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Walmart Brings BNPL to Self-Checkout in 4,500 Stores Via Expanded Partnership with Affirm

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart will offer buy now, pay later (BNPL) options at self-checkout kiosks in more than 4,500 U.S. Indeed, until recently most BNPL offerings were relegated to the digital realm, but stores are widely seen as the next big area of expansion for this increasingly popular financing option. year over year.

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‘Cash or Card?’: Why More Financing Choices Drive Consumers’ Decisions on Which Retailers to Shop

Retail TouchPoints

A recent study of more than 4,700 consumers from Bread Financial indicates payment choices — including retail store credit cards, bank branded credit cards and buy now, pay later (BNPL) — at checkout have become a major factor in pleasing shoppers and closing a sale. Is it Great Service or Great Financing Options?

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Trigo Raises $100 Million to Fuel Expansion of Cashier-Free Checkout Technology

Retail TouchPoints

Computer vision company Trigo has raised $100 million in a new equity financing round. enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. The technology aims to enable frictionless checkout, real-time inventory tracking and other technologies. “By

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Apple Launches Long-Awaited BNPL Offering

Retail TouchPoints

“There’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to how people manage their finances,” said Jennifer Bailey, VP of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet in a statement. Source: Apple Users will be able to access, track, manage and repay their Apple Pay Later loans all within the Apple Wallet.

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Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

Retail TouchPoints

Too many friction points all along the customer journey is a big pain point for consumers, and certainly the checkout or transaction moment plays a part in that friction,” said Margot Juros, Research Director for Retail Technology Strategies at market intelligence and advisory firm IDC in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Which Approach To Self-Service Grocery Checkout Will Emerge As The Standard In 2023?

Retail Minded

Although self-service checkouts were first introduced in 1986 , they are still far from perfect. University of Leicester’s Adrian Beck, a retail finance expert, estimates that moving half or more of transactions to self-service pushes losses 77% higher. Frictionless checkout makes shopping seamless for everyone.”.

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

Retail TouchPoints

McKinsey calls this embedded finance — when a financial product or solution is placed in a non-financial setting, for example on a social media platform or in a store (private label credit cards are one old-school example). Embedded finance has become big business: McKinsey estimated that the sector reached $20 billion in revenue in the U.S.