Point-of-sale

May, 2023

• 8 May

  Cantaloupe Launches Smart Technology for Grab And Go at Self-Service Environments

  

  Cantaloupe Inc. is rolling out Cantaloupe Go, a line of self-service apps and kiosks that rely on artificial intelligence to enable consumers to purchase products in self-service retail locations, such as micro-markets. Cantaloupe Go comprises Cantaloupe’s line of self-checkout kiosks. which vary in cost, features, and payment-acceptance capabilities; Smart Store …
• 8 May

  Merchants’ Cost Burden for Card Acceptance Has Long Been Flat, a Card Industry Group Argues

  

  Merchants’ price for accepting credit cards has remained steady for years, according to data released Monday by the Electronic Payments Coalition, an advocacy group representing the payment card industry. The EPC’s release comes as widespread and longstanding merchant complaints about the cost of card acceptance have sparked efforts by federal …
• 5 May

  Presto Rolls Out Voice Ordering; SoundHound Integrates Voice Ordering With Oracle’s POS

  

  Presto Automation Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence-based solutions for drive-through restaurants, is rolling out its voice-ordering system at participating Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s drive-throughs nationwide. San Carlos, Calif.-based Presto had been piloting the technology at select Carl’s Jr. and Hardees locations. Carl’s Jr. and Hardees, which together have about …
• 5 May

  GoDaddy Payment Volume Tops $1 Billion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/5/23

  

  GoDaddy Inc. reported payments volume from its various commerce services surpassed $1 billion annualized in the first quarter. The Web registrar has launched a number of payments initiatives in the past year, most recently a service that supports transactions through Microsoft Teams. Thinkific Labs Inc., a platform that supports creating, marketing, and …
• 4 May

  Block Nears $5 Billion in Revenue

  

  Buoyed by Cash App, services, and a move up market Block Inc., parent of Square and Afterpay, generated nearly $5 billion in first-quarter revenue, a 25% increase from $4 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Its transaction-based revenue of $1.42 billion was a 15% increase from $1.29 billion …
• 4 May

  Shift4 Busies Itself with Domestic Expansion As It Waits for Clearance on Its Finaro Deal

  

  Shift4 Payments Inc. is still waiting on approval from European regulators to complete its $525-million Finaro acquisition, but in the mean time the Allentown, Pa.-based processor has been busy expanding in its home market. That expansion includes yet other acquisitions aimed at consolidating Shift4’s grip on the restaurant point-of-sale market, …
• 4 May

  Deluxe’s Payments Revenue up And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/4/23

  

  Payments provider Deluxe Corp. reported its first-quarter revenue dipped nearly 2% year-over-year to $545.4 million. Net income swooned from $9.7 million to $2.8 million owing to higher interest expense and a higher income-tax rate, according to the company. Revenue in its payments division, its second-largest unit after checks, rose 3.5% to $172 …
• 3 May

  NRS Reports Big Growth in Same-Store Sales; Brookshire Grocery Rolls Out NCR POS

  

  National Retail Solutions Inc., a provider of point-of-sale technology to independent retailers, reported same-store sales in April among retailers in its network grew 6.5% compared to the same period a year earlier. The increase was a significant jump from the 0.1% increase in same-store sales in March, compared to a …
• 3 May

  Western Union Views Visa+ as Complement

  

  The Western Union Co. says its decision to join the early set of providers in Visa Inc.’s interoperable peer-to-peer payments service called Visa+ reflects its business. Visa+ allows users to move payments between rival peer-to-peer payments networks. The pilot, set to launch later this year, will begin with transfers between …
• 3 May

  Deluxe and Echo Form DPX Payments And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/3/23

  

  Deluxe Corp. said it and Echo Health Inc. have formed a joint venture called DPX Payments to provide payables services to the middle-market and will offer a disbursements platform. ACI Worldwide Inc. said its 2023 Prime Time for Real-Time Payments report found the Middle East as the fastest-growing region for real-time payments globally, …