In-Store App Use Popular and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/8/19

Fifty-seven percent of consumers use a retailer’s mobile app while shopping in-store, finds the “Surviving the Retail Apocalypse” report from Yes Marketing. The survey of more than 1,000 consumers also found that many—65%—use the app to redeem coupons.
Point-of-sale software provider Focus POS said its restaurant POS system is now available as a cloud-based service.
A self-checkout app called Swift Shopper finished a two-day trial in a pop-up store in San Francisco with 202 unique checkouts for 762 items worth $40,000. The app allows consumers to scan items in the store, pay for the total, and walk out.
Honda Motor Corp. announced its prototype Honda Dream Drive at CES, formerly the Consumer Electronics Show. The connected-car technology includes payments, rewards, and other functions within the car.
Ripple announced its blockchain-based network, RippleNet, now has 200 clients signed up with the recent addition of 13 financial institutions.
Payments provider First American Payment Systems LP said eight of its employees are participating in various Electronic Transactions Association committees in 2019.
Parking-payments provider PayByPhone named Carmen Sevrens vice president of sales overseeing the West Coast of the United States and Canada
Merchant lender CAN Capital appointed commercial-finance veteran Edward Siciliano chief executive.

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