Mobile Commerce

Merchant surcharges are proving problematic for card-accepting merchants, as nearly one-third of small businesses say customers walk away from a potential transaction when faced with the extra charge, according to a study released early Tuesday by J.D. Power. Some 35% of merchants are now surcharging when customers use credit cards, …

PAR Technology Corp. will provide its PAR POS and PAR OPS technologies for ordering and restaurant management under an agreement announced by Papa John’s International Inc., operator of more than 6,000 locations globally. PAR OPS is a back-of-house management platform. Ingenico Group announced it will work with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions to …

Artificial intelligence is playing a significantly bigger role in online shopping, according to Adobe Analytics. During the 2025 holiday shopping season, AI referrals generated a nearly seven-fold increase in online retail shopping traffic,  compared to a year earlier, Adobe says. At the same time, conversion rates from AI referrals were …

The private-equity firm GTCR said the previously announced $24.25-billion sale of processor Worldpay to Global Payments Inc. has closed. As a result of the transaction, GTCR will own roughly 15% of Global Payments’ equity, the investment firm said. GTCR acquired a majority stake in Worldpay in July 2023 from the processor FIS Inc. Global …

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has launched Lightspeed AI, becoming the latest point-of-sale system and e-commerce platform provider to add an artificial intelligence layer to its platform. Lightspeed is integrating the app into its retail, restaurant, and NuOrder business-to-business platforms in an effort to provide merchants and business-to-business sellers with automated insights …

Payments platforms like Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale service have long sought to find ways to build customer loyalty for the merchants that use their point-of-sale technology, and now other major POS device makers are also looking to build business by building business for sellers that use their technology. In the …

Payments and rewards platform PointsKash Inc. said it has signed a new independent software vendor (ISV) agreement with payments processor Paysafe, allowing PointsKash to integrate Paysafe’s processing capabilities into its app. NCR Voyix Corp. announced it has begun to outsource its self-checkout and point-of-sale hardware businesses to technology firm Ennoconn Corp. under a …

Point-of-sale technology developer Toast Inc. early Thursday announced enhancements to its Toast IQ AI assistant, an artificial intelligence-based app within the Toast platform that aims to provide retailers insights into how to run their businesses more efficiently. The Toast IQ AI assistant, which responds to natural-language prompts from users, allows retailers …

MagTek Inc. is the latest point-of-sale equipment maker to make Tap to Pay on iPhone available on its devices. And, Elo will preview its new self-checkout platform, Wallaby SCO. Seal Beach, Calif.-based MagTek says the contactless payment service Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available through its iOS Virtual …

PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will support the launch of Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot Checkout capability, part of the company’s Copilot technology. PayPal will enable discovery of merchant inventory and enable branded and guest checkout and credit card payments as part of the program. Modulr Finance Ltd. announced it is launching its real-time …