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Global IT outage proves cash is vital to society as CrowdStrike Microsoft incident hits card payments

Global IT outage proves cash is vital to society as CrowdStrike Microsoft incident hits card payments

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PaymentsStaff WriterJuly 20, 2024Payments, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, IT outages, Cash, Cashless payments, Card payments, GMB union, Ron Delnevo, CrowdStrike Microsoft, BRCComment

Here’s why payment choice works for everyone except the banks amidst check-out free stores push

Here’s why payment choice works for everyone except the banks amidst check-out free stores push

CommentStaff WriterAugust 22, 2023Amazon, Amazon Go, Amazon Just Walk Out technology, Cashless payments, Cash, Payments, Comment, Ron Delnevo, Checkout free storesComment

Central Retail Corporation teams with Ant Group to launch Alipay+ payments for Asian travellers in Thailand

Central Retail Corporation teams with Ant Group to launch Alipay+ payments for Asian travellers in Thailand

PaymentsStaff WriterAugust 14, 2023Central Retail Corporation, Stores, Thailand, Payments, Digital payments, Ant Group, Alipay+, Travellers, Tourism, Cashless payments, Mobile wallets, Mobile paymentsComment

PayTech firm Nexi makes Teatro Arcimboldi Milan the first cashless theatre in Italy

PayTech firm Nexi makes Teatro Arcimboldi Milan the first cashless theatre in Italy

PaymentsStaff WriterJuly 10, 2023Teatro Arcimboldi Milan, Milan, Italy, Nexi, Payments, PayTech, FinTech, Cashless paymentsComment

New research: majority of Brits support making it legal requirement for businesses to accept cash

New research: majority of Brits support making it legal requirement for businesses to accept cash

PaymentsStaff WriterJune 13, 2023The Payment Choice Alliance, Ron Delnevo, Payments, Cash, Cashless payments, UK retail, YouGov, Mobile payments, Contactless paymentsComment

Barclaycard sponsored Isle of Wight Festival 2023 under fire for being cashless event

Barclaycard sponsored Isle of Wight Festival 2023 under fire for being cashless event

PaymentsStaff WriterJune 12, 2023Isle of Wight Festival 2023, Ron Delnevo, Payments, Cashless payments, Music, Festivals, SAP Emarsys, PayTech, Barclaycard, Mobile payments, Card payments, Cash Comments

Marks and Spencer blasted by elderly customers as it goes cashless in automated cafes

Marks and Spencer blasted by elderly customers as it goes cashless in automated cafes

StoresStaff WriterMay 31, 2023Marks and Spencer, Stores, M&S, Elderly customers, Disabled people, Retail technology, Ron Delnevo, Self-service checkouts, Digital touchscreens, UK retail, Cashless payments, Cash, PaymentsComment

Well Pharmacy introduces micro-donations in-store to boost mental health fundraising efforts

Well Pharmacy introduces micro-donations in-store to boost mental health fundraising efforts

Micro-donationsStaff WriterFebruary 16, 2023Well Pharmacy, Pennies, Trust Payments Group, Cashless payments, Micro donations, Charities, Mind, Health and wellbeingComment

Ikea launches first omnichannel centric city store in Canada

Ikea launches first omnichannel centric city store in Canada

StoresStaff WriterMay 25, 2022Ingka Group, Ikea, Canada, Stores, Bricks and mortar retail, Omnichannel retail, Online delivery, Cashless payments, Ship from store, Online retailComment

The retail technology space during the Covid pandemic

The retail technology space during the Covid pandemic

CoronavirusStaff WriterNovember 22, 2021Coronavirus, COVID-19, Retail technology, 2020 RTIH Innovation Awards, RTIH Innovation Awards, Critizr, Cashless payments, Online retail, E-commerce, PaymentsComment

Rose Bowl Stadium deploys Tappit cashless payments tech

Rose Bowl Stadium deploys Tappit cashless payments tech

Cashless paymentsStaff WriterNovember 22, 2021Tappit, Rose Bowl Stadium, Hospitality and leisure, Payments, Cashless payments, Mobile apps, QR codesComment

Tappit hires startup veteran Laurens Eckelboom as CCO

Tappit hires startup veteran Laurens Eckelboom as CCO

AppointmentsStaff WriterNovember 10, 2021Tappit, Cashless payments, Startups, Payments, Hospitality and leisure, Laurens Eckelboom, AppointmentsComment

Selecta Group enlists Fiserv for cashless payments roll-out

Selecta Group enlists Fiserv for cashless payments roll-out

PaymentsStaff WriterAugust 24, 2021Fiserv, Selecta Group, Payments, Cashless payments, Self service retailers, PayTech, Contactless payments, Mobile retailComment

Chelsea F.C. taps Fiserv Clover tech for cashless push

PaymentsStaff WriterAugust 5, 2021Chelsea F.C., Fiserv Clover, Payments, Cashless payments, Football, Hospitality and leisure, Mobile payments, FiservComment

The Big Issue enlists Zettle by PayPal for cashless payments push

The Big Issue enlists Zettle by PayPal for cashless payments push

Contactless paymentsStaff WriterMay 10, 2021The Big Issue Group, Contactless payments, Coronavirus, Zettle, PayPal, Mobile payments, Mobile retail, PayPal QR Code, Cashless paymentsComment

Increasing digitalisation and financial inclusion power shift away from cash

PaymentsStaff WriterMay 12, 2020Payments, RBR, Cash, Cashless payments, Mobile payments, PayTech, Card payments, Financial inclusion, Digitalisation, QR codes, E-commerceComment

Waitrose pushes cashless payments amid coronavirus outbreak

Waitrose pushes cashless payments amid coronavirus outbreak

CoronavirusStaff WriterMarch 24, 2020Waitrose, Cashless payments, Mobile payments, Self-service technology, Checkouts, Protective checkout screens, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Bricks and mortar retail, Supermarkets, Waitrose Quick Check, Contactless payments, PaymentsComment

Chancellor Rishi Sunak set to protect future of cash

CashStaff WriterMarch 9, 2020Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Cash, Payments, Tesco, Cashless payments, Cashless stores, UK FinanceComment

iZettle teams with UN Women UK for gender equality campaign

iZettle teams with UN Women UK for gender equality campaign

PaymentsStaff WriterMarch 5, 2020Payments, iZettle, Gender equality, UN Women UK, Social media, FemTech, Cashless paymentsComment

Tesco’s cashless store bet is a mistake. Here’s why

Cashless paymentsStaff WriterFebruary 27, 2020Tesco, Cashless stores, Cashless payments, Cash, Mobile payments, Sainsbury's, Amazon, Bricks and mortar retailComment