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Cash Still King With Millenials

It’s becoming more and more important to really understand how consumers are paying for things, especially in the retail sector, so that businesses can ensure they remain up to date with how their customers wish to pay.

For that reason, we recently commissioned a survey looking into consumer payments trends to give us some indication of what might be the ‘hot ways to pay’ in 2016.

Some recent articles might have predicted the ‘death of cash payments’ but our research has shown this isn’t

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Apple Pay dominates US contactless payments

Apple Pay is dominating contactless payments in the US, taking two thirds of the share.

For every $3 spent on all purchases using contactless payments, Apple Pay accounts for $2 across the three biggest US card networks – American Express, MasterCard and Visa.

Apple Pay supports credit and debit cards from the three payment networks, issued by the most popular US banks including Bank of America, Capital One Bank, Chase, Citi and Wells Fargo.

Launched in Autumn 2014, Apple boss Time Cook quite

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Revamp your space with a digital ‘feature’ wall

Digital walls are being recognised as an effective way to provide an enhanced shopping experience. Be they interactive, informative or just great to look at, these innovative walls are appearing and attracting much attention in the likes of stores, restaurants and hotels.

On an interactive note, Microsoft Stores in the US, have given shoppers a happy retail experience by recently starring them in the ‘largest photo booth in the world’. In this case highlighting the great combination of digital

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Contactless technology is helping to beat cancer sooner.

Cancer Research UK is taking advantage of technology in order to raise funds digitally through its shop windows.

Using a new ‘contactless giving’ technology, the charity can now accept donations from the public as they pass by its stores and interactive windows. £2 can be donated to the charity just by tapping a contactless debit or credit card on the window. Once a donation is made, an interactive screen will show the supporter how their money will be used to fund the charity’s life-saving

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La Tasca uses mobile app to boost guest experience

La Tasca, the Spanish tapas bar and restaurant, is launching a loyalty mobile application in efforts to up guest experience and meet with expectation.

Initially the new app will offer exclusive offers to customers in the same way that the previous traditional loyalty card would. However, in time the app will also allow guests to make pre-payments on bookings through La Tasca’s new booking system Nudge, which manages reservations, loyalty rewards and secure transactions.

James Picton, Operations

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