PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

As retail shifts further into online spaces, the pressure is on for traditional stores to integrate digital features into their physical spaces to keep consumers interested. Samsung’s booth at the NRF Big Show 2017 showcases a retail journey from beginning to end using the company’s innovations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element into retail. To learn more about how businesses are leveraging AI and ML technology to optimize their customer experience, click here to download the report.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Samsung Electronics , the South Korean consumer electronics company, is expanding in India, opening on Tuesday (Sept. According to a report in Reuters , citing Samsung Electronics, the 33,000-square-foot store is located in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru. But how can I deliver meaningful innovation to our millennials?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Samsung Electronics smartphone sales will increase in the holiday shopping season, with the general trend lasting into 2019, the company said when announcing its Q3 results. AI-based automation will enable Samsung to introduce new services in the 5G era, such as industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and connected cars.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

However, AR is now rewriting the rules of the retail game. A growing number of retailers are leveraging the technology to entice customers with a “try before you buy” shopping experience, having already been adopted by several big names in retail, including the likes of Walmart and Target.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2016

Samsung took a major step toward boosting support for its mobile payments platform with a string of new partnerships with leading POS makers to improve compatibility and acceptance of its technology. Unlike its competitors, Samsung Pay employs both NFC and MST. This has enabled Samsung to capture wider merchant acceptance.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the connected age, consumers have more ways to interact with retailers than ever before. The executive also said the retailer saw an “1,000 percent increase” in purchases of pizza slices made through the SmartPay service since January 1. And if a customer uses Samsung Pay to buy those offers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2017

Samsung is doubling down on home appliance innovations. Samsung Electronics America (SEA) recently announced the availability of its new laundry pair, FlexWash and FlexDry, that allow owners to wash or dry in multiple ways at once. The laundry pair is IoT-enabled, Samsung said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

The race to 5G retail is on. The new, faster mobile network technology is a big part of the plans for many commerce and payments operators, even though specific use cases have been only slowly emerging as the technology and the devices to support it are deployed. 5G Retail Plans. That’s not to count out the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2016

Apple Pay’s competition in China just got a bit steeper, as Samsung has officially rolled out Samsung Pay in the region. Samsung announced the launch of its mobile payments service that is now available through a deal with China UnionPay — the same method Apple used to bring its mobile payments option into market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

So-called Generation Z is also driving much of the innovation when it comes to retail. To reach consumers on the hunt for offerings that are “clean and natural,” the retail chain rolled out its Everspring household brand. And six in 10 shoppers said it factored into their decision of where to transact, Retail Dive reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

But as time passes and a new decade approaches – one that promises even higher levels of digital innovation and disruption – it’s becoming ever more clear that 5G mobile network technology will help power the so-called Industrial Revolution 4.0. Smart Factory Plans. Images and Robots. also doing the same.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

(and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift. More than 80 retailers in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

For shoppers who rely on smartphones, the “face” of the modern retailer is becoming its mobile website and app. Retailers from Kroger to Starbucks , as well as Shell , Dollar General and Macy’s , are rolling out their own mobile apps with smartphone-based payment options to meet the needs of the connected consumer.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The 5G mobile network technology revolution is on, and you can bet that retail will be one of the places where this all plays out. As it stands, smartphone makers ranging from Huawei Technologies Co. to Samsung Electronics Co. Here’s comes 5G — be ready for its expanding use in retail. Visual Commerce.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s the mantra of innovators everywhere. It’s what’s turned the retail word upside down as consumers with their mobile devices have decided they’d rather buy from their couch with their mobile phone than schlep to the mall. In other words, kick the door wide open to remote retail. Meeting the consumer where they are.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2016

But Samsung and Six Flags have a project they think will be too unique to pass up — even for those roller coaster-phobes out there. Samsung announced Thursday (March 3) that it had finalized a deal with amusement park brand Six Flags to outfit several of its roller coasters with Gear VR headsets for a next-generation theme park experience.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

AT&T has announced that it will be offering a 5G smartphone from Samsung in the first half of 2019. “5G Together with Samsung, we plan to bring the best in technology and innovation to our customers. 5G phones with Samsung — also in the first half of 2019. 5G is going to be about more than just a network.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Mike Lawlor, chief services officer of USA Technologies, dove into the innovations that have marked the unattended retail space. Payment methods have also evolved and embraced new technology.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

PREMIUM - When was the last time you went to your bank branch to deposit money? Still thinking? That's because most of the daily banking activity has shifted from branches to the smartphone. But that's not to say people don’t use bank branches at all. They do, but not for the same reasons as they […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2017

It’s no secret that mobile wallets, although well-intended, haven’t gained much traction among consumers. In fact, a recent Accenture study suggests that 56% of North American consumers are aware of mobile payment services, but only 19% use their mobile wallet regularly.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

Small and mid-sized businesses are getting another option for point-of-sale (POS) solutions to keep up with the ever-changing, mobile-forward retail world. The Groovv POS Flex works with a Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6” Tablet , while also being EMV-compliant, NFC-enabled and hooked to Samsung Pay (and other methods) for payment processing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In the latest edition of the Digital Consumer Report , in collaboration with Samsung Pay , PYMNTS analyzes how contextual commerce is changing how consumers interact and shop with merchants, and how contextual commerce experiences are growing more important for customers who want to shop in their home and through their smartphones.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2019

The Retail Robots Are Coming … Maybe. Among a slew of other announcements at CES, Samsung snuck in some rather interesting robot-related news : The firm has developed three new consumer and retail robots, as well as a wearable exoskeleton. It also features an emergency system that will dial 911 if a user falls.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

The aphorism holds especially true for payments, an industry in which technology shapes the way payments happen — and vice versa. Until now, and particularly on the retail side, payments have been shepherded through batch processing, making the shift a fundamental one. Some ideas and technologies evolve markedly, according to Norton.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

As a result, Lepp offers a unique way for his customers to view his merchandise online: They can “walk” through a virtual version of his real-life store via virtual reality (VR) technology, which seeks to create a similar experience to visually exploring the store. “We Six Hundred Four is hardly the only retailer to embrace VR technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

In an interview that springboarded the findings of the Retail Innovation Readiness Index , published late last year, Nicky Koopman, vice president of content and value-added services at AEVI , stated that when it comes to apps, one maxim holds true: One size does not fit all. Laying The Groundwork. Ah, but how to get there?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As retailers and payment service providers look for what might be their best 5G edges, clarity is emerging about the pace of the global rollout of that new and faster mobile network technology. Its major competitors, Samsung and Huawei, have already launched 5G phones, as have smaller competitors Oppo and Xiaomi. Retail and 5G.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The ultimate in hands-free tech is technology that you wear. It’s called augmented reality technology, and it’s already changing the way some people communicate and manage personal tasks, including their banking. Apple’s new smart, Internet-connected wristwatch isn’t the only wearable technology on the block.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here is the response from Florin Arghirescu, SVP of business relationships and innovation at Synchrony Financial …. Use of technology in retail is no longer a trend, evidenced by a proliferation of solutions in 2016. Payments 2016: The Year Of The “Ecosystem,” Redefined.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

is launching voice ordering through Bixby, becoming the first retailer to use Samsung ’s voice assistant for orders and payment. The company is a joint venture between Shinsegae Group and Starbucks Coffee International , retail news source Chain Store Age reported. “We Starbucks Coffee Korea Co.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Although more and more retailers are dabbling in new technology trends — hello, virtual reality shopping — consumers might not actually get the benefits of these advancements due to a problem that’s been facing the World Wide Web almost since its inception: slow internet connections.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

According to the press release, the Kroger app will be compatible with “Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Fitbit Pay, mobile banking apps and contactless chip cards, underpinned by near-field communication (NFC) technology.” So far, the contactless pay app has been introduced in 61 QFC stores.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the midst of troubling sales forecasts for Apple and Samsung, smartphone shipments in China dropped by 12-15.5 The China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT), which is a research institute under the umbrella of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said smartphone shipments fell 15.5 On Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. 29) with the Pixel and Samsung’s S8, running 7.0 29) with the Pixel and Samsung’s S8, running 7.0 Amazon spent the most on R&D by far. Amazon spent $22.6

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