POS and Retail

Consumers visiting sites using WP Engine’s checkout technology will use Chrome to obtain payment and shipping details with a few taps.

Citi's bank-branded mobile wallet will have the head start of the institution's vast scale.

The move is designed to help publishing companies improve coupon and payments performance.

Merchants without chip card readers are reporting that a few malicious customers have figured out how to game the system.

Any company that uses point of sale systems or technology is at risk.

Small merchants need to adopt omnichannel, but it can be difficult in a low resource environment. Staying flexible to add technology fast is key.

Paysafe and ServiceMax have partnered to deliver online payment and mobile point of sale solutions to service providers that do a vast majority of their work in the field.

Mobile wallets need to be open and accessible across all systems.

The card networks earlier this year introduced faster versions of EMV payments to ease checkout times. They've since had a hard time winning merchant adoption.

Like Uber, Airbnb has become a popular partner for payment companies.

Consumers increasingly are embracing contactless payments for smaller, routine transactions, with average transaction size rising slightly.

Merchants have been allowed to surcharge in most states for the past three years, but many were not aware. That's starting to change.

Long one of mobile payments' success stories, Starbucks reports major gains in both mobile ordering and payments.

The clocks turn back this weekend, giving most Americans an extra hour to cash in on sleep. But new research finds they tend to spend less money with fewer hours of daily sunlight.

Issuers are watching the consumer response to Citi’s rollout of its cobranded Costco card, which is the largest U.S. portfolio of EMV cards that are also NFC-enabled.

An increasing number of shoppers use a mix of digital and in-store to research, shop and pay. Retailers must accommodate all three to stay relevant, according to Revel.

The company has done a lot of work on EMV speed, but contactless mobile may be its biggest opportunity.

Business-led mobile payment apps can build deeper relationships with consumers, and right now that beats the third party mobile wallets.

Companies that provide services for brick and mortar merchants face the challenge of adding lots of technology in a short amount of time. This is a tough task from an execution space but a big opportunity to gain returns for investors.

Issuers and merchants aren't collaborating enough on resolving disputes and managing bad charges. More transparency and collaboration will help.