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Jacksonville Jaguar Fans Can Now Pay Via QR Codes

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The Jacksonville Jaguars are now allowing QR-based mobile payments at retailers and concessions at the TIAA Bank Field Stadium through a mobile Jags Pay wallet in the official team app, according to a report from NFCW. Supporters have already been using the app to access tickets on game day to enter the stadium.

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Lowe’s Now Offers Prepaid Credit Cards For Construction Crews

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PaymentsSource reported that while Lowe’s has long offered financing through its private-label credit card programs, this option is a poor fit for construction crews that need to manage ongoing expenses. Instead, prepaid cards can enable them to deal with fragmented project timelines, employee turnover and other jobsite issues.

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Here’s How The Opioid Crisis Is Losing Retailers $9B A Year

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Major retailers such as Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s have been forced to introduce stricter return, store credit and gift card policies in response to a troubling trend. They say gift cards are the gift that always fits. I feel like I could’ve found a way around any rule they make,” Ashlee Smith, 24, told CNBC.

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How The Pandemic Made QR Codes Sizzle

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It turned out Americans liked paying by card just fine and weren’t looking for a change. Only about half of those who said in March that they would return to physical retail after COVID-19 were still planning to stick with brick-and-mortar shopping. Second, U.S. Or at least they weren’t until COVID-19.

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How Sports Stadiums Are Undergoing Digital Transformations

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TIAA Bank Field, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is offering a similar solution in conjunction with Bypass and credit card reader provider Clover. Cashless businesses have faced a backlash , yet the criticisms that have been leveled at retailers and restaurants haven’t yet affected the sports industry. Stadiums Go Cashless.

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Take Me Out To The (Payments) Ball Game

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We got the inside scoop of what the ballpark of the future might look like from FIS’s Bob Legters, chief product officer of FIS Global Retail Payments, and David Wright, Minor League Baseball’s chief commercial officer — and what brought two such different organizations together to build it. One ball park and customer experience at a time.

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Getting Mobile Ready

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Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant. Fees follow. Ever stand behind anyone trying to use mobile pay?

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