Retailers

The grocery giant reportedly has reversed its decision to bar Visa credit cards in its stores, demonstrating the limited effect of merchant bans in battling the payment networks.

Consumers needed payment platforms that could handle internet payments, and startups quickly filled the void, says Chief Outsiders' Mark Coronna.

The two companies agreed to continue to collaborate on a prepaid card program until 2027. The deal holds particular importance for Green Dot, which relies heavily on revenue generated at the discount retail giant.

Our industry should work toward making cash easy to use in a digital environment with digital financial services at point of sale, gradually winning over cash users to our shared all-digital payment cause.

In an international expansion move, AI-powered grocery cart startup Caper has begun a pilot with one of Canada’s largest grocery chains, Sobeys, at a suburban Toronto location.

As e-commerce becomes international, American merchants should embrace alternative payment methods in other countries, says PPRO U.S.'s Steve Villegas.

Retail technology provider Standard Cognition is putting its quick-rising valuation to work to stockpile tools as the checkout-free market enters a more competitive phase.

Payments innovation is happening in small businesses like Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, which has to manage a shift in how people shop, order, pay and communicate — all at the same time.

While doing the bare minimum means that companies avoid receiving hefty non-compliance fines, it doesn’t achieve a great deal more, says FIME's Arnaud Crouzet.

The credit card lender responded to the closing of Toys R Us stores last year by issuing Synchrony-branded cards to the retailer's customers. Now it's testing a general-purpose card with a wider array of clients.