Walmart Pay Gains On Apple Pay, Plus Loop Commerce And Athleta Present Omni-Gifting And Chipotle Hits Reset On Order Ahead. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chick-fil-A And The Power Of A Payments Upgrade | | When Chick-fil-A launched its mobile app with pay-ahead capability, it was with an eye toward keeping up with consumer demand. It quickly became apparent that the payments part of the transaction wasn’t quite working for customers, so it hit the reset button and made it easier to pay with a card. Conversions are up, and the brand was even recently ranked America’s No. 1 fast food chain. The claim turned out to be controversial, but Chick-fil-A’s quiet record of big success while others struggle is not. | | |
|
| | | | | | | Wild Animoji Are Taking The Internet By Storm | | The iPhone X’s best feature may indeed be its facial recognition technology, but not for the reasons Apple intended. Instead, iPhone users are having fun with animoji, the new, animated version of the emoji icons already popular across messaging apps and platforms. Using Apple’s Face ID sensors, the iPhone X captures real-life facial movements and maps them onto the cartoon faces. Apple probably imagined the feature being used to send a, “Hey Mom, I love you!” message, but instead, the internet is blowing up with animoji karaoke videos — and they’re hilarious. Read More... | |
|
|
| | | | | Instant Payments Are Killing The Check (Not So Softly) | | While banks offer a service they call "check cashing," it's not really check cashing in the true sense, Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards tells Karen Webster. It's not instant, and the customer who cashed it is still on the hook if the check happens to rubberize. Edwards offers some suggestions for how banks can do better by their customers — and even open up a new revenue line — by helping them instantly turn those checks into cash. Read More... | |
|
|
|
| | | | | | Mouth, Meet Money In Payments Innovation | | Financial institutions know they have to innovate against a hypercompetitive and changing landscape. Firms large and small are eyeing opportunities to keep customers happy and loyal — and are spending both time and money to do it, according to Marc Wintz, CMO of payment and integrated commerce solutions provider i2c. He explained all this and more in our most recent Data Drivers edition. Read More... | |
|
|
| What's Hot Today in Retail | |
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
| | | | | | | | | Senate Votes To Strike Down CFPB Arbitration Rule | PYMNTS.com | Data and Research | Company Spotlight | Join Newsletter | |
| |
| | © Copyright 2017 What’s Next Media and Data Analytics, LLC |
|
| |
| | |
|
|
This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com by PYMNTS.com
Instant removal with unsubscribe
PYMNTS.com | 111 Devonshire Street | Boston, MA | 02108