POS and Retail

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.

Walmart and Dunkin' Donuts have poured millions of dollars into their proprietary mobile payment apps, and their most interesting lessons are the ones they didn't expect to learn.

As EMV's sales draw starts to fade, ISOs are starting to move on to other products.

The additions are part of Samsung's strategy to turn Samsung Pay into a broader commerce platform.

The China-based payments company has long sought to enter the U.S. market.

At this week's Money2020 conference, payment execs like PayPal's Bill Ready say consumers will make purchases in a broad context of shopping, and if merchants aren’t poised to meet their audiences there, they will get left behind, Ready said.

In his last earnings call as Visa's CEO, Charles Scharf spoke about the card brand's outlook for new technology and China.

Despite the growth of digital payment options from technology companies, consumers are used to cash.

The experience Thomas Ko gained at Citigroup and Haley Kim's time at Wells Fargo were vital in building Samsung's mobile pay app.

The EMV and mobile wallet movements have split the retail industry, leaving payment companies in the delicate position of having to support clients with very different technological profiles.

The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. In today's briefing: Charles Scharf's tenure; Apple Pay's goals; giving up gift cards.