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MAY 24, 2017

Google has long claimed that the ads it shows users actually prompt them to make purchases online and in real life – and now they have the credit card data to prove it. Google, for its part, has responded to those concerns with renewed assurances of its ability to protect the personal information of its users.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

But keeping track of it all can be a challenge — especially knowing what card is being charged, by whom, and when. Case in point: as Minna Technologies has noted, the average European consumes has 11 subscriptions in place — and the average household has 21 subscriptions.

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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 It can drive user attention effectively, and it personalizes the way our technology works.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

The calendar might have just turned to October and the leaves on the trees haven’t even started to turn yet, but retailers are already looking ahead to the holiday shopping season. 4), the National Retail Federation said it expects holiday sales to increase 3.6 Google Home will retail for $129 and will be available in stores on Nov.

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MARCH 2, 2020

To help consumers conveniently access their favorite products, retailers are offering a wide array of merchandise through automated retail technology. large eCommerce retailers and local businesses alike are tapping into the world of unattended retail. From Amazon to Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co.,

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news, the European Central Bank outlines use cases for a digital euro, and Goldman Sachs will buy GM’s credit card business. The European Central Bank says Europe should be ready to adopt a digital euro so residents can access money amid the evolving retail payment landscape. for General Motor's Credit Card Business.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

As B2B FinTechs explore the value of the commercial card, they’re integrating card payment capabilities across more scenarios, from vendor payments to employee expense management. BofA Expands Contactless Biz Card Service. Apple Pay Lands More Commercial Cards. Center Wields Cards For Expense Management.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top news, Visa and Conferma Pay launched Visa Commercial Pay, and Biden’s top technology advisor signals a future administration that is tough on tech. Visa Commercial Pay Launches For Virtual Cards, Digitized B2B Payments. Plus, PayPal and Square are on a crypto buying spree. In June 2019, a third of U.S.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Google is among those exposed by two massive Wi-Fi security vulnerabilities revealed on Monday. In better news, the company has teamed up with Target to power voice shopping and delivery via Google Express, and it’s finally getting its shot at television stardom through a deal with CBS. There’s a KRACK in the Wi-Fi System.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

If so, you’ve been at the site of one of the hottest areas of retail innovation. The general idea, of course, it to further personalize the consumer experience and also save customers the trouble of pulling out credit cards or phones to make purchases. Been on a fast food drive-thru lately? are now looking to follow suit.”.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Retail frequently adapts well to the new technologies or tools consumers might be using to shop, but repricing goods to accommodate customers who are wary of overspending is often out of its reach. This is prompting retailers outside the luxury space to explore buy now, pay later (BNPL) options. Brands in Australia, the U.K.

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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. Self-service kiosks have been gaining popularity, and cutting-edge technology like biometrics is starting to be integrated. Pickup Windows. Contactless Payments.

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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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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Retail technology is undergoing big changes in the restaurant world, and that includes the drive-thru. Some brands like McDonald’s are turning to voice recognition technology to keep orders moving. Some brands like McDonald’s are turning to voice recognition technology to keep orders moving. Role of Cameras.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard’s CEO speaks out against a national payments system, the FCA tells credit card companies to be reasonable with customers in debt and the People’s Bank of China is prepared to inject $173 billion into the country to stabilize the economic damage wreaked by the coronavirus.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

8) the launch of its new Business Gold Card, which comes with four times Membership Rewards points on the top two categories that the business spends the most on each month. American Express said card members can get up to 250,000 points back per calendar year with the benefit. American Express announced on Thursday (Nov.

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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. But the technology still has some shortcomings.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Innovators are seeing the potential to shape the way consumers place their orders at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) through digital technology. Through their solution, which is deployed on Google Assistant and Alexa, consumers can ask their voice assistant to, say, place an order from their favorite coffee place.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. In a recent survey by Vantiv and Socratic Technologies, across 500 consumers, findings indicated that these buyers held, on average, 2.1 credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. credit cards, 1.3

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Retailers are tapping into voice technology to help consumers order their favorite products such as restaurant takeout as they expand their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. From 7-Eleven to Chipotle Mexican Grill, retailers are expanding their digital ordering strategy with the help of voice assistant technology.

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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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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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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. Gift Card Popularity. Even without technology that promotes gift cards, the simple fact of retail is that consumers already enjoy receiving gift cards — especially around the holidays.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

economy functioning over the last nine months and armed the 110 million consumers who’ve shifted digital for buying retail products, groceries and restaurant food over the last nine months. Google’s SMB Tools . Card-Not-Present And Card-Not- Needed Solutions. But Walmart wasn’t the only one.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Those helping hands of technology are still in the early stages, but developments are coming at a quicker pace, with significant and measurable impacts sure to follow in many cases. The eCommerce retailer is looking to roll out the new Echo product by 2020, per unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported. Google Moves.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Netclearance , provider of the world’s biggest network of smart technology Bluetooth payment terminals, unveiled the world’s first commercially available Bluetooth 5 payment beacon. While it offers better range, lower power and faster speeds, the smart technology is fully backward-compatible with previous generations.

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JULY 25, 2017

Today’s teens and young twenty-somethings grew up knowing “Google” not as a numeric value – a “1” with 100 zeroes after it – but as a verb, something they do when they don’t know something. You’ll spend less time and energy trying to keep up with your interests and more time enjoying and cultivating them,” Google said in its blog.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Okay, that’s not the best joke ever from the PYMNTS Bureau of Stand-Up Comedy, but the point is that the popularity of pizza constitutes a driving force for ongoing retail innovation – and we have proof. We used to just have a digital punch card,” said Kevin Blesy, head of strategy for &pizza. Let’s take the Washington, D.C.-based

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JUNE 25, 2020

Vast numbers of consumers are happy to ask Alexa, Siri or the Google Assistant to play a song, find a recipe or dim the lights in their smart homes. In a world where physical retail was, by and large, shut down for three months, our consumer surveys have since found that many U.S.

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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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JULY 31, 2019

Mobile technology by payments provider ACI Worldwide is a crucial part of the Co-operative Group’s (Co-op) new pay-in-aisle app, the firm said in a July 31 press release. . s largest convenience food retailers, Co-op has more than 2,600 stores and fuel sites across the country. One of the U.K.’s The Co-op was the first U.K.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Indian Delivery Platform Dunzo Raises $40 Million in Round Led by Google, Lightbox. Dunzo, the India-based delivery upstart, is closing a $40 million Series E funding round headed up by Lightbox, Google, Hana Financial Investment, Evolvence, Alteria, LGT Lightstone Aspada and others. Digital Greeting Card Startup Moonpig Plans $1.6

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JUNE 13, 2018

Today we have two stories — one about Amazon, the other about McDonald’s — that show how technology is replacing people. 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. Fortunately, 5.8

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JULY 31, 2019

The company is integrating its secure, zero-friction ULink service with fuel dispenser supplier Gilbarco Veeder-Root ’s Passport point-of-sale solution, enabling fast and convenient payment at all PoS systems, payment systems, forecourt merchandising and support services to fuel retailers.

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