Delta Air Lines Inc. is adopting Tap to Pay on iPhone for its U.S. flights, a move made in conjunction with processor Elavon Inc. Delta has long accepted card payments on flights, having adopted a card-only policy in 2009 for North America flights, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported then. The move …
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Buy now, pay later, the now established installment-payment option, is finding favor among consumers facing higher prices. That’s the word from a new report from Forter, an online fraud-prevention provider, based on its latest survey. Twenty-five percent of the 2,000 U.S. consumers surveyed by Talker Research say they use BNPL …
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FEVO Inc., an online shopping tool that enables consumers to share purchases with their friends, says it will use Shift4 Payments Inc. as its preferred payment processor for all music festivals and general-admission events. New York City-based FEVO’s model is built on enabling consumers to shop together without leaving a …
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Apple Pay Later, the buy now, pay later product from Apple Inc. released just over a year ago, is shutting down. The move comes after installment-payment specialist Affirm Inc. confirmed it would be part of Apple Wallet when the tech giant’s annual software updates for iPhones and computers emerge this …
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A new soccer club in San Diego will use Shift4 Payments Inc. for its ticketing transactions, while Passport Inc. readies its parking expertise for the NCAA Men’s College World Series this week. Allentown, Pa.-based Shift4 says its payments technology will undergird ticket transactions for the new Major League Soccer team, …
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Everyone has encountered the upsell. It’s the extended-warranty offer when buying a TV, or the ask to add a Danish to the coffee you just purchased. Now, CardFree Inc. has released a tool to help merchants automate the upsell with its new Smart AI Upsell feature. A component of CardFree’s …
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Shopify Inc. merchants looking for a way to add a chatbot with artificial-intelligence capabilities to their Web sites have a new option with the Sendbird Inc. chatbot. San Mateo, Calif.-based Sendbird’s chatbot is used by 4,000 apps, including DoorDash, Noom, and Yahoo Sports. Ottawa, Ontario-based Shopify says the Sendbird AI …
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Apple Inc. says iPhone users will be able to send funds to each other by simply holding their iPhones next to each other. It’s a further refinement of Apple’s financial services, which jumped off in 2014 with the launch of Apple Pay. In a video presentation Monday, Apple executives say …
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Retailer Michael Kors is getting into the artificial intelligence-powered shopping recommendation business with the adoption of Shopping Muse, a recommendation engine from a Mastercard Inc. company. Developed by Dynamic Yield, a data-personalization platform Mastercard acquired from McDonald’s Corp. in 2022, Shopping Muse employs artificial intelligence to make recommendations and further …
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Italian fashion house Prada is adopting omnichannel payments technology from Adyen NV in a bid to build a single financial technology platform across all its retail channels. Tap to Pay on iPhone in Prada’s U.S. locations and its Milan store is a centerpiece of the partnership, Adyen says, and potentially …
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