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How QSRs Are Driving Retail Innovation Via Emerging Tech

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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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Deep Dive: COVID-19 Spurs Biometric Innovations For A Contactless Global Society

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Global concern over the coronavirus spreading on contaminated surfaces in public places is unleashing rapid development of innovative biometric products that could assist a touchless society. It introduced the tool at the Tire Technology Expo in Hannover at the end of February to help protect some 5,000 attendees.

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Visa Uses NYC Mass Transit To Ignite Contactless Payments

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specifically, the use of such payments for mass transit in New York City. In an new PYMNTS discussion, Dan Sanford, Visa ’s global head of contactless payments, talked with Karen Webster about the May 31 launch of a contactless payments pilot involving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City and Chase.

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How J.Crew, H&M, Others Push Hard On Payments Innovation, Loyalty

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In a bid to increase loyalty, merchants are driving innovations in their stores. Retailers are taking new approaches to the way they attract customers. J.Crew , for instance, has a new loyalty program that offers standard perks such as a store credit when customers hit a certain spending threshold.

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Restaurant Ordering Apps, Cloud Technology, Cash Hoarding Top This Week’s News

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It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives into in-house restaurant ordering apps and cloud technology, as well as a report on banks running short on large bills amid the coronavirus crisis.

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Amazon Go Has Spawned Imitators, But Also Innovation

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Much of the excitement surrounding automated retail — aka cashierless retail — has been driven by Amazon Go, but the enthusiasm for “just-walk-out” technology has been tempered by the stores’ limited locations. New Developments. The study found there is a 37 percent increase in dollar spend when consumers pay with a card versus cash.

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Mastercard Expands NYC Tech Hub

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Mastercard is planning to hire 470 people as the company expands its technology hub in New York City. According to news from Bloomberg , a company statement with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Mastercard will move to a new 212,000 square-foot location in Manhattan’s Flatiron District.

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