Square has a lot of merchants on its online and mobile shopping portal Square Market, but few are actually selling goods there. Its new Pickup feature could prompt more of them… Read more »
ShopKeep is selling a host of cloud-based tools for handling cash and card transactions, managing employees and tracking inventory — all accessed from an iPad screen. Unlike its competitors, though, ShopKeep… Read more »
The terminal should make it easier for small business to take contactless payments, assuming of course that their customers have suitably-equipped bank cards or mobile wallets. Read more »
Best Buy and 7-Eleven are shutting down NFC at their registers. Are they saving themselves the expense of running a smartphone payments infrastructure no one is yet using, or are they… Read more »
NCR isn’t just going after Square with its iPad point-of-sale terminal Silver. It’s now challenging loyalty platform startups like Belly in its attempts to crack the small brick-and-mortar business. Read more »
Mobile wallet startup Loop has launched its iPhone app and is selling its credit-card emulating fob and iPhone case on its websites. I gave a Loop a spin this week, and… Read more »
Square’s point-of-sale terminal is moving onto the deli counters and coffee bars in several Whole Foods Markets around the country, allowing customers pay for quick items without waiting in a checkout… Read more »