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US retailers choose mobile payments with QR codes over Apple Pay

10/28/201410/27/2014 Julie Campbell

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Many large companies have disabled the NFC readers from their point of sale terminals. Large retailers across the United States have made the move to block Apple pay through the disabling of the NFC readers at their POS terminals, as they work to complete their own mobile payments transactions solution that will be based on QR codes. A recent report has shown that giants such as Wal-Mart, CVS, Best Buy and Rite Aid are stopping Apple Pay. These retailers, and others, have modified their POS terminals in order to block…

Study shows retailers are struggling to embrace mobile payments

05/02/201404/30/2014 Stephen Vagus

Retailers are falling short when it comes to mobile commerce and engaging mobile consumers Deloitte Digital, a leading digital consulting firm, has released a new study focused on the mobile commerce sector. The study highlights the relationship that retailers have with mobile commerce and what they are doing to engage consumers in the mobile space. A growing number of consumers are embracing the concept of mobile payments, turning to their smartphones and tablets to get their shopping done. Retailers are working to accommodate the needs of these consumers, but many…

Retail mobile payments in South Africa are leading the way

12/04/201312/02/2013 John Montgallo

These shops are at the head of the crowd on a worldwide scale in terms of enabling the technology. Although the dream of retail mobile payments is only barely just getting started in North America and is seeing considerable resistance from consumers and stores, alike, this is not the case in South Africa, where merchants are leading the way for receiving transactions through the use of smartphones. Among the largest obstacles that this technology had previously seen was the complexity of its nature. However, today, the technology for placing credit…

Mobile payments trial to start with the hopes of Marks & Spencer

04/08/201304/06/2013 Sam Lambert

The small pilot program is being held by the retailer, which is hopeful that it will be successful. Marks & Spencer, the massive British retailer, made considerable mobile payments headlines recently when a report wrongfully indicated that it was adding a new app that was deploying smartphone based transactions throughout. Instead, the story is similar, but it is quite different, as it has started a small trial program. The mobile payments trial began with the launch of the M&S Digital Lab app, which occurred in February. This was a part…

Mobile payments service launched by Sionic for national retailers

04/01/201303/29/2013 Jesse Collins

The system has been compared to what is currently available at Starbucks for purchase transactions and loyalty rewards. Sionic has just announced that its Sionic Ion Rewards app will now allow consumers to be able to make mobile payments for purchases in a way that is comparable to the successful method used by Starbucks. The massive coffee chain uses its smartphone app and prepaid cards to allow consumers to buy. The café’s shops receive approximately 3 million mobile payments every week, according to its own statistics. It has predicted that…