Payment

Instore, News, Payment

BNPL, buy now pay later, JD Sports, Laybuy

JD Sports has added another ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) scheme to its offering as it partners with Laybuy. Customers can now pay for goods in six interest-free weekly payments…

Revolut has launched open banking for all of its UK retail and business customers allowing them to share data across various financial providers.

Revolut launches open banking for all retail customers

February 11, 2020

Banking, digital, Revolut

Revolut has launched open banking for all of its UK retail and business customers allowing them to share data across various financial providers. The digital bank has today launched its…

Visa is set to make major changes to the rates it charges retailers to accept its cards, raising costs for ecommerce brands but dropping rates for other sectors.

Visa to raise ecommerce ‘interchange fees’ amid biggest change in a decade

February 7, 2020

Ecommerce, Industry, News, Payment

ecommerce, Interchange Fees, Visa

Visa is set to make major changes to the rates it charges retailers to accept its cards, raising costs for ecommerce brands but dropping rates for other sectors. Interchange fees,…

7-Eleven is piloting a cashierless store at its headquarters in Texas despite the increasing legislative crackdown on the format across the US.

7-Eleven launches cashierless store despite growing US ban on the format

February 6, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, News, Payment

7-Eleven, Amazon Go, Cashierless

7-Eleven is piloting a cashierless store at its headquarters in Texas despite the increasing legislative crackdown on the format across the US. The 700sq ft pilot store is now open…

WHSmith has partnered with ‘buy now, pay later’ giant Laybuy to offer customers the option to spread payments over six weeks.

WHSmith offers ‘buy now, pay later’ with Laybuy

February 5, 2020

buy now pay later, Laybuy, WHSmith

WHSmith has partnered with ‘buy now, pay later’ giant Laybuy to offer customers the option to spread payments over six weeks. From today WHSmith customers can pay for their purchases…

Cashless retail stores are now officially banned in New York City in a dramatic shift away from digital payments.

New York bans cashless stores in major blow to digital retail payments

January 27, 2020

Amazon Go, Bill De Blasio, cashless, New York

Cashless retail stores are now officially banned in New York City in a dramatic shift away from digital payments. New York’s city council approved new legislation almost unanimously last week…

Digital payments have the power to “do no less than rebalance global economic power” and will bring about the end of plastic cards, not cash.

Digital payments will kill plastic cards, not cash

January 24, 2020

Deutsche Bank, Digital Payments, The Future of Payments

Cryptocurrency, News, Payment

Digital payments have the power to “do no less than rebalance global economic power” and will bring about the end of plastic cards, not cash. Deutsche Bank’s latest The Future…

Visa launches cashback incentive scheme for retailers

January 22, 2020

cashback, Lloyds, Visa

Visa is launching a new initiative to incentivise retailers to offer cashback in areas of the UK where shoppers have limited access to cash. Alongside Lloyds Banking Group, Visa has…

Mobile payments now more secure than physical cards

January 21, 2020

Apps / Mobile, News, Payment

Contactless, Digital Wallet, Mobile, myPOS, payment