POS and Retail

As blockchain use cases grow, retailers are seeing more reasons to use the distributed ledger technology for payments.

AI can ease shortfalls in legacy processing and risk systems, contends Deep Labs' Michael Lynch

Fraudsters are getting clever about beating authentication for returning users, says NuData Security's Robert Capps

Compliance can be complex and expensive, but failure puts merchants at risk, says FIME's Christian Damour.

Hackers are flocking to loyalty and rewards programs, pushing marketers to embed extra fraud technology to stem financial losses.

Large U.S. banks and merchants are finally working together to support contactless payments. But two of retail's biggest chains, Walmart and Kroger, aren't on board, and for good reason.

Amazon’s move pressures other merchants to add speed to e-commerce delivery while adding a few more steps to vet payments, writes Monica Eaton-Cardone, COO of Chargebacks911 and CIO of its parent company Global Risk Technologies

U.S. merchants need to do their research now, seek independent legal advice, and work with their payments provider to determine their exact needs and next steps in order to stay compliant and not risk losing revenue, says Worldpay's Jonathan Dranko.

Banks don't compete with each other enough to effectively lead the move to faster payments in the U.S., argues CMSPI's Mark Horwedel.

In a bid to keep pace with coffee arch-rival Starbucks’ delivery and mobile order-ahead services, Dunkin’ is working with Grubhub to roll out New York delivery.