Mobile Wallets

Cloud-based point-of-sale maker Revel Systems said restaurant chain Pizza King will use the Revel Enterprise POS system across its 49 locations, including payment processing via Revel Advantage. Pizza King also will use Revel’s technology for integrations with an employee scheduling application and a gift card provider.ParTech Inc. introduced PAR Payment Service. Designed for …

Consumers are replacing cash with payment cards during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the “Purchasing in a Pandemic” report issued by Visa Inc. and consultancy The Strawhecker Group. Among the findings is that 26% of respondents expect to use less cash following the pandemic when compared to before. That, coupled …

Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team, will transition to cashless when fans are able to return to the venue, the team announced. Card and mobile payments will be used for concessions, merchandise, and other purchases. The stadium is the first fully contactless-enabled NFL venue, the team …

Few payments technologies have gained headwinds from Covid fears as much as contactless parking, and now drivers have an option to locate, reserve, and pay for a space from their in-car touchscreen. Xevo Inc., a developer of connected-car technology, announced Thursday it is enabling the parking feature with Reef Technology, …

Amazon.com Inc.’s venture in letting consumers pay with the palm of their hand officially launched Tuesday at two Amazon Go stores. But the retailing giant’s latest payment technology could face an uncertain future even as stores struggle with how to introduce contactless methods in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. …

Nuvei Corp. said it received a sports betting vendor license in Colorado, enabling it to process payments there for regulated sports betting sites and apps.Mastercard Inc. and ACI Worldwide Inc. said they will collaborate to support real-time payments capabilities, initially for central banks, payments networks, financial institutions, and payments providers.To help businesses …

Consumers appear to like using their mobile wallets for payments, with PSCU, a credit union service organization, reporting a 70.3% increase in the use of debit cards for the week ending Sept. 20 over the week ending Sept. 22, 2019. Credit card use in wallets was up 50.4%.Some 76% of small-business owners will …

Consumer demand is so strong that 81% of merchants surveyed by American Express Co. intend to make contactless payments a permanent option at the point of sale. Some 70% of merchants say their customers have asked for contactless payments, J.J. Kieley, vice president of the AmEx Payments Consulting Group, tells Digital …

ActiveCampaign, a customer-experience automation provider, is teaming with Stripe Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. to integrate its software in the platforms of both payment providers. The integrations will enable merchants to connect their Stripe or PayPal accounts to ActiveCampaign through native integrations and use payer data to coordinate personalized customer …

To the extent students are returning to college campuses, payments companies are pursuing opportunities in contactless payments—even when it comes to paying for parking. PayByPhone Technologies Inc. on Thursday said that with recent additions its mobile parking app is now available at 29 North American colleges and universities.  The app …