PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Coverage includes France’s Natixis Payments bringing Apple Pay to users of Apetiz at restaurants and retailers. In addition, UniCredit customers in Italy can now use the Google Pay digital wallet, and cybercriminals are reportedly using malware to encrypt files and asking for a ransom to be paid through WeChat Pay.

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Celent Banking

MAY 22, 2017

Last week in the Google I/O developer conference, Google made a number of interesting payments-related announcements. Google has discussed: Google Payment API , which enables merchants to let their customers check out via any cards stored with Google.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

To help consumers conveniently access their favorite products, retailers are offering a wide array of merchandise through automated retail technology. According to The Future of Unattended Retail Report from PYMNTS, “Unattended retail touchpoints populate a broad and diverse set of locations, and have taken various shapes and forms.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

There is lots of motion in the markets, with Apple officially moving into the world of being a card issuer (with mixed reviews), Venmo making moves on the bank account and Google Pay breaking up with Visa Checkout as a payments button. Apple’s Expensive Card. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Growing strong this week, we have Google making it easier to save money, Sephora making it easier (and more rewarding) to spend it and PayPal making it easier to move it around. Google Flights Takes Off. Google lets users explore the world map to see where they can fly on the cheap. Sephora’s New Cards.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The European Union is examining the creation of a single data market that would reportedly challenge tech firms such as Google and Facebook, as Reuters reported. The Japan Times reported that the mandate would seek to keep tech giants such as Amazon from abusing dominant market positions when competing with smaller online retailers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The big news from Google this week was obviously the hardware event on Oct. From sky to sea, Google hardware could soon be all around us — and it could start in Puerto Rico. The self-driving car market must be oversaturated already, because Google has moved on. Self-Driving Ships. Home Shopping. Pop-Up Store.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Voice commerce may grab more headlines due to the presence of Google, Apple and Amazon, but conversational commerce – its younger cousin – is finding its own way as the information superhighway to a purchase. “We Suppose a college student is in the market for new running shoes.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020. Nordstrom joins other department stores in the resell market. It is playing the sustainability card this year, with Fashion Footprint Calculator.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

This marks a change for Target — a retailer that had, up to this point, enabled mobile pay only for its own mobile wallet app and the Target-branded REDcard linked to it. That is consistent with what we have seen around the world when it comes to contactless card adoption,” Sanford said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Coverage includes Network International ’s rollout of Google Pay acceptance in the United Arab Emirates. Network International is bringing Google Pay acceptance to retailers in the UAE, allowing shoppers to tap into Android payments at merchants that use near-field communication (NFC) technology, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

According to one recent estimate , consumers globally in the third quarter of 2018 downloaded 29 million apps from Apple and Google app stores, up 10 percent year over year. Another estimate put app spending via Apple and Google at $18.2 For its part, Google Play earned $6.2 billion in the quarter on Google apps, a 21.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

On May 23, during the annual Google Marketing Next event, Google announced that it’s stepping up its machine learning and mapping technology to offer even more granular insights on offline, brick-and-mortar store visits and the effectiveness of local ad experiences.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. Mastercard will work with Adyen, Digital River, Stripe, Square, Worldpay and its own eponymous gateway services to bring tokens to retailers.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

With the busy holiday season upon us, we are proud to offer a truly multi-channel payment solution that has proven to bring new customers and increased sales to our retail partners,” Afterpay Global Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Davis said in the announcement. CEO Nick Molnar said in a past PYMNTS panel. And there's a huge opportunity.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

To stay on trend, retailers and merchants can turn to existing apps like Facebook Messenger or Apple’s iMessage to drive sales. But don’t be fooled: The experience doesn’t feel like contextual marketing. “If Gift Card Popularity. Consumers want gift cards,” Gilbert said. Everyday Occasions. Gilbert said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

According to Visa, a third of all credit card/debit card transactions in Singapore retail stores are made with contactless cards. One bank, UOB, has lifted that cap for any retailer that uses that bank’s payment processing. Singapore isn’t the only Asian market that Apple is eyeing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. Rewards can help lure customers to a brand and keep them there.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

As PYMNTS has regularly documented, subscription eCommerce is among the hottest areas of digital retail. Top-level success in subscription commerce requires operators to be fast with transactions, and very informative to consumers about the benefits and process of the retail program, among other traits.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

“How about waking up in the morning and asking Google Home or Amazon Alexa, or your mobile phone if you’re on the go, ‘Hey Google, hey Amazon, what are my deals for the day?’” Successful retailers, for example, can provide discounts for consumers to come into the store at a certain time of day.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Though they’ve overcome serious technical hurdles, work well, and are now in the hands of billions of smartphone-owning consumers, mobile wallets including those from Big Tech players Apple and Google are starving for share as Q1 2020 usage slipped below an unimpressive 2019. Between March 10 and March 18 PYMNTS surveyed 5,557 U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods. Friction-filled experiences, however, can actually give retailers key opportunities to engage frustrated customers on a deeper level. Keeping Omnichannel Payments Invisible.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

“Chevron updated its branded mobile applications to offer consumers access to Venmo to pay for fuel and car washes at the pump from their mobile devices,” said Bill Miner, Chevron’s general manager of Americas Marketing Sales & Services. The rewards were announced for the payment company’s Mastercard debit card at certain retailers.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. But […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Goldman Extends $10B In Apple Card Credit In First Month. According to regulatory filings made public this week, Apple Card? customers had $736 million in loan balances at the end of September, though it’s not clear how that compares with other credit cards, as Bloomberg said banks do not break out performance by individual cards.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

Google is drawing criticism for robots — specifically, their interactions with humans — and there is a fresh measure of Americans’ debt burdens. Finally, you can read about the latest retailer to offer click-and-collect for shoppers. For Goldman And Apple, One Word: Plastic (Cards, That Is).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Google has a new shopping tool, a U.K. retailer has suffered a cyber breach and there is news about restaurant deliveries. Amazon Replacing Retail Vets With Software. New Google Shopping Brick-And-Mortar Tools Feature Inventory Lists. UK Retailer Dixons Carphone Hit With Cyber Breach. Fortunately, 5.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

are seeking payment methods that can help them flexibly manage necessary expenses, and the BNPL industry is poised for growth in other markets as well. More retailers are offering BNPL options to boost spending among cash-strapped consumers, too, further fueling the method’s expansion. Consumers in the U.S. BNPL’s Broadening Appeal.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

For some time now, retailers have been using it and radio frequency identification (RIFD) behind the scenes for stock and quality control, as well as to provide product information to customers with smartphones. don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. However, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Scotiabank has rolled out its Scotiabank eHOME digital mortgage experience for Canadians , Google India has teamed up with Pine Labs for digital payments and consumers will be able to make contactless payments for rides on Metrolink trams in the U.K. Payments can be started with the cell phone number of a user of Google Pay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

CMO Meysam Moradpour is a digital executive who spent many years at Google, Yum! Although it is built for retail eCommerce, Tuli will start with restaurants. It also includes an online ordering solution at what the company says is an industry-low 10 percent commission, including credit card fees. Brands and Mastercard.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Self-service retail tools have gained momentum over the last week, as SMBs look to make the digital shift a consistent part of their business. Criteo’s self-service Retail Media Platform will enable the placement of brand-sponsored advertising within retailers’ eCommerce sites and apps.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

“Given the seismic shift to digital, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing retail to achieve innovation in three to six months that would otherwise have taken three to five years. Time to market is key, and that’s where sticky.io PayPal made four acquisitions in FinTech, predictive marketing and fraud prevention companies.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Riders with NFC-enabled mobile phones will be able to download the EASY Card, and for those without NFC-enabled phones, the app will provide a display-generated ticket and one with a bar code.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, NEN is a front-end retail and entertainment vending company operating more than 50,000 amusement devices. The company has skill cranes, kiddie rides and video game kiosks in over 18,000 retail and restaurant locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. QR codes will be accepted using QR code readers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

According to news from TechCrunch on Tuesday (August 28), the Tez app is being rebranded Google Pay — the digital payment service Google operates in 20 countries. Additionally, Google aims to move Tez beyond its current offering, which includes bank-based payments, bill and utility payments and messaging.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Competition between card networks, tech titans Facebook and Google, Chinese fintech proxies Paytm and Hike, and M-Pesa will be fierce, and offer signs how other large emerging payments markets may evolve, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

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