Kiosks & Ticketing Machines

Digital-banking platform Tyfone Inc. said it will work with One Credit Union to offer a real-time payment service certified for FedNow, the national real-time payments system that the Federal Reserve is expected to launch next month. Jane Technologies Inc. introduced a point-of-sale system customized for cannabis stores. Smart Pay has launched its Smart Pay …

For decades, payments providers have sought to displace cash by attempting to move merchants toward card-based and digital payments, arguing that they are faster, more convenient, and more secure to accept than cash. Now they are finding that proponents of cash acceptance are pushing back. Late Thursday, legislation was reintroduced …

Cantaloupe Inc., a specialist in micropayments, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to use AWS cloud services and make AWS its preferred provider to handle transaction volume flowing through Cantaloupe’s merchant network. Cantaloupe, which specializes in payments technology for vending machines and self-service marketplaces, handles …

Cantaloupe Inc. is rolling out Cantaloupe Go, a line of self-service apps and kiosks that rely on artificial intelligence to enable consumers to purchase products in self-service retail locations, such as micro-markets. Cantaloupe Go comprises Cantaloupe’s line of self-checkout kiosks. which vary in cost, features, and payment-acceptance capabilities; Smart Store …

Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said its 2022 loss of 10.47 billion krona ($1 billion) grew on its 2021 loss of 7.1 billion krona ($680 million). This comes amid growth in 2022. The United States became Klarna’s largest market in December. Also, Klarna will begin collecting late fees from United Kingdom consumers who miss a payment, …

NCR Corp. has expanded its agreement with Walgreens Co. to provide ATM services to nearly all Walgreens stores in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. NCR already provides ATM services to an unspecified number of Walgreens locations through its Allpoint ATM network. Walgreens operates 9,021 stores …

Instances of card skimming were up in the United States in 2022, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified, a five-fold increase over 2021, and a more than three-fold increase in the total number of cards compromised, according to FICO (formerly Fair Isaac Co.). In addition, 3,000 unique financial institutions …

Cantaloupe Inc., a specialist in payments technology for vending machines and self-service marketplaces, introduced a marketing push early Wednesday for The 46 Kiosk, a terminal featuring a 46-inch screen aimed at users in wheelchairs and those with vision issues. The device, which Malvern, Pa.-based Cantaloupe says is compliant with the …

Toast Inc. has partnered with SoundHound AI Inc. to add voice ordering over the phone to its point-of-sale system. The addition of SoundHound’s voice-ordering software will enable restaurants using Toast’s POS system to accept voice orders over the phone and transmit the order directly to Toast’s platform. This integration, which …

MoneyGram International Inc. announced a partnership with bill-payment platform CellPay to expand bill-pay options for MoneyGram users while expanding acceptance for MoneyGram’s service to more than 30,000 billers. Some 3.46% of U.S. consumers opened a new credit card in November, down from 3.7% in November 2021, according to the December 2022 …