The momentum behind tap to pay technology on smart phones shows no signs of slowing down. MagicCube Inc., which has traditionally focused on providing contactless payment technology to small merchants through off-the-shelf mobile devices, has expanded its reach to small and mid-sized merchants through a partnership with ACI Worldwide Inc. …

Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay on Android for merchants in the United States, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The technology will enable Square merchants to accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, such as …

Ordering ahead for a Domino’s pizza from your car just became a little easier for iPhone users with the release Monday of an order-ahead app for CarPlay, the in-car infotainment app from Apple Inc. The Domino’s Pizza Inc. app now enables consumers to Tap to Order or Call to Order …

Stripe Inc. late Wednesday announced it is making Tap to Pay functionality for Android phones and tablets available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore. The San Francisco-based processor launched Tap to Pay for iPhone last year. The addition of Tap to Pay for …

Checkout is gaining a higher profile in payments, and that’s influencing customer retention as well as a merchant’s ability to attract new customers, says a new study from Paysafe Ltd. That means modernizing checkout needs to be at the top of brick-and-mortar merchants’ to-do list in 2023, the study adds. …

The interest in buy now, pay later (BNPL) skyrocketed in 2021 and 2022: Millions of people have turned to this installment-payment solution for its convenience, flexibility, and simplicity. So it’s no surprise that Apple announced its new BNPL product, Apple Pay Later, in June. With its new financial service, the …

The Covid-19 pandemic was a strong tailwind for the adoption of contactless payments. Two years later, the momentum is still there but challenges remain. Whether it’s the convenience of not dipping a card into a POS terminal or speedier transactions at the point-of-sale, consumers and merchants continue to embrace contactless …

During its third-quarter earnings call late Thursday, PayPal Holdings Inc. announced a multi-pronged omnichannel strategy with Apple Inc. to enhance the company’s offerings for PayPal and Venmo merchants, as well as consumers. Topping the list was PayPal’s announcement that it plans to support Apple Tap to Pay on iPhones. The initiative …

Almost eight years after it launched the Apple Pay mobile-payment service, Apple Inc.’s purported move to bring some of its payment-processing and financial-services operations in-house once again could shake up the payments industry. Just how, though, is a big unknown at the moment. Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple is not commenting on …

The hype around Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay has quieted considerably. But that doesn’t mean the three big wallets are sitting still. When the so-called Pay wallets—Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay—launched in 2014, 2015 and 2018, respectively, they did so to great fanfare. At the time, …