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So You Bought an iPad for your mobile POS – Now What?
The trend of moving from traditional point of sale (POS) to mobile POS is spreading through the retail industry, signifying the most profound change since the introduction of online shopping. In fact,...
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Guest Post: 5 Ways Retailers Can Leverage Loyalty Programs
(Contributed by Wm. Matthew Street) A customer loyalty program is among the best tools a retailer can deploy and it can provide a wealth of benefits for both large and small retailers. Loyalty programs...
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On the Road(show) Again – Around the UK
At VeriFone it’s fair to say we’re evangelical about new payment technologies – our success depends on the success of our customers, and we believe that our customers will do best if they employ the...
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Apple iBeacon, PayPal Beacon and BLE – What does it all mean?
Last week was a great week for those of us that watch potential changes to the commerce user experience, particularly as it relates to payment. Many eagerly watched Apple’s announcement last Monday to...
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NFC is Dead – No it’s Not! (and more from the Money2020 event)
This week in Las Vegas, a fairly young payments event called, “Money2020” is going on and it has already garnered attendees from 60 countries, most of the top payments-focused companies in North...
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NACS 2013 – Event Wrap Up
Yesterday marked the last day of the biggest North America conference and trade show for the c-store and petro industry. Held in the Georgia World Congress center, it boasted three massive halls full...
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NFC – Reaching Critical Mass. When and how Long will it take?
Sometimes it’s important to think very carefully about the words we use everyday. When we talk about trends, it’s almost impossible not to get bogged down in metaphors and buzz words – like going...
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How Mobile POS Can Help Kickstart Your Holiday Sales
Retailers are gearing up for the vital holiday season. And while we don’t know what the season holds from a sales perspective, there are some problems that hold true from year to year. Here we look at...
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Bluetooth Low Energy, Beacons and Retail – A New VeriFone White Paper
Last month, Erik Vlugt wrote a post titled, “Apple iBeacon, PayPal Beacon and BLE – What does it all mean?”. In the article, Vlugt discussed Bluetooth Low Energy, an existing technology that is now...
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From Magstripe to EMV – How Transactions Will Change
2015 looks to be the year that we fundamentally change how we pay for things with plastic–something that hasn’t happened since credit went mainstream in the early 50s thanks to the Diners Club Card. In...
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Retailers – Don’t Forget the In-Store Customer Experience
Recognizing that high quality customer profiling isn’t just the purview of online search engines, savvy retailers are steadily building comprehensive profiles of their customers’ online shopping...
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Iberia – An Eclectic Mix of Business Opportunities
Iberia is a complex region as it is a clash of both economic challenges and commercial opportunities. In Spain and Portugal, tough financial times mean that banks and retailers are really feeling the...
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Merchants, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – Like EMV (Part II)
As a follow up to my first post, where I provided insight into the context about why we developed VeriFone Point, (we want to solve payment complexity), I wanted to spend a bit more time walking...
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Europe – A Hotbed of Payment Innovation
This month, more than 20,000 visitors from 170 countries are expected to attend the Cartes event in Paris. It’s hardly surprising that the world spotlight regularly falls on Europe. As a unique melting...
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A Force Majeure at Cartes!
For payment professionals, Europe’s prime industry event has to be Cartes, which kicked off today at the Paris-Nord Villepinte. After almost three decades, Cartes has never been bigger and is now seen...
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Merchants Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – Like EMV (part III)
This is the last in a series of blog posts in which I outline the value of having both a cloud-based and device based strategy for supporting EMV and other emerging payments services for merchants. In...
View ArticleCartes – Alive with innovation
It was a busy but successful three days at Cartes in Paris. The buzz at the show was tangible. The world of payments is fast changing and the industry is alive with innovation. As I walked around the...
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Study – The Best Tippers Live in Stockholm
The practice of tipping, especially at restaurants, varies greatly depending on where you are in the world. But among those countries where tipping is prevalent, Sweden gets top billing for having the...
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Keeping Britain’s Seasonal Sales Points Ringing
This December, British retailers are bracing for an upsurge in consumer spending. Total Holiday shopping sales are expected to reach a staggering £72.2bn – or £351 per person – an increase of more than...
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8 Retail Predictions in “Store” for 2014
The VeriFone Blog - News, Information and Expert Analysis for the Payments IndustryAs it is the start of the year we thought we would have a look at some of the issues that will be impacting retail...
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