makers out of the loop. It's up to device makers to adapt.

The company hopes to build off of its successful mobile app by adding new ordering technology. A massive international expansion of its store footprint is also in the works.

The opening of the 2016 holiday season, which marks the first full year since the country's major EMV fraud liability shift, is proving what data security experts feared all along.

Transaction records reveal a lot about consumers that can go a long way toward building marketing campaigns that keeps them coming back.

Amazon’s latest attempt to disrupt retail—a store that automatically handles the whole checkout and payment process via an app—is a concept that could have far-reaching effects as the millennial generation brings its digital expectations into the brick-and-mortar world.

Shopping practices have changed forever, and they aren’t done changing.

Beacon technology, which was practically left for dead after failing to deliver on its promise to revolutionize the retail industry, is making a comeback.

The sector's below-the-surface problems may now attract closer scrutiny following a leadership shake-up at CAN Capital, which is one of the biggest firms in the sector.

Gen Z is coming fast on the heels of millennials. For e-commerce, payments and financial services, they have an even shorter attention span.

With Visa and Mastercard extending their EMV compliance deadline to 2020 for fuel pumps, EMV is less likely to overshadow anti-fraud technology that is faster and more practical to implement.

Retailers are adding e-commerce services quickly, but older technology systems are making the migration difficult.

Verifone has extended its partnership with Worldpay, allowing the terminal manufacturer to provide point of sale software and hardware to Worldpay customers in the U.K.

Whether or not retailers are properly guarding their payment hardware and their in-store networks, a bigger issue might just be the workers who have access to retail organizations' data — including both regular staff and temporary holiday workers.

The spread of new payment technology and omnichannel commerce are changing the way people shop during the holiday season, even in brick-and-mortar stores. Here are a few noteworthy trends this season.