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The Problem with Digital Offers – And It’s Not the Tech!
I did everything right. I work in the payments industry so I have an understanding of the technology. I have one of the hottest Android phones on the market that came preloaded with an electronic...
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Unwrap Added Value Services for the Holidays
It’s hard to not think of the point of sale as a place to pay. But with advanced functionality and processing power, today’s payment devices can deliver more sales opportunities for retailers –...
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Forget Apple. Could Disney Kickstart NFC?
Next to Christmas, perhaps the most popular holiday in the US is Thanksgiving. For many, it’s a time to get together with family and enjoy a nice day of gorging yourself silly on turkey, dressing,...
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Enabling the Many Aspects of Mobility in Retail
The mobile revolution represents a major challenge for retailers worldwide. Leveraging a consumer’s own smart phone to deliver content and services to consumer smartphones anywhere has brought...
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ADA Standards Affect Pay-At-The-Pump Hardware
For fueling station owners, another regulation has been enacted that may require subtle changes to the forecourt payment hardware. The 2010 ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Standards implemented a...
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2013: More Bite, Less Bark for Payments in Europe
Last year began with much discussion about how payments would shape up in the future. In 2013, European retailers are already making it clear they want to focus less on conversation and much more on...
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Top 5 Tech Tools for Restaurants
(Guest post by Ian Said/Ideal Software) Restaurant businesses have to work harder these days to keep up with the most successful chain restaurants. While large restaurant chains enjoy the benefits of...
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Empowering Omni-channel Retail
Question: How can I take advantage of today’s mobile-savvy consumer? It’s a question that we hear from just about every corner of the industry—tradeshows, media, online, customers and end-users alike....
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Quest for Value in Retail Systems Drives Innovation in Italy
With a fragmented localised market, few ‘international’ retailers, and fragile economic climate, Italy is a tough market, with many challenges. In Italy, the top 10 retailers generate only 20% of...
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Mobile Wallets – Have the Pieces Finally Come Together?
Every mobile network operator in the world will be looking at innovative mobile payment solutions this week at Mobile World Congress (Twitter: #MWC13) in Barcelona. More and more of the devices they...
View ArticleVeriFone SoftPay and “Mr. Hangbrain”
VeriFone SoftPay doesn’t get much public attention. It’s the software that powers some of our more popular countertop/portal devices such as our VX Evolution line of payment devices. Most of the time...
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Do Your Customers Ship Their Pants?
Unless you’ve made your nest living under a rock the past couple of weeks, you’ve likely come across Kmart’s viral “Ship My Pants” video. In the video Kmart customers gleefully talk about how they were...
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POS Security. It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Ask three people which method of payment is more secure–cash, credit or debit–and you’ll likely get three different answers, each offering valid points on why one payment method is more secure than the...
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Can Mobile Retail Cure Shopping Rage?
Think back to your last shopping experience, what was it like? Was it enjoyable, memorable, or did it leave something to be desired? If so, what made it that way? I’d like to share a recent shopping...
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Cards & Payments Middle East – This year’s hottest payment trends
VeriFone’s regular trip to Cards & Payments Middle East this year took us back to Dubai. With attendance up by 45% last year, the event was more vibrant than previous years and was a great...
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Lessons Learned from UK’s EMV Success
While the UK has benefited from almost a decade of secure payments aided by EMV, the mag-stripe focused USA has become increasingly vulnerable. With fraud now a global business, the USA finds itself at...
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We can’t make good coffee, but we can simplify payments
I’m sitting in my local coffee shop – not the biggest fan of our office coffee – while writing this post and could really not have asked for a better setting to illustrate this topic. As I wait for my...
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mPOS – Coming to Europe
The mobile point-of-sale, or mPOS, is proving to be a technology with a lot of buzz, with many contenders looking to meet the needs of businesses that want to take payments without a traditional till...
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Meeting Multi-Channel Retail Demands in France
Today’s consumers want to buy whenever they want, and wherever they are – in store, online, by mobile or tablet, by call centre or self-service kiosk. For a retailer, that means complex channels, a...
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Finally, a tablet POS that makes everyone happy—merchants, ISOs AND acquirers
Merchant interest in tablet POS systems is huge right now. So much so, that the market has quickly become crowded with multiple solutions trying to replace the cash register with a tablet POS app. But...
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