Today in Food: ‘Just Walk Out’ Whole Foods Opens
Today in food commerce, the first Whole Foods Market with Just Walk Out technology opens its doors, and Walmart takes on food delivery with a new technology partnership. Plus, American Express and Resy launch a reservation drive, and Olo CEO Noah Glass...
Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Whole Foods Store Opens
The Whole Foods Market shopping experience just got a major tech upgrade. Nearly five months after Amazon announced its intention to bring its Just Walk Out cashier-less checkout technology to its Whole Foods Market grocery brand, the first such location opened...
Scalapay raises USD 497 mln Series B and moves into the checkout market
Ireland-based BNPL provider Scalapay has announced that it secured a USD 497 Series B funding round, achieving the unicorn status. Scalapay is a payment solution for ecommerce merchants across the globe that allows customers to Buy Now, Pay Later without...
Bold Commerce Recognized in B2B and B2C Now Tech Research Reports
AUSTIN, Texas & WINNIPEG, Manitoba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bold Commerce, the ecommerce technology company that powers checkout and subscription experiences for the world’s leading retailers and emerging DTC brands, today announced its inclusion in two 2022...
Walmart Deepens Livestreamed Shopping | PYMNTS.com
Less than a week after CEO Doug McMillon touted Walmart’s increasingly digital business model, the retailer has announced plans to deepen its commitment to livestreamed content with a stable of new recurring programs. In revealing a slate of eight new themed...
Banks Must Become Central to Consumers’ Daily Lives to Successfully Compete with Digital Upstarts
Banks are having a collective epiphany: the traditional role they play in their customers’ lives, which has been historically relegated to the “back-office,” must change. To remain competitive in this digital-first era, financial institutions need to...
Vyne and Gr4vy partner to enable instant Open Banking payments for online merchants
Vyne, the specialist account-to-account payments platform, today announces a new partnership with Gr4vy, a leading cloud-native payment orchestration platform (POP), that will give online merchants access to open banking payments infrastructure. ...
Grabango adds another c-store partner for its checkout-free tech
Dive Brief: Frictionless checkout startup Grabango has struck a deal to install its computer vision-based technology in retail locations operated by the Mapco convenience store chain, according to a Tuesday press release. Mapco plans to debut the technology,...
Apple’s iPhone to accept contactless payments with new ‘Tap to Pay’ feature
Tech giant Apple has announced plans to allow US merchants to use their iPhone to accept contactless payments. Apple says Tap to Pay will be “secure, private, and easy” for merchants to use The new ‘Tap to Pay’ feature will leverage near-field contact (NFC)...