Amazon wants to democratize palm payments
As it withdraws its Just Walk Out technology from several stores, Amazon unveils a new feature for Amazon One. Constantly improving since its rel...
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Amazon Applying Hand Vein Recognition to Payments
FACTS The e-commerce giant Amazon recently filed a patent where they describe a biometric payment system relying on hand vein recognition. ...
Phygital: Tesco Tests a Cashierless Store
FACTS At a Capital Markets Day, the British retail giant Tesco announced a partnership with Trigo Vision, an Israeli start-up focusing on A...
Kard: Another Challenger Bank for Young Customers
FACTS A waitlist has been made available for teenagers interested in opening an alternative bank account with Kard. This FinTech is present...
WorldPay: 1st Acquirer to Feature Amazon Pay
FACTS The US e-commerce giant partners with the British acquirer WorldPay, enabling merchants to add Amazon Pay to their checkout options. ...
Carrefour Generalising Face Recognition for Payments in China
FACTS At this year’s China Connect event held on March 12th and 13th in Paris, the retail giant described their omnichannel approach and st...
Natixis Aims for Merchants with Wynd
FACTS The French start-up Wynd announces a €72M funding round from several investors, and Natixis, subsidiary of BPCE, is taking a stake in...
BBVA Further Looks into Invisible Payments
FACTS BBVA’s VC firm Propel Venture Partners led a funding round whereby the US start-up Grabango raised $12 million. More direct competiti...
Dutch Retail Chain Albert Heijn Experiments Cashierless Stores
More technological solutions are seeing the day to help retail players skip the typical in-store checkout step. Recently, Albert Heijn introduced...
Etam to Test Home Delivery and Pay Later Options
The ready-made brand Etam considers launching a home delivery service, enabling their customers to try on the products and pay later for these it...
Retail: Zippin following in the Footsteps of Amazon Go
A second Amazon Go location was opened in Seattle recently, and a new entrant, Zippin, leads the way in San Francisco with a similar approach. Th...
Hyundai Partners with Amazon on Designing the Future of Retail
A few months ago, Amazon Go was officially opened in Seattle after this first launch had been delayed, their cashierless store concept then hit C...
Walmart Experimenting a 3D Shopping Process
The reference US retail group Walmart tries to make sure their leadership lasts and focuses on renewing the shopping experience to achieve this g...
Payment: Mercedes Introduces Automated Charging Stations
The market for electric vehicles is expanding fast, leading charging stations to evolve. The German car maker Daimler keeps heading for this sect...
Metro Bank: Full Focus on Ready-to-Go, Instant Services
The British bank Metro Bank already proposes instant issuing services for individual customers, where the account opening process only takes 15 m...
Formal Opening Announced for Amazon Go
Amazon has been spending years focusing on the “Just Walk Out” concept, giving thought to a wide array of technologies they now implement in thei...
TransferWise Kicks Off Multi-currency Account
The cross-border money transfer company keeps enhancing their range of offers. Barely six months after they introduced their current account for ...
Micro-Payment: Chirpify Launches New Twitter-Based Sales Platform for Musicians
Twitter Commerce’s start-up Chirpify (formerly Simp.ly) has just landed 1.3 million dollars in a first round of funding to cater for its developm...
Authentication: Advances in Behavioural Biometrics Researches
Possible applications of behavioural biometrics are still under consideration in Europe. These rather popular technologies however remain relativ...
Contactless: NFC BMW Keys to Book an Hotel Room
BMW and hospitality security specialist VingCard Elsafe now enable car drivers to book and access their hotel room using their NFC car keys.Custo...
