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Payments in 2021: What Lies Ahead After the Digital Boom

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It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. For instance, cash usage waned even further this year amongst fears around the pandemic, leading to a coin shortage across the country that had many merchants pointing consumers to digital payments if they lack exact change.

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Grubhub Deploys Cashierless Checkouts at Campus C-Store

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Using the Amazon “Just Walk Out” technology, Grubhub Campus has introduced cashierless checkout at convenience stores at Loyola University Maryland. Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Amazon to Begin Accepting Venmo Payments

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Amazon will begin offering Venmo as a payment option on its website and app, rolling it out to select customers immediately and available to all U.S. Amazon shoppers will be able to add their Venmo account as a payment method for their Amazon account and even set it up as their default payment option. shoppers by Black Friday.

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Exclusive Q&A: Venmo GM on the Company’s ‘Natural Extensions’ into Business Payments

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That inherent distaste for the transaction phase is one reason payment companies are so eager to expand into other parts of the shopper journey. alone in 2021 and has the potential to double in the next three to five years. And with 50% of global spending in the U.S. And with 50% of global spending in the U.S.

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Self-Checkout Solution Provider Raises $62.5 Million

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Mashgin , a self-checkout solution powered by AI and computer vision, has raised $62.5 The Mashgin solution speeds checkout by reading multiple items simultaneously, although it requires shoppers to set their purchases down on the countertop devices’ base to operate. million in Series B funding at a $1.5

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Top 10 Contactless Trends to Watch in 2022

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The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. Simplifying Checkout In this case, “simplifying checkout” means embracing “self-checkout.”

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Reports: ABG Files Suit Against Bolt for Failure to Deliver on One-Click Checkout Promises

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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has reportedly filed a lawsuit against one-click checkout service Bolt , claiming that the solution provider failed to deliver on promises in a contract related to the implementation of the technology, according to Bloomberg , The Business Journals and other media sources.

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