Payments

The best video summaries of the Apple Pay launch

Now that the dust has settled on Apple’s launch of its stellar payment service in the US of A. Here are the best video summaries of what it does and how to use it.

For our USA readers ( and gosh there are a lot of you-thanks!), you will be…

Tesco trialling Digital Mobile Wallet for in store payment

Tesco seem to be getting ready to show their hand when it comes to creating a mobile digital wallet/loyalty combination.

Just to start off with a quick disclosure: I used to work on the Tesco mobile…

McDonald’s Wows with their new digital ordering Kiosk

McDonalds have been really quiet for a while on the innovation front, but they have finally shown their colours in Australia when it comes to rolling out unique in-store technology in the form of their new “Gourmet Burger” order Touch…

Mobile Networks: Phone Numbers are the next big in-store payment tool

O2, Vodafone, and EE have all got together along with Carrier billing provider Boku, to allow you to to pay for your packet of crisps at your local store using nothing more than your mobile phone number.

Digital Highstreet: Paypoint starts selling e-currency

Paypoint, the 26,700 strong convenience store payment network announced a massive step forward today. From early October, you will be able to purchase digital vouchers for popular video games networks using cash at your local…

PayPal’s Beacon shines the way for instore payments

After a few days of Apple tech, I thought it would be good to show that there are other potential solutions using Beacon Technology. Hands down, my favourite of the moment has to be PayPal’s solution for how Beacons are going to change our…

Smart Cruise Ship tech shows where M-commerce is heading

The challenge with coming up with new in-store ideas, is that generally most retail stores look at what other stores are doing. When it comes to technology, we need to look at other sectors which focus on selling to consumers to…

Apple, McDonalds and Disney to push mobile IPayments to the next level with NFC

Rumour posts are always a bit of fun when it comes to blogging. You get a chance to speculate and then when the announcement is made, you get a chance to review. Thanks to Apple’s leaky news…

Overview of Argos’ new Stellar Digital Stores

This weekend, in the pursuit of finding even more amazing digital experiences, I took a trip to Argos’ new digital store that has opened in Tottenham Court Road, London. I was amazed and impressed by what I saw. Here is why.