Disruptive Technologies

7-Eleven mobile payments app

7-Eleven introduces hybrid mobile cashierless checkout

In 14 stores in its Dallas headquarters market, 7-Eleven is testing a mobile cashierless checkout app called Scan and Pay. Customers can pick up a Slurpee, snacks and ...
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connected car commerce

Connected car commerce will zoom to $265 billion by 2023

When you connect car lovers with e-commerce, you end up with a potential marketplace of $265 billion by 2023, according to the latest Juniper Research report. The report ...
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US retail storm

Timeline of major 2015-2018 US Retail Bankruptcies

Last week, Sears finally succumbed to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a decades-long and painful struggle. Sears expects to close 142 unprofitable stores by the end of this ...
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Payments NEXT news roundup

Payments news roundup: NRF holiday sales, Square, Bitglass, NAFTA, Danske

Here are the top global payments news stories from this week, all curated for your weekend reading pleasure. Fed seeks feedback on plans for RTGS system for faster ...
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Square Installments pay plan

Square Installments gives small business customers easy payments plan

Square today launched a new payment option for small businesses to let customers pay for larger purchases in monthly installments. Initially, the new Square Installments payments plan is ...
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Is Amazon 4-Star reinventing the department store?

If you’re a certain age, you might remember the grand FW Woolworth’s department store. Founded in 1878, the successful chain pioneered the five-and-dime store where you could find ...
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US noncompliance regulatory costs

Regtech compliance disruption growing; spending will reach $115.9 billion

Along with the disruption in the financial market by technology are the growing burdens of compliance and its impact on the financial industry. A new whitepaper from Juniper ...
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Payments NEXT newsletter

Payments NEXT newsletter: Zippin, Walmart, IBM, Amazon Pay Japan, more…

In this week’s global Payments NEXT newsletter, US startup Zippin is showcasing its next-generation checkout-free technology. Walmart is testing an innovative crowdsourcing delivery program that could take off. ...
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biometrics booming

Passwords passé, “something I am” biometrics ID coming soon

A new report from Juniper Research says password-based solutions are increasingly impractical, and service providers have begun testing alternative second factors; ‘something I am’, such as a fingerprint, ...
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Safelite insurance claims payments

Safelite launches same-day car insurance payment claims service

Instead of taking days or weeks to pay out non-glass insurance claims, a new service from Safelite Solutions and Ingo Money could pay accident claimants within hours. Safelite ...
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