We try and highlight members and UCP has been scored as #2 in the PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker, only exceeded by Ingenico who is #1. Pretty good company to be in.. PYMNTS.com Unattended Retail Tracker™, powered by USA Technologies, serves as a bimonthly framework for The PYMNTS.com Unattended Retail Tracker™, powered by USA Technologies, serves as a bimonthly… Read More »
The ability to dispense cash from your kiosk can be invaluable for making change and reducing the need for human cashiers. Traditional bill acceptors only accept cash, but bill recyclers have the ability to both accept and dispense cash like a human cashier Source: blog.kiosksimple.com Your customers will appreciate your kiosks giving them change in bills, rather than dispensing a mountain of… Read More »
Thanks to Kirk at ARCA and also Innopay with original article Fintech is unbundling the universal banking model: three strategic questions to answer Mounaim Cortet, Douwe Lycklama Payments, Article 31-08-2015 In the ‘universal model’ banks typically offer a broad product portfolio in retail, private, commercial, investment and transaction banking, along with wealth and asset management and insurance. This… Read More »
OS-Neutral Payment Devices The next generation payment devices really don’t care what OS you are running. You could be running Flex, Linux, Android or Windows for that matter. You do need an Ethernet or Bluetooth connection though. Cloud payment systems have come a long way from Avalara and website e-commerce. Now cloud-based payment unifies mobile pay devices which… Read More »
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Transaction laundering, not to be confused with money laundering, is a pretty big will that has found some Source: www.pymnts.com Good read on how proliferation of payment methods coupled with push to emv will radicalize this type of fraud Post Views: 17
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Attended and Unattended Payment JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 21, 2022 – PAX Technology, Inc., a leading global payment solution provider, is pleased to announce its partnership with Datacap, leading hardware and processor-agnostic omnichannel payments gateway in North America. Together, PAX and Datacap can now provide Point of Sale technology partners with a ready-to-install integration into PAX’s PxRetailer software, an… Read More »
See on Scoop.it – Kiosk & Kiosks Not to be confused with EasyPay Laundry kiosk right? Craig Allen Keefner‘s insight: This is VEA’s second EasyPay outdoor Kiosk location. VEA installed the first EasyPay Kiosk outside of the cooperative’s Pahrump office in October 2013. See on www.vea.coop Post Views: 24
Turnkey Point of Sale Payment Solutions One of the biggest trends that broke out of the pandemic was the massive uptick in alternative ways for consumers to pay. Gone are the simpler days of only letting customers pay with a credit or debit card, and only in full. Today’s shoppers are demanding the ability to pay on their… Read More »
Contactless Card Reader Payment Kiosk News From Ingenico blog written by Bruce Rasmussen | Aug 04, 2021 Back in 2019, the MTA rolled out OMNY – an innovative contactless fare payment system that allowed riders to simply “tap n go.” A rider (whether a daily traveler or a tourist) could simply use their contactless card, mobile wallet or wearable to tap… Read More »
Fujitsu, a leading information communication technology (ICT) company, today announced an International Distribution and License Agreement with OnCue Technologies, a developer of in-aisle point-of-information solutions that are designed to enhance the consumer shopping experience. Source: online.wsj.com Fujitsu will resell OnCue Technologies’ InfoCue and Expert OnCue mini kiosk solutions to big-box, grocery, beverage and hardware retailers in the United… Read More »
EMV Liability Shift – October 2015 is when the “liability shift” happens. As it stands now (this could change) – as of October 2015- if you are not accepting EMV – that’s OK, but MasterCard will not accept liability for any fraud that merchants incur. That excludes ATM & fuel, which are graduated in annually for some reason.… Read More »
Got a few extra euros laying around the house?Bring them to Northridge Fashion Center, where Leftovercash’s automated kiosk can convert your find into a Lowe’s gift card or a donation to Make-a-Wish of Greater Los Angeles, among o Source: www.dailynews.com Leftovercash currently accepts Canadian dollars, British pounds, euros, Swiss francs and Japanese yen. Linux. Post Views: 19
After accepting Apple Pay at all of its stores on the Apple Pay launch day on Monday (Oct. 20), the $26 billion 4,600-store Rite Aid pharmacy chain apparently changed its mind and yanked support from those stores Wednesday (Oct. 22), with no official explanation. Source: www.pymnts.com Speculation – Rite Aid is backer of Walmart-backed MCX’s CurrentC. Rival Walgreens… Read More »
There are few subjects that highlight the chasm of opinions between payments players quite like EMV. That EMV is coming: of that there can be no doubt. In a Source: www.pymnts.com panel was positive on EMV’s adoption, which the majority forecasting that by the time of the liability shift deadline, over 50 percent of retailers will have switched… Read More »
A look into the creation of MoneyGram’s new self service kiosk solution. Source: www.youtube.com Nice promo video by MoneyGram on new financial service kiosks Post Views: 26
Bill jams are commonplace when your kiosk accepts cash payments. No matter how advanced the bill acceptor, there’s always that guy that inserts a bill covered in mud, or something worse, and gums up the device. Source: blog.kiosksimple.com Good pointer on EBDS and the Crane/MEI SC bill acceptors for kiosks. Bill Jam is a supported error code for sure. For multiple BAs… Read More »
Thanks to Andrew Savala of KioskSimple If you’ve been watching the news lately you’ve probably heard about the credit card security breach at Target and all the buzz around “Chip and PIN” or “EMV.” In the case of Target, while hackers could have stolen the information from EMV capable cards the data would have been worthless. This is… Read More »
Apple Pay thus far has been hit or miss when it comes to vending machines and other similar self-service, standalone hardware. However, with USA Technologies’ Source: www.pymnts.com Post Views: 24
ISVPay and Unattended Card Payments (UCP) deliver omnichannel payments for self-service kiosk businesses Background Overview The general synopsis of this partnership is that ISVPay provides FirstData and TSYS backed merchant accounts, they are a billing channel for solutions we recommend often during our consultations and they are very talented at aggregating small ticket transactions to save kiosk operators… Read More »
Fiscal 2014 was good to TIO Networks as well and saw the company pump up revenues 25% from the preceding cycle to $50.87 million with gross margins for the year also experiencing a bump to 29.4% from 21% reported a year ago. Source: www.stockhouse.com Keeping up with Hamed Shahbazi at TIO. 2015 looks to be another breakout year… Read More »
Fine list of best Payment oriented business ideas and most innovative new ventures. Source: www.theinnovationproject2015.com Categories: Best POS Innovation, B2B Innovation, Cash Innovation, Small Business, Checks, Prepaid, New Tech, and more. Post Views: 22
The strategic partnership will offer US consumers quick, easy and safe bill pay options at kiosks nationwide, the companies say. Source: www.kioskmarketplace.com LD Systems offers highly customizable kiosks with electronic payment functionality for myriad options including: self-serve banking transactions, utility payments, court fines & fees (civil, family, criminal), property tax, toll tags, DMV motor vehicle tag renewals, parking… Read More »
Berg Insight, a dedicated M2M/IoT market research firm based in Sweden, has found that the global installed base of connected vending machines grew by 18.4 percent to 1.16 million units in 2014. Around 0.56 million of these machines have been installed in… Source: www.vendingmarketwatch.com The connected vending market has gained momentum as vending operators have started to deploy… Read More »
Android Pay, GOOG’s new payment API, takes on Apple Pay & AAPL. But what IS Android Pay, how does it threaten Apple, and where does Google Wallet fit in? Source: investorplace.com Last week, Google bought Softcard for an undisclosed sum. The biggest plus for GOOG? All three major carriers will pre-install Google Wallet on their Android devices. With google wallet all… Read More »
Activation and issuance of DubaiCard will take less than a minute Source: gulfnews.com Sallie Henry, contracts manager at National Pay, said that there will be 200 kiosks in Dubai in phase one and expansion to other emirates. To get a card, she said that a customer needs to have the passport or Emirates ID. The Emirates ID… Read More »
Walmart’s top payments executive told a conference last week that letting banks issue EMV credit cards without PINs makes a mockery of EMV security, CNN Money Source: www.pymnts.com But card brands Visa and MasterCard, which are allowing banks to issue PIN-free credit cards, argue that the security improvements aren’t worth the high cost of retrofitting credit card-processing systems. … Read More »
47 percent of Apple Pay users were denied by a participating merchant, study says. Source: arstechnica.com One piece to the puzzle that might keep banks paying into Apple’s platform is that customers seem to use credit cards more often on Apple Pay. According to Phoenix, 82 percent of Apple Pay users linked a credit card to their accounts,… Read More »
A US trade group is asking the payment-card industry to delay the October EMV transition plan that will leave the retail food stores and pharmacies it represents liable for fraudulent transactions if they are unable to meet the deadline. Source: www.paymenteye.com FMI sent letter to VISA/MC asking for 2016. Retail food stores and pharmacies will not be able… Read More »
Payment Kiosks Alternative Payment Methods 2021 Payment kiosks are increasing in number and in the verticals where they are used. Many grocers and big box stores have implemented self-checkout to keep lines short, provide shoppers with greater convenience, and make the most of labor – one associate can manage multiple checkouts equipped with kiosks that accept payments rather… Read More »
CBD recognized for its Digital Banking innovations at the BME UAE Product Awards Source: cpifinancial.net Post Views: 22
In the financial services industry, the term “cash handling” is commonplace. Everyone – from the C-suite down to each individual worker, knows the value of quality cash handling and money management. However, in the retail industry, the importance of cash handling can slip through the cracks. Source: arca.com The mobile phone crowd likes to dismiss cash but, not… Read More »
Bill jams are commonplace when your kiosk accepts cash payments. No matter how advanced the bill acceptor, there’s always that guy that inserts a bill covered in mud, or something worse, and gums up the device.
Source: blog.kiosksimple.com
Dual devices provide redundancy that comes in very handy, especially when collecting money. Nice writeup Andrew!
Payment Kiosks The rise of the internet, social media and smartphone devices, has radically changed consumers’ shopping habits, according to a new report by Deloitte. Source: www.paymenteye.com good data on higher conversion and higher spend. Post Views: 30
The 2015 Payments Power list has been revealed – find out who has made it into the top ten. Source: www.paymenteye.com Post Views: 22
