PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Personalization of products and services is what has brought many a luxury brand back to the forefront. Luxury brands are allowing customers to design their own bags and shoes online, and Hermès, for example, offers VIP customer service on its eCommerce website for online shoppers. Purchases, however, are limited to £30.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Both well-known and emerging brands are turning to mPOS solutions with the goal of delivering seamless, convenient customer experiences. It highlights different stakeholders’ contributions, including the institutions and technologies that come together to make mPOS solutions happen. Around the mPOS World.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The two collaborated on a payments solution designed to enable MegaFon subscribers to make purchases or pay bills via their smartphone using Apple Pay or Samsung Pay and a linked virtual Mastercard. And speaking of Samsung Pay , the electronics giant recently rolled out a rewards and cash back program for users of its mobile payment service.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Technology disruption continued its significant, rapid and relentless journey throughout 2016, making it clear that we are in the midst of three major concurrent inflection points: changes in retail, FinTech disruption and a demographic shift in purchasing power. Payments 2016: The Year Of The “Ecosystem,” Redefined. Download the eBook.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Cashierless technology is finally hinting at a mainstream rollout, with 7-Eleven’s announcement that it is piloting a cashierless store, taking a cue from Amazon and Walmart. So while retailers are becoming more aggressive, the Meijer numbers are the first indication that consumers will use cashierless technology at scale.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

million in a Series A funding round to further develop its in-store display technology. More resources will enable us to continue serving the growing needs of our current customer base, who want to expand their use of eyeQ technologies,” said CEO Michael Garel. Shopper intelligence platform eyeQ announced that it has secured $3.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Brands and marketplaces now make it simple to auto-refill all sorts of products such as pet food and paper towels. Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay ‘Super Card’. One of the most recent developments in this space was the announcement of the Samsung Pay Card , which is powered by Curve and Mastercard technology.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

AR/VR technology itself is not all that new. As observed in the inaugural edition of the Digital Consumer Report , a PYMNTS and Samsung Pay collaboration, the underlying concept of AR/VR has been floating around for over a decade. There’s a lot of estimating you’d have to do in store — even more so online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The most transformative innovations in payments and commerce over the last decade are mostly the result of innovators making what was once visible, invisible: payments, stores, merchants, brands, issuers, even card networks. They influenced those choices by changing the consumer’s path to purchase and payment.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

“We all came to the same conclusion that there wasn’t a technology solution that fit our lives … of how do I get dinner on the table and get my groceries really quickly?”. Beyond a consumer perspective, Wood saw a big shift on the horizon, as dollars once spent on in-store marketing would be invested in online platforms.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

“It’s tough to echo what we do in person online because it’s an art gallery,” Six Hundred Four Founder and CEO James Lepp told PYMNTS in an interview. Unlike other applications of VR, Six Hundred Four’s use of the technology is rather unique: Its virtual shopping experience doesn’t require a headset. A Headset-Free VR Experience.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

CES is one of the year’s biggest and most important global events for those interested not only in consumer technology, but associated trends in payments and commerce. The devices and processes displayed at the show sometimes work their way in the consumer mainstream. That’s hardly the worst of it, of course. 5G and Automobiles.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Regular retail experienced just 14 percent growth year-over-year, suggesting on-demand is fast emerging as a developing segment for digital commerce brands. TPV, or about 20 percent of online retailing, according to FDC estimates. The study found online ad views rose by 26 percent in this same period.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

According to the PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker , it comes down to “offering the right combination of in-store tech, mobile solutions and online features.”. Here’s how some retailers are rolling out kiosk technology to their customers — and how it benefits merchants. Will consumers embrace this personalized technology?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s the conversation that Mike Lawlor, Chief Services Officer at USA Technologies , and Karen Webster had recently, where they kicked around the notion of “remote retail” as a new way to frame the unattended or vending segment. It could also be what could transform what used to be called the “unattended” or “vending” industry.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Like its $310 million purchase of Bonobos, buying Blue Apron would repeat Walmart’s playbook of acquiring a branded eCommerce startup with a more premium product to its core offerings,” said Matthew Trusz, equity research analyst of Gabelli & Company, to investors. The online marketplace ended up selling off most of the company in 2009.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Walmart Pay, Chase Pay – the list goes on and we would be remiss if we didn’t note that those outside the box thinkers at PayPal also belongs – even if they did put the “Pay” first. The Branded Card Difference . All easy – if a bit familiar.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In a recent interview with Karen Webster, Barrowman broke down some of the ways that technology and transparency – which are so advantageous for the consumer – can do merchants more harm than good during the most wonderful time of the year. From a tech standpoint, the main goal is to meet demand and stay online,” Barrowman said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

South Korea has 11 mobile payment services such as KakaoPay, Naver Pay and Samsung Pay, and around 28 million cards were loaded onto users’ smartphones in the second quarter. Carrier billing allows uses to make online payments. payments networks were undermining public confidence in payments technologies, U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

Sure, Amazon had a significant head start — but functionality is going to be what wins over undecided consumers, not brand loyalty. If this move by Starbucks is any indication, expect voice-activated coffee ordering to roll out across a number of vehicle brands sometime soon. There is a definite up-side for U.K.

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CB Insights

APRIL 23, 2019

Fifth-generation wireless technology — commonly known as 5G — is among the most hotly anticipated technological advancements on the horizon. Unprecedented download speeds could enable the proliferation of emerging technologies like augmented reality, the internet of things, connected vehicles, and more.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

In order to stay relevant to our customers, the brand has evolved the game over the years while keeping the concept the same,” McDonald’s archivist Mike Bullington told Business Insider. Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, an Atlanta-based fast casual create-your-own pizza restaurant, uses cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2016

Online Fraud. The latest CyberSource annual report on online fraud tells the tale of card-not-present fraud not just going down, but going down by a whole big bunch – across all channels. Mobile was down, online was down and even cross-border fraud was down. Problem – what problem? And by a lot. Prosper/Alt Lending.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

IoT refers to technologies that are supposed to change the world by connecting virtually every object to the internet: your doorbell, your home audio system, your refrigerator, your car. Online banking really took off in the 2000s as large national banks created online platforms for their customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

Consumers may have moved to mobile apps when ordering pizzas on their iPhones, but when it comes to a broken fridge, or an online account that won’t let them log in, they still tend to pick up the phone and dial a company’s hotline. As call center commerce and customer service has changed, technology has changed along with it, Praznik said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Whether the Oculus Rift was not the right platform remains a jump ball — as does most of the hardware side of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology. Those experiences are brought to them by some of the more recognizable brands in retail: Alibaba, Ikea, Lowes, North Face and Disney being some of the headline-grabbers of the year.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 10 notable, early-stage eSports startups developing technologies related to competitive gaming facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games played on computers or consoles by professional gamers (though many do it as a hobby or pastime). First Name. Disclosed Funding: $16M.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Company Description: Founded in 2012, this Berlin-based company runs an online used car exchange via a family of sites such as Auto1.com, Company Description: Based in Sweden, Klarna provides online payment solutions. Select Investors: Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Essence Financial, Jiangsu Sha Steel Group. Auto1 Group.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

While the technology is still developing, many companies (including Amazon) are banking on it as a disruptive force in a myriad of markets. From creating checkout-free retail stores to eliminating concert tickets, here are 16 industries that are starting to transform with facial recognition technology. Law Enforcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

Moving from grocery shopping to where consumers store their goods, last week’s Consumer Electronics Show 2017 saw two companies showing off their new smart fridge upgrades — Samsung’s Family Hub 2.0 Samsung’s Family Hub got a voice technology upgrade over the 1.0 and LG’s Smart InstaView. model that was released in May 2016.

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NCR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

For those of us frustrated by the unrealized potential of wearable technologies, a raft of announcements this summer really doesn’t help. Take Apple, long considered the dominant force in technology innovation and subsequent customer adoption. Just a few days earlier, leading rival Samsung hit the market with its own Gear S3.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

What we do know, however, is that efficiency-driving innovation will have its place, come whatever market environment,” Joshua Kempf, cofounder and CEO of online B2B industrial products distributor Gaveteiro.com.br , explained in his TechCrunch piece.

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NCR

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Clearly designed specifically for its own customer base, Walmart Pay enables users to check in in to pick up an online order at a Wal-Mart store, refilling pharmacy prescriptions and finding an item’s store location. Samsung Pay has a variation on that platform too, with the support of the global electronics conglomerate.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2017

Which means regardless of the ultimate fate of Samsung’s newest flagship phone — the Galaxy S8 — Samsung has already won a pretty major victory. The star of the show was the Galaxy 8 phone — and on the whole distinctly “Samsung” looking infinity edge, all curved side-design. inch screen. That was just the warm-up act.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Google is releasing voice capability in over 30 languages, is moving into areas like healthcare and travel, and looking to develop its AI technology Duplex to enable “natural conversations.” What we showed at I/O was an early technology demo, and we look forward to incorporating feedback as we develop this into a product.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

Samsung Pay Now In Singapore. While this news has been well known for a few months now, Samsung Pay arrives in Singapore today (June 16). And as of today, users of Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+ and the S7/S7 Edge phones can use Samsung Pay in the region. Samsung Pay’s Vision Beyond Just Tap And Pay. In the U.S.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, in 2005, the thinking was that enhanced communications technology would help buyers and sellers better connect. Zynga and OMGPOP. Date: March 21, 2012.

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