POS Innovation

POS Innovation
Sephora CTO Says ‘Checkout of the Future’ Is as Much an Experience as a Transaction 
April 12, 2022

With a purview of 500 physical stores in the US, 600 store-in-store locations at Kohl’s, a website, a mobile app and 14 years of digital experience, Sephora has a deep and diverse understanding of its customers. Whether they’re buying online, in-store, getting delivery or using...

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Businesses Turn from Tech Triage to Upgrades
April 11, 2022

Running a baseball stadium demands technology that can be all things to all fans. That means systems that support contactless payments, that are flexible and scalable, that can maximize productivity, and that can handle both retail merchandizing and food-and-beverage sales. Software and payments provider SpotOn...

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Modern Digital Clearing Brings Efficiency, Rapid Reimbursement to Old-Fashioned Coupon Biz
March 31, 2022

Couponing clipping remains something consumers do, as the sector still relies heavily on paper, making it one of the most friction-filled ways of getting a discount. So technology is stepping in to save the coupon from itself. Brands and retailers want to bring couponing into...

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Global Payments Firm Adyen Rolls Out Android POS Units in EU, UK, US
January 05, 2022

Global payments platform Adyen is rolling out point of sale (POS) terminals in the EU, U.K., and the U.S. to deliver an all-in-one solution that gets rid of the need for cash registers, barcode scanners and customer-facing displays. Equipped with an app management system, merchants...

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LA’s SoFi Stadium, Square Ink 10-Year Deal for Contactless Payments
September 10, 2021

Square will be the exclusive point-of-sale (POS) payments, software and merchants service provider for the new SoFi Stadium, which is home to the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams, along with Hollywood Park, a 300-acre mixed-use development being built by Rams owner Stanley Kroenke,...

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COVID-19 Could Push Merchant Surcharging To The Mainstream
November 11, 2020

A settlement some 10 years ago between card networks and merchants over swipe fees technically granted merchants the right to surcharge consumers who pay with credit, as a means of offsetting interchange fees. But Payroc CEO Jim Oberman told PYMNTS in a recent conversation that...

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Why JPMorgan Wants A Piece Of The SMB POS Market
October 21, 2020

For SMBs, what’s in the cards … are more card readers. To that end, the banking giant J.P. Morgan is focused on enabling payments for the millions of small businesses that are the lifeblood of Main Streets across the U.S. – and, by extension, the...

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Why The Customer Experience Is A Program, Not A Project
September 17, 2020

The pandemic has reshaped how we interact with merchants — and what we expect, as customers, from those increasingly digital interactions. Call it the transformation of CX, shorthand for the customer experience.   In an interview with PYMNTS, Mike Vaughn, senior vice president of operations...

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PayPal Launches iZettle Food & Drink In The UK
September 03, 2020

PayPal has launched its iZettle Food & Drink app, the point of sale (POS) platform for iOS to support food and drinks service in the U.K. The app was crafted to support the hospitality industry including restaurants, cafes and pubs for a fast and easy...