Tagged: touch-free payments

February 21, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the growth of virtual payments making a huge impact on how consumers shop and pay, payments specialist Blackhawk Network and retail software company LOC Software announced a partnership to offer touch-free mobile payment technologies to retailers. With these contactless payment options, Blackhawk Network and… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research recently published a whitepaper titled, “Cash is No Longer King: How Contactless Payments are Becoming the Norm.” The paper from Juniper Research notes that bricks-and-mortar retailers are now “under pressure” to provide increasingly “frictionless” shopping experiences. Consumers have started expecting quick, secured, and… Read More

January 31, 2021 @ 7:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Like many aspects of our daily lives in the 21st century, the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting consumers’ spending habits. The Coronavirus crisis may have led to permanent changes in consumer behavior, including the manner in which we acquire the products and services we need. When… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The limit on contactless payments might be increased from the current £45 to £100 in one of Britain’s very first steps away from European Union guidelines. The upper limit on touch-free or contactless payments might be raised to £100 after the suggestion was made to… Read More

October 21, 2020 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard, IDEMIA, and MatchMove will be piloting a fingerprint biometric card in Asia in order to improve the security and safety of contactless payments. According to a release, Mastercard will be partnering with IDEMIA, which offers “Augmented Identity” solutions, and MatchMove, a Singapore-based Fintech firm…. Read More

October 4, 2020 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jodie Kelley, CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), a major trade association for the global payments industry, representing more than 500 companies, has argued that the COVID-19 pandemic provides a strong impetus or reason to change how we interact and conduct transactions. Expressing views… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm JudoPay, which offers a mobile-first payment platform, has teamed up with Mastercard in order to promote the adoption of touch-free or contactless payment methods. JudoPay’s management noted that Mastercard would be helping the Fintech company with its expansion into the UK, Europe,… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) recently announced it has rolled out QR code payments in Canada for small businesses to accept touch-free mobile payments from their customers using the PayPal app. PayPal reported that the new functionality allows customers to buy or sell in-person, safely, and securely… Read More