POS and Retail

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.

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Businesses may need to rethink their approaches to identity verification for millennial consumers.

With rivals such as Chase and its Sapphire Reserve card angling for a piece of its luxurious patch, Amex has found itself on the defensive.

Tablet-based point of sale terminals may look sleek and modern, but under the hood they must wrestle with many of the same challenges that older hardware faces.

Mobile transactions are getting faster and more efficient. As smartphones become more ubiquitous, more consumers are ready to pull out their phones to make a payment—and expect the option to do so.

With the recent release of new operating systems for both iPhone and Mac, Apple Pay is available on desktops, marking the continued expansion of Apple’s mobile payments platform. Now, users can click the Apple Pay option on desktop sites and authenticate purchases using mobile devices.

Mobile wallets check off several boxes on consumers’ payments wish list: ease, convenience and options.

CHICAGO – Major retailers know what they are up against with Amazon, an e-commerce retailer pulling in 183 million visits per month on its site.

Restaurants are already busy adjusting to consumer trends toward mobile payments and a rough transition to EMV payments. But there's also a back office payment problem with slow, costly paper checks and invoices for payments to restaurant vendors and suppliers.

The Wells Fargo phony bank and credit card accounts scandal is barely five weeks old, but it felt like John Stumpf had been hanging on for five years.

CHICAGO -- Investment organizations are bullish on retail and its underlying payments and omnichannel technology, though Amazon's e-commerce dominance is throwing some cold water at the market.