The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) will once again bring the innovative and cutting-edge technologies retailers use every day to the forefront at Retail’s BIG Show. The ARTS Pavilion (booth 2253), a showcase of ...
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With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, ...
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Visa said Tuesday that it has expanded its digital wallet service V.me to an additional 53 banks and 23 merchant partners. About 55 million cardholders now can use V.me for their online shopping. V.me is a wallet service that aims to make ...
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Computerworld - Mobile payment technologies are finally vaulting forward in the U.S. after years of slow advances. The biggest move ahead could occur in September, when Apple is widely expected to embrace a mobile payment scheme with its ...
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Near field communications (NFC) technology has brought a new wave of techniques to the retail industry, enabling bricks and mortar stores to attract and interact with customers in innovative ways. Analysts see these tools as a money maker ...
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More that a dozen retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven have joined forces to form the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a mobile-payments network that will compete with Google and Isis. The retailers claim that they ...
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The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has released guidance making PCI compliant hosting a must for secure mobile transactions. CHICAGO, IL, November 22, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The PCI SSC recently issued best ...
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Nintendo said Thursday pre-order sales of its new Wii U console are strong and the console is likely to have shortages this holiday season after its launch. The company also expects a hit on its profits in the short-term from the console, ...
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Almost three quarters of retail banks are increasing how much they spend on innovation as they attempt to better engage customers through mobile and online channels. According to a study of 300 banks in 66 countries, carried out by IT ...
Mobile payment systems in the U.S. have been long on promise and short on reality. The launch Monday of the Isis system in Salt Lake City and Austin will promote the adoption of mobile payments among users of nine smartphones that support ...
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The European Union (EU) today agreed to allow the UK’s top operators to work together on mobile payment solutions. Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere announced the plan to create a joint venture in March this year, hoping to ...
Computerworld - ISIS, a consortium of three wireless carriers, is reportedly set to launch its mobile payment pilot test on Aug. 20 in Austin and Salt Lake City. Separately, ISIS competitor Google on Wednesday announced a cloud-based ...
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Computerworld - ISIS, a consortium of three wireless carriers, said Thursday that it will not launch its Near-Field Communication-based mobile payment service in Salt Lake City or Austin, Texas by the end of the summer as earlier planned. ...
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Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. In a tweet, the company said: ...
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The Home Depot says its rollout of a PayPal in-store payment system to 1,976 U.S. stores in March has generally been a success, though it notes that the system still accounts for a very small percentage of overall transactions. The ...
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