In the battle for the future of shopping, Sam’s Club is betting on artificial intelligence. Since January, the Walmart-owned retailer has rolled out AI-powered checkout technology at over 120 stores. Using a combination of AI, computer vision and digital tech, Sam’s Club’s system identifies what’s in a shopping cart, confirming customers have paid for their items without requiring an associate to …
Payop and Tink partnered to promote the adoption of pay-by-bank as a payment method across Europe. Payop added Tink’s pay-by-bank offering to the eCommerce checkout options it offers to European merchants, the companies said in a Wednesday (March 27) press release emailed to PYMNTS. During Payop’s testing of Tink’s pay-by-bank option, from January to December 2023, the number …
PayPal has expanded its Tap to Pay on iPhone offering in the U.S. The company said in a Thursday (March 7) press release that the service is now available for all U.S. Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users, letting them accept contactless card and digital wallet payments on their iPhones with no additional cost or hardware. “Consumers are increasingly going cashless,” …